From Jeffrey D BEISH
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. . . . . . . . . . Masatsugu, how are you?
All is well here. Soon I am going to dig a hole and pour a concrete base for
the 16-inch telescope mount. I have
modified that telescope for a motorized focus to use with the QuickCam video camera and will soon be ready for the 2003
apparition of Mars. After many months of
practice I may be able to produce nice images of planets once again.
Here is the Interim 2001 report that included
a table for the South Polar Cap measurements.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mars-ALPO/files/Mars-2001_files/
click on
he file: Interim 2001.htm
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© . . . . . . . . . .Masatsugu,
I have almost finished my observing site
and only have to pour in the concrete and mount the 16-inch telescope. Hopefully the weather will be good for us
here in 2003. One never knows. I suspect that if I finish installing my telescope
it will be cloudy for some months to come.
The weather in
Don Parker is dropping by today and we hope to
finish the 2001 apparition report by tomorrow.
At least make progress with it. I will post it on the Mars-ALPO page of
Yahoo groups and send you the URL so to evaluate the report. Personally I ma
tired of doing reports and will not be so active in the future. Hopefully some
younger observers will be interested in doing this work.
I
am hoping during 2003 we have less dust storm possibilities so to observe a
clear Martian atmosphere and surface.
However, the giant storm in 2001 indicated to me that we will have a
repeat in 2003 so I will be ready for it.
Dust storm studies are interesting but they do tend to lower interest in
observing the Red Planet after months of a dusty appearance.
Say hello to the observers in Uchinanchu.
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© . . . . . . . . . .Date: Sat,
From:
"Jeffrey D. Beish" <dustymars@tnni.net>
To:
"Don \(Bell\) Parker" <park3232@bellsouth.net>
Cc:
"Tippy \(CIS\) D'Auria"
<71510.1220@compuserve.com>,
"Jim DeYoung"
<deyoung_james@yahoo.com>,
"Tom & Karen Dobbins" <kmdobbins@coshocton.com>,
"Walter Haas" <haasw@zianet.com>,
"Carlos Hernandez" <mars@ilcs.net>,
"Rik
Hill" <rhill@lpl.arizona.edu>,
"Scott Ireland" <ireland@gate.net>,
"Paul&April
McKenzie" <mckenziepj@aol.com>,
"Angela McKinley" <mckinley.angela@usno.navy.mil>,
"Masatsugu Minami" <vzv03210@nifty.com>,
"Jack Morton" <jackrmorton@msn.com>,
"Robby Robinson" <Robin0305@aol.com>,
"Dan Troiani"
<dtroiani@triton.cc.il.us>
Subject: Ten Years Ago – Today
Well, some of you may remember 10 years ago,
Jeff BEISH (Location
on Earth:(27ﾟ21'06.4''N, 81ﾟ19'36.4''E)
ALPO
Mars Section, ALPO
Computing Section