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MARS 2003 Opposition Events


Aug 2 - Glenn Malcolm at the
Mt. Wilson 60-inch telescope

Aug 2 - Group photo of MARS observers at the
Mt. Wilson 60-inch telescope

Aug 16 - RAS members participate at the
Griffith Park Observatory MARS Outreach Event

Aug 16 - RAS members Bill Seavey and Al Fink
at the Griffith Park Observatory

Aug 23 - Ralph Megna brought a MARS cake to the Mt. Laguna star-b-cue

Aug 23 - RAS members at Mt. Laguna star party celebrate MARS with big star-b-cue!

Aug 23 - Images of MARS from Mt. Laguna

Aug 26 - RAS members set up their telescopes at Tyler Galleria for MARS' closest approach

Aug 26 - MARS outreach at the mall
in front of Barnes & Noble

Aug 26 - RAS member telescopes await the crowds who later viewed MARS under good skies

Aug 26 - Several hundred people arrive
to view MARS with the RAS

Aug 30- Al Fink and Mits Kawahara set up the club's 7" Maksutov

Aug 30- A view of the parking lot at
La Sierra University Mars party

Aug 30- A visitor takes a look at Mars with the RAS at La Sierra University

Sept 6 - Ralph's image of Mars shot in the
Barnes & Noble parking lot!

Sept 6 - Visitors at the Tyler Galleria were treated to views of both the Moon and Mars

Sept 6 - This young observer couldn't
get enough of planet Mars

Sept 6 - RAS member Jim Cook brought his 6-inch refractor for the Mars public viewing event

Sept 6 - Todd Hansen set up his newly built 12-inch
reflector, which provided awesome views of Mars


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