Near Infrared Mars Images taken during the 2003 Opposition of Mars with the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT).

How the Images were Made (click here for more details)

UKIRT 3.8m Telescope, Mauna Kea Hawaii, UIST, Pixel sizes of 0.06 or 0.12 arcseconds.
Observers Sarah Chamberlain and Jeremy Bailey

Complete set of 2.12 micron images
 
Aug 17 UT 08:49 Aug 17 UT 10:35 Aug 17 UT 12:00 Aug 17 UT 12:57
Aug 18 UT 11:16 Aug 18 UT 12:57 Aug 16 UT 11:40 Aug 17 UT 14:49
Sep 4 UT 09:28 Sep 5 UT 09:18 Sep 5 UT 11:24 Aug 27 UT 11:24

 
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Jeremy Bailey - 4 November 2003