From David R KLASSEN
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(1) Welcome message and website update
(2) Observation
coordination
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Dear
Marsphiles,
Welcome
to the month of Mars - if in name only.
I hope we are all gearing up to get a really good look at the red planet
this coming June. The MarsWatch web
site is up and running with almost 50 images currently contributed. Keep 'em coming! I have been able to get
some fund together to hire a part-time student helper with the site through (at
least?) June, so with two of us handling things we ought to be able to keep up
with your contributions. Be sure to
check out the ALPO Mars section contributions page for some new information and
a link to their Martian Chronicles for some advice on what to be looking for
this Mars season.
Clear
Skies!
-
Dave
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One
of the things the MarsWatch "charter" discusses is the frequent observations of
Mars. To help thefrequency, and the ability to get coverage over as many
wavelengths as possible, I'd like to add a page to the Marswatch site listing
the observing schedules of the professional astronomers amoung us. Since our
observing time is FAR more restricted than those of you with your own
telescopes, this will provide a baseline of coverage that our community will
achieve. It will also provide a good starting point for the amateur observers so
they can better fill in the spatial and spectral coverage. Of course I realize that many of the
amateurs will be following a "whenever I can get to my 'scope" schedule, but it
would be nice to see if we can't get as complete a picture of Mars as
possible. I hope to have this new
page up by next week, beginning with my own observing schedule. I will add to it the schedules of any
other observers who e-mail their details (when, where, wavelengths,
etc.)
(2 March 2001 email)
David R KLASSEN
(NJ USA)
Department of Chemistry & Physics
Rowan University
mailto:%20klassen@rowan.edu
http://elvis.rowan.edu/~klassen