The Mars section has just been updated with some recent observations. The update is called “Observations of the ‘Blue Syrtis’ Phenomenon“.
Please visit the Mars Section or go directly to the Mars Observations and Alerts page.
Dark skies, LarryI’ve just posted a large number of observations for Julius Benton. Please visit both the Saturn and Venus sections and look under the “alerts and observations” links on each page. The new observations are in the 2010 albums of each section. Here’s a direct link to the Saturn observations, and here is a direct link to the Venus observations.
Larry
We’ve just posted an excellent analysis image, summarizing the evolution of “Storm E”, created by Marc Delcroix.
An observing alert has been posted in the Mars section called “Tharsis volcanoes peek through the cloudy plains”. This includes observations from February and March 2010.
Please take a look here, or visit the Mars section.
A link to “Galilean Satellite Eclipses for 2010-2011 Apparition” has been added to the Jupiter section. Please check out the Jupiter section website in preparation for the 2010-11 apparition.
Larry
This month’s ALPOD belongs to Theo Ramakers of Social Circle, GA. This excellent set of images was taken with a DMK21AU04 camera on a Celestron CPC 9.25″ Schmidt Cassegrain scope.
Keep up the great work Theo!
The Mars section posted a new alert February 5th, please take a look here.
The Solar section posted a new alert on February 11th. Please access the Solar Section here.
The ALPO Mars section has just been updated with a set of Mars images taken by Don Parker. The title is “North Polar Cap Recedes as Northern Spring Advances”.
Please take a look!
Dark skies,
Larry Owens
The January ALPOD image was just posted. This is an excellent spread of 3 Mars images taken on January 20th, from Buena Vista, GA by Brian Combs. Here’s the image:
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Keep up the great work Brian!
Larry
Mars alert “New Markings on North Polar Cap” posted, using images from Peter Gorczynski, Damien Peach, Jim Melka, Joel Warren and Paul Maxson.
Please take a look.
Larry
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