From John H BARNETT
@. . . . . . . . . . I am sending my Mars observations to date. These
three are about all that
Have enjoyed the CMO, and will continue
to send my humble observations as the weather permits, Best
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@.
. . . . . . . Dear Dr. Minami, I
appreciate your timely confirmation of your receipt of my drawings. I
would not have expected such a swift mail delivery - just 7 days!
Yes, Sam Whitby, Randy Tatum, and I use
the Richmond Astronomical Society's observatory often. It is officially named
the "Ragland Observatory", for the late Mr. Beaufort Ragland, who was
one of the founders of the RAS in 1949 and a major contributor to the building
of the RAS observatory, which was finished in 1963. It houses a classical
Fraunhoffer f/15, 7" (178 mm)
refractor.
I certainly hope that my personal
schedule and our fickle
Good seeing,
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@. . . . . . . . . . My best wishes to you and your
colleagues at CMO, during this most demanding but interesting period of the
apparition.
I
will give a strong effort to observe and record Mars during this most
interesting dust storm especially, and I am glad I manages to involve myself
thus far.
Have enjoyed your email messages explaining
the storm's progress and its appearances to other CMO observers.
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John BARNETT (VA, USA)
jmbart2@prodigy.net