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      THE INTERNATIONAL MARSWATCH ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
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                     Volume 5; Issue 3
                       Mar 1, 2001
                     Circulation: 1453

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(1) Welcome message and website update
(2) Observatiion coordination

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Dear Marsphiles,

Welcome to the month of Mars - if in name only.  I hope we are
all gearing up to get a really good look at the red planet
this coming June.  The MarsWatch web site is up and running
with almost 50 images currently contributed.  Keep 'em coming!
I have been able to get some fund together to hire a part-time
student helper with the site through (at least?) June, so with
two of us handling things we ought to be able to keep up with
your contributions.  Be sure to check out the ALPO Mars section
contributions page for some new information and a link to their
Martian Chronicles for some advice on what to be looking for
this Mars season.

Clear Skies!

				- Dave

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One of the things the MarsWatch "charter" discusses is the 
frequent observations of Mars.  To help the frequency, and the
ability to get coverage over as many wavelengths as possible,
I'd like to add a page to the Marswatch site listing the observing
schedules of the professional astronomers amoung us.  Since our
observing time is FAR more restricted than those of you with your
own telescopes, this will provide a baseline of coverage that
our community will achieve.  It will also provide a good starting
point for the amateur observers so they can better fill in the
spatial and spectral coverage.  Of course I realize that many of
the amateurs will be following a "whenever I can get to my 'scope"
schedule, but it would be nice to see if we can't get as complete
a picture of Mars as possible.  I hope to have this new page up
by next week, beginning with my own observing schedule.  I will
add to it the schedules of any other observers who e-mail their
details (when, where, wavelengths, etc.)

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Marswatch WWW sites:
	http://www.rowan.edu/marswatch/
	http://www.astroleague.org/marswatch/
	http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/mpf/marswatch.html
	http://astrosun.tn.cornell.edu/marsnet/mnhome.html

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Questions, comments, concerns, and contributions to:
David R. Klassen                             voice: 856-256-4500 x3273
Department of Chemistry & Physics              fax: 856-256-4478
Rowan University
201 Mullica Hill Road                        klassen@rowan.edu
Glassboro, NJ 08028                          http://elvis.rowan.edu/~klassen