Stargazer's Corner: Adventures Under the Night Sky
Mars 2018: An Old Friend Returns
The author shares his encounters with Mars at perihelic opposition over the course of his years as an amateur astronomer.
Bill has been an amateur astronomer since 1955. He and his wife moved from the San Francisco Bay Area to the outskirts of Phoenix in 1993 for darker skies and a desire to have an observatory only steps away from our home. He's mainly a visual observer with no desire to do imaging.
Stargazer's Corner: Adventures Under the Night Sky
The author shares his encounters with Mars at perihelic opposition over the course of his years as an amateur astronomer.
By: Bill Dellinges September 6, 2018
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