From Elisabeth SIEGEL
® . . . . . . . . .Date: Mon, 1
Sept 2003 13:57:21 +0200
Subject: Hello
Dear Masatsugu,
Just a note to tell you that I
have sent you another collection of Mars drawings today (from August 16 to 31). Even
though the CMO has stopped for the time being, I have decided to stick to the
old routine of sending you drawings twice a month, just after the 15th and
after the end of the month. Hopefully you also received something from me
concerning the last half of July and the first half of August,
although I don't know if your mail continues to be forwarded to you (I send the
stuff to Mikuni). I am quite aware how busy you must be!
There is one question I would like to ask you. I (and
probably other dedicated CMO readers too!) shall soon run out of important Mars
data, as the listing stopped at September 10 in CMO no.269. Personally, I am
particularly interested in three things: data concerning the diameter of Mars
for each day, the Ls for each day,
and the declination of Mars for each day. - I have the Handbook of the BAA, which gives the CM for every day, but all the
other data are only given there as one value every 10 days, which is
unsatisfactory. If someone in the OAA has already made the calculations, do you
think it would be possible to have the data laid out for us on the CMO
homepage, while we're all waiting for the CMO to appear again???
I sincerely hope you're still enjoying Mars. I am, although
now I'm really beginning to feel that it hangs low in the Danish sky. I had
imagined that its low altitude here would show up in the form of bad seeing,
but that has not been the case. The disk is big and bright, and I have often
enjoyed quite satisfactory seeing so far - giving me a nice steady image. But somehow,
the really fine details disappeared for me when its altitude changed from 19°
above the horizon (which was okay) to 18 1/2° (which was not okay). So the main
effect seems to have to do with the resolution one can achieve, not the
quality of
seeing as such. Strange!!
Best regards to you and your OAA colleagues -
sincerely,
® . . . . . . . . .Date:
Tue, 2 Sep 2003 15:49:11 +0200
Subject: RE: Hello
Dear Masatsugu,
Thank you so much for your fast reply. Oh, I don't think you're
lazy at all - from the little I know of and about you I think you're an
incredibly energetic person! And I just wondered about the mail, I didn't
really expect you to acknowledge each and every collection of drawings that you
receive. Although it does feel good to know that they reached their
destination, I admit that. E-mail is a nice invention in this respect.
I'm glad you enjoyed such great conditions at
I'm glad you called my attention to the ephemeris on the CMO
homepage. I should have found it myself! Anyway, now I know it's there and
shall certainly use it. Thanks.
I can easily see the dust in Mars' southern hemisphere.
These last few nights the preceding (evening) S limb has looked very yellow to me
in I.L., and what is more, this same region have been quite bright in W 25.
I have to leave now, to bring Mira to her swimming lesson.
But thanks again, best wishes and clear skies to you -
Yours,
® . . . . . . . . .Date:
Sat, 6 Sep 2003 13:34:02 +0200
Subject: RE: Mail reached me
Dear Masatsugu,
Thank you very much for the note!
Sincerely,
Elisabeth
SIEGEL (Malling