November 2005

November 4: Monthly Meeting

Spitzer Space Telescope Project: Attempt to Measure Mass of Brown Dwarf Stars

Howard Chun

Mars History Highlights

: By Dave Huestis
What continues to draw us to Mars? Is it because we still believe life may once have flourished upon or beneath its now lifeless terrain? Spacecraft images and sensors may provide a wealth of data, but nothing can compare to the experience of seeing firsthand even a fleeting image of some Martian surface features through a backyard telescope.

Mediocre Meteors in November

: By Dave Huestis
Usually we can count on a few meteors to blaze across the sky during November while there is still a little warmth on an autumn evening.

Marvelous Mars

: By Dave Huestis
Mars won't be this close or this bright for another 13 years, so you should make every effort to view this desolate world before winter descends upon us.

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