Still no pictures of Mars moons from Earth based telescopes

[Aldrin]

We are really close to the closest approch of Mars in 60,000 years or so and still no pics of Phobos and Deimos from Earth based telescope.
Is it caused by the pollution?Or the need of a really big scope refraction type?Note than I am not suggesting than the Mars moons are not there.
:roll:

[snake river rufus]

According to richard c. hoaxland, the moons have been converted to living quarters for the alien base on mars.

[digitalspector]

lol yeah snake

that and Phobos is either in orbit around Earth or floating around the moon...

lol

Though i would still like to a photo of them in Martian orbit....would be pretty to say the least.

[OttoZork]

We are really close to the closest approch of Mars in 60,000 years or so and still no pics of Phobos and Deimos from Earth based telescope.

The photos and observations aren't plastered all over the web, but Deimos & Phobos have been seen (and imaged) by quite a few amateur astronomers during the current apparition.

There are several message threads on the MarsObservers group reporting Deimos and Phobos observations. On the Videoastro group veteran astroimager Steve Bodin posted his recent Deimos & Phobos images.

Another team in Stuttgart posted their images of Deimos & Phobos here:
http://www.photomeeting.de/mars03/marsbilder_e.htm (halfway down the page)

[Aldrin]

We are really close to the closest approch of Mars in 60,000 years or so and still no pics of Phobos and Deimos from Earth based telescope.

The photos and observations aren't plastered all over the web, but Deimos & Phobos have been seen (and imaged) by quite a few amateur astronomers during the current apparition.

Otto ,
Thanks for the good info.

[mike alexander]

Sometimes the moons are there and sometimes they aren't because the moons are giant hollow starships that the entire martian civilization takes on vacation cruises from time to time. Right now they just got back from their latest cruise and are hiding out indise because humans have evolved civilization while they were gone and they're trying to decide if they should reveal themselves to us.

"The Secret of the Martian Moons", by Donald A. Wollheim. ca. 1955.

[Jigsaw]

Bump.

Did any photos of Phobos ever show up, either amateur or professional? Anybody got any links? Googling isn't helping me any, other than giving me lots of Viking photos.