Mars Pro-Am campaign to detect Auroral effects

2024-10-04

Mars is coming back in the night sky and Marc Delcroix from the Societé Astronomique de France, together with several collaborators is launching a campaign of observation of Mars with the goal to detect auroras on the planet using blue filter (or stretching the level on the blue channel in colour cameras) to see elevated features on the dark side of the planet compatible with auroras and/or elevated clouds. Given that the sun is close to its maximum activity auroral effects on Mars should be stronger than in previous years.

Further information on the following EPSC Abstract presented in September 2024.