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The Copenhagen drawing of Mars (1911)

Authors: MM. C. Luplau-Janssen and E. Buch-Andersen Observatory of Copenhagen. Source: Camille Flammarion Annuaire Astronomique pour 1913. (vol 49). Paris, Librarie Ernest Flammarion. Courtesy of I. Almar

Barabashev’s drawing of Mars

Reproduced in Kulin-Zerinváry: A távcső világa. Budapest, 1958. Courtesy of I. Almar ” In the 1920-1926 yrs. with the help of a 270-millimeter reflector NP Barabashov conducted a large number of visual observations of Mars in different spectral ranges, the result of which was the compilation of a map of the planet’s surface.” (Wikipedia, Russian version)

Lukács’ map of Mars (1904)

A Mars és a Föld összehasonlító topográfiája (Comparative topography of Mars and Earth, in Hungarian). Drawn by: Lukács Károly 1904 Pencil and black ink. Ca. 20×25 cm Unpubl. manuscript. Based on Flammarion and Antoniadi’s map but with somewhat more details and few more names. References Lukács Károly: A sarki hósüvegek változásai a Marson és a […]

Solar albedo global map of Mars from OMEGA

Filled Albedo Mars map from poster by J. Audouard, M. Vincendon, F. Poulet and B. Gondet presented on The 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Link to poster: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2017/eposter/1980.pdf

Focas’ drawing of Mars 1958

Drawing by J. H. FOcas, Pic du Midi, 1958 Jean-Henri Focas Source: A. Dollfus: Visual and photographic studies off planets at the Pic du Midi. In: Planets and Satellites, GP Kuiper and B Middlehurst, eds. Chicago Univ Press 543-571.

Flammarion and Antoniadi’s Map of Mars (1900-1910)

1900. Courtesy of Ton Lindemann. This map is largely based on the British Astronomical Association map 1896 but includes more polar latitudes. Same map as above from a Russian encyclopedia. Новый энциклопедический словарь. Брокгауза и Ефрона / [под общ. ред. К. К. Арсеньева]. Petrograd. n.d. СПб, 191(?). (c. 1915) Antoniadi’s map 1900 reprojected onto the […]

G.A. Burba’s Albedo map of Mars

Source: G.A. Burba: The nomenclature of Martian topographic features, Moscow, Izdatel’stvo Nauka, 1981. 88 p.

NASA Lunar Chart LPC-1

Scale 1:10M Third edition, February 2016 Two sheets: albedo (photomosaic) and DTM (colored hillshade) Dataset: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera photomosaic / GLD100 DTM Publisher: ASU Second edition, 1979 Publisher: U.S. Defense Mapping Agency 1st Edition, March 1970 Prepared by the Aeronautical Chart and Information Center, United States Air Force, under the direction of the Department of Defense. […]

Mottoni’s IAU Map of Mars (1941-52)

Coordinate system created using Juventae Fons observations for determinig rotation and 260 control points by Camichel. 40 was used in this map. This map was made by Dr. de Mottoni (Giardini Glauco de Mottoni y Palacios), and presented at the 1958 Moscow IAU meeting. It represents the avegare positions of surface markings observed 1941-52. Source: A. Dollfus: Visual […]

North American Aviation map of Mars

The Planet Mars North American Aviation, Inc. Space and Information Systems Division Map provided courtesy of the USGS Flagstaff Library.

NASA Mars Chart 1970 (Mariner 6-7 results)

1:25M US Army Topographic Command, Washington, D.C. Advisors: Merton E Davies, JC Robinson, Bradford A Smith and the Mariner 6 and 7 Television Experiment Team. Nomenclature: 1958 IAU 1970 Note the handwritten notes of the Tharsis Montes. The map was drawn by pencil and charcoal, by Charles Cross (Morton 2002:50) Morton O 2002 Mapping Mars. […]

Mariner 69 Mars Chart

Prepared under the direction of the Department of Defense, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center, US Air Force for NASA Control: EC Slipher, Gerard de Vaucouleurs, JPL. Source: drawings of 1958. 1:25M 1967 Map provided courtesy of the USGS Flagstaff Library.