Communications in Mars Observations
21 November 2009
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the world-wide observations of the planet Mars
based on the most recent issue of the
Communications in Mars Observations
(abbreviated as CMO) published by the Mars Section
of the Oriental Astronomical Association (OAA), Japan
F. The IWCMO Has Been Successfully Held in Paris and Meudon
The International Workshop on one Century of Mars Observations (IWCMO) was successfully taken place to celebrate E.- M. ANTONIADI's memorial work on 20 September 1909, well organised by Nicolas BIVER and others with about 30 participants and about 20 long talks on Mars. First it was held on 17 and 18 September at the Paris Observatory (central city) and next on 19 and 20 September at the Meudon Observatory (remote hill top place). Reception party was opened at the Paris Observatory whose white Arago dome commanded a nice night view of quiet Paris. Meudon is located in a difficult place to go (stations at valleys) but the hill top consists of vast beautiful forests and fields surrounded by big walls, and the conference was held at the Salle du Chateau of the biggest dome of the Meudon Observatory. The excursion was made to Camille FLAMMARION's Juvisy on Saturday afternoon. It was very pleasant for us to have been able to see several well-known CMO members on this occasion.
E. Final Announcement of the IWCMO
Final announcement of the IWCMO was issued by Nicolas BIVER on 8
September:
http://wwwusr2.obspm.fr/~biver/IWCMO/iwcmo_finalann.txt
which is found in the updated Official Web-Site of the IWCMO:
http://wwwusr2.obspm.fr/~biver/IWCMO/
D. Programme of the IWCMO
Preliminary version of the final programme of the IWCMO, which
will start on 17 September, was issued by Nicolas BIVER on 1
September. See
http://wwwusr2.obspm.fr/~biver/IWCMO/iwcmo_finalpgm.txt
Nicolas says this is still preparatory and needs to be validated by the participants (revised on 2, 3 and 8 September).
C.
The Planet Mars Is Now Come Back in the Morning Sky
Mars is back in the eastern sky. It now dimly shines in Aquarius. Here is shown the sky at dawn with Mars and Jupiter (as well as the Moon) taken on 24 March 2009 by Tomio AKUTSU who stays at Cebu, the Philippines. His ccd Martian images on 23 March , 24 March and 27 March are viewable here by clicking
Ak23Mar09,
Ak24Mars09
and Ak27Mars09 respectively. The apparent diameter is just δ=4.3". The south polar cap is apparent of the season λ=233°Ls. The central latitude φ is 23°S so that the southern hemisphere is largely seen. The apparent diameter will acquire δ=4.5" on 1 May 2009. Our Mars Gallery for the 2009/2010 Mars will soon be opened.
B.
First Announcement of the IWCMO
The First Announcement of the International Workshop on one Century of
Mars Observations (IWCMO) which will be held in September 2009 at
Paris/Meudon was issued on 11 February 2009 by Nicolas BIVER (Secretary
General). Click here,
and also see the Official Web-Site
which will be
regularly updated. The workshop is an International Meeting of Mars
Observers and Historians on the occasion of the Centennial of the
historical era of E M ANTONIADI and his contemporaries. This also
received a support of the French section of the International Year of
Astronomy (IYA 2009).
A. Mars Is Now to the West Side of the Sun just after Conjunction
The planet Mars was recently at conjunction with the Sun (more exactly at 22 h GMT on 5 December 2008), and at the beginning of January 2009 it moved to the west side of the Sun as shown by the following images of LASCO C3 (NASA/SOHO). It will obtain the apparent angular diameter δ=4.5" at the beginning of May when the Martian season is around λ=250°Ls. The angular diameter gradually increases this year but no opposition within 2009: The planet will be closest to the Earth on 27 January 2010 at 19 h GMT with the maximal diameter δ=14.1".
A. First Announcement in 2008
B. CAPEN Crater on Mars
C. 2007/2008 Mars Apparition Ended
A. Mars is Now Back in the Eastern Sky
B. Welcome to the New 2007/2008 CMO Mars Gallery
C. Noachis dust has been entrained!
D. Origin of the Present Noachis Dust Storm
E. Subsidence of the Noachis Dust Storm
F. Resonant Dust Cores at Nilokeras
G. MIYAMOTO Crater on Mars
H.
Sean WALKER's Animated Globe in 2007
A. SAHEKI Crater on Mars
B. The 20th Anniversary of the CMO, and the 10th Anniversary of the CMO-Web
C. The 2005 Mars Apparition Ended
D. 2006 Mars at Conjunction
D bis. Mars Now
A. The spc is coming, just before the southern vernal equinox
B. Now the season has come when the centre of the spc starts to deviate from the south pole
C. Noachis at λ=250°Ls
D. Solis L area at λ=300°Ls
E. Chicken at Mt Hamilton
F. Yellow Planet again at Opposition
A. 2004 Lowell Conference at Anamidzu
B.
First Conference on Percival Lowell at Anamidzu in 2004
C. Bill SHEEHAN
D.
Mars Conjunction
E.
Our planet has come back in the morning sky
A. First CMO Announcement in 2003
B. The 11th CMO Meeting was successfully held on 3, 4 and 5 May 2003
C. Spectacular Dust Storm was observed here in Japan from 4 July through 8 July 2003
D. Great! but Yellow Planet
E. The biggest Mars on 27 August 2003
F. M Serpentis still darkened and widened
G. December storm
A. Jeff D BEISH, ALPO Mars Section and Computing Section, visited Japan and kindly gave an interesting talk to the CMO Members on 24 March at Yokohama.
B.
The CMO Editors interviewed Sanenobu FUKUI, now 86 of age living in Yokohama, and listened to his talk about his finding of a Sun-glint flare seen near Solis Lacus on 10 November 1958.
C.
D. The 10th CMO Meeting:
1) Bill SHEEHAN communicated a comment to us on the results of the water distribution over the Martian surface revealed by Odyssey's neutron spectrometer:
2) Tom DOBBINS (11 May) suggested us to refer to the S&T Site on Odyssey's result.
The 10th CMO Planetary Observers Meeting was held at Ina City, Nagano Prefecture, from the night of 2 August to the morning of 5 August 2002.
A. Edom Brightening on 7 and 8 June
B. Yellow Dust Cloud
C. The 9th CMO Meeting of the Mars Observers was successfully held at Okinawa on 20, 21 and 22 July.
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Edited by Masatsugu MINAMI, Director of the OAA Mars Section, and
Maintained by Masami MURAKAMI, Akinori NISHITA and Hitomi TSUNEMACHI .
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