Opposition is a few days down the road...
Mars was 81.4 million km away.
Mars would shine at magnitude -1.9.
Mars's apparent size would be 17".
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
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- reviewed calendar entry for Mars
- sorted Stellarium matters
- great shot from a great distance
- found the missing records
- ordered another calendar
- form logs!
- recovered a dozen messages
- delivered the webinar
- the black blind
- smiled with the new shade
- observed Mars in the C8 (St Thomas)
- checked the weather predictors
- tensioned a wire
- waiting for Mars...
- put up blind
- scared myself, twice
- backup plan
- found broken ring
- noted Mars nearly overhead (St Thomas)
- pitched in
- saw the order request
- counted the symbols
- Jupiter, Mars, and 37 (St Thomas)
- let the cooling begin
- good meeting
- good outlook
- picked up some cable parts
- received a good report
- noted clear skies (St Thomas)
- received test shot (Halifax)
- noted the latest asteroid namings
- use maximum elongation
- downloaded the Journal
- the Moon and the Earth
- heard from Professor Brown
- he added a 4th option
- added another dozen
- the lost calendars
- found option without labels
- found an error in SkySafari list
- close to home
- heard from the aurora dev
- heard from Ade
- spotted a new astro-tent
- found the Mars globe mappers!
- caught part of meeting
- found a cheap dual-bulb lamp
- received astro-clipboard
- chatted with Mr B
- showed Mom the calendar
- made a sheet for each version
- helped Dave with southern doubles for bins
- received AICO '23 calendar
- received another webinar request
- reviewed another application
- received a barometer!
- wondered where Artemis was
- hadn't thought of that
- enjoyed the launch
- queued a test shot
- did some mosaic planning
- tuned into to SFN
- it's a wrap
- answered webinar requests
- meteors for 2023...
- astro gift wrap
- jumped into the IDA conference
- made a home page infographic
- congratulated Adrian
- learned about repository
- heard the new eyepiece is great
- guest speaker next Monday
- explained the SS list quirks
- received heater questions
- a proud observer
- updated a skylist file
- signed up more people
- grateful to the webinar plug
- linked to bookmarks
- SkySafari label errors
- examined all our pins
- received pins image
- enjoyed his pic
- looked the wrong way (St Thomas)
- corrected more DSG files
- this old dog learned a trick
- updated another DSG file
- resumed work on the DSG files
- asked again
- figured out the surveys
- checked the proof
- chatted with chas
- read this week's Skylights
- awarded the 30th cert
- gave away magazines
- read about the nearest black hole
- spotted blank pages
- invited to radio show
- spotted the old edition
- didn't hear back
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