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This web-site will provide up-to-date commentaries about
the world-wide observations of the planet Mars
in association with the recent issue of the
Communications in Mars Observations
(abbreviated to CMO) published by the
International Society of the Mars Observers
(abbreviated to ISMO)

The ISMO Advisory Board consists of
Donald PARKER (DPk), Christophe PELLIER (CPl), William SHEEHAN (WSh)
Tadashi ASADA (As), Reiichi KONNAÏ (Kn), and Masatsugu MINAMI (Mn)

On the other hand, the CMO/ISMO Editorial Board consists of
Tadashi ASADA (As), Masatsugu MINAMI (Mn),
Masami MURAKAMI (Mk; cmo@mars.dti.ne.jp), Takashi NAKAJIMA (Nj),
and Akinori NISHITA (Ns)


2024 CMO News


 A. Started a Gallery Page

  We have started a gallery page for the 2024/25 Mars apparition. Mars is still in the constellation Capricorn, with an apparent diameter (δ) of just over 4 arc seconds, and a low declination, but images are now being sent from the country of southern hemisphere and the Philippines, where conditions are favorable.

  The closest approach in mid-January next year will be a small approach with a maximal apparent diameter of 14.6 arc seconds. The period when the apparent diameter is 10 arc seconds or more is only for 4 months from mid-November to early March next year. However, during this period, you will observe the northern hemisphere of Mars just after the vernal equinox (λ=000°Ls).
  The central latitude of the Mars also points slightly northward and you will observe the spring season of northern hemisphere. This is the season when you can observe the shrinking state of the north polar cap.

We appreciate your sending images, sketches, etc. in jpg or png format to the address below, along with comments.

Mail to : cmo@mars.dti.ne.jp

( 1 March 2024, Masami MURAKAMI, Hideyuki ASAI )


2023 CMO News HEADLINES

 A. Comet ZTF (C/2022 E3) to pass by Mars

 B. Mars has moved from Taurus to Gemini

 C. This Apparition has Ended

 D. Mars was in Conjunction


2022 CMO News HEADLINES

 A. 2022/23 Gallery Open

 B. Planets at Dawn

 C. Occurrence of Dust Storm Similar Martian Season of 2020

 D. Possibility of Martian flares at Edom Promontorium


2021 CMO News HEADLINES

 A. This Apparition of Mars is Closing

 B. The ASJ Award for the Outstanding Achievement by Amateur

 C. Conjunction 2021


2020 CMO News HEADLINES

 A. Mars is Now in Scorpius

 B. Now in a Favorable Mars Observing Period

 C. Mars is Getting Closer

 D. Detection of the shadow of AMEC

 E. A Dust Storm Occurrence at the Southern Early Fall (after λ=300°~Ls )


2019 CMO News HEADLINES

 A. Crucial Loss

 B. A Biographical Note on Masatsugu MINAMI by William SHEEHAN

 C. Mars is Now in Virgo at Dawn


2018 CMO News HEADLINES

 Aa. It Was Our Pleasure to See the Planet Mars Came Back Now to Shine in the Morning Sky

 Ab. The 2018 Apparition of Mars Has just Begun

 B. Oxus Dark Segment

 Ca. Entrainment of a dust disturbance at λ=185°Ls

 Cb. Resonances at the beginning of June and aftermath.

 Cc. We here show how the overview of the Martian surface changed within a few days:

 Cd. The images here show several work from 9 June 2018 (λ=190°Ls)

 D. Notable dust disturbance seen at the following area of Sinus Meridiani down to the northern end of Margaritifer Sinus (including Oxia P).


2017 CMO News HEADLINES

 A. Conjunction of Mars with Neptune on 1 January 2017

 B. Dust disturbances at the Eos area around 18 January 2017 (λ=301°Ls)

 C. The Dust Disturbances continue


2016 CMO News HEADLINES

 A. Mars is Now Considerably High up in the Eastern Sky at Dawn

 B. The Planet Mars now Shines in the Vicinity of Antares ( α Scorpii) at midnight


2015 CMO News HEADLINES

 A. Great Loss

 B. The planet Mars Has Moved to the Morning Sky


2014 CMO News HEADLINES

 A. The Planet Mars Shines Now in the Morning Sky

 B. Don PARKER Leads the Mars Observation Race this Apparition!

 C. Occurrence of an Arctic Polar Cyclonic Cloud


2013 CMO News HEADLINES

 A. Conjunction this Year

 B. Mars is Now in the Morning Sky


2012 CMO News HEADLINES

 A. The Planet Mars Will be Closest to the Earth on 5 March 2012

 B. Protrusions from the Dawn Terminator

 C. End of the 2011/12 Apparition


2011 CMO News HEADLINES

  A. No Martian Opposition This Year

  B. Conjunction

  C. The Planet Mars Passed the Time of Conjunction with the Sun

  D. The Planet Mars Has Come Back in the Morning Sky

  E. The planet Mars will attain the apparent diameter δ=9.0"


2010 CMO News HEADLINES

  A. The Planet Mars Is Now Approaching

  B. Mars Is Going Away

  C. Establishment of the International Society of the Mars Observers (ISMO)

  D. Reformation of the Staff of the OAA Mars Section

  E. Animation of Mars in 2010 by Martin LEWIS

  F. Death of Professor Audouin DOLLFUS


2009 CMO News HEADLINES

  A. Mars Is Now to the West Side of the Sun just after Conjunction

  B. First Announcement of the IWCMO

  C. The Planet Mars Is Now Come Back in the Morning Sky

  D. Programme of the IWCMO

  E. Final Announcement of the IWCMO

  F. The IWCMO Has Been Successfully Held in Paris and Meudon


2008 CMO News HEADLINES

  A. First Announcement in 2008

  B. CAPEN Crater on Mars

  C. 2007/2008 Mars Apparition Ended


2007 CMO News HEADLINES

  A.  Mars is Now Back in the Eastern Sky

  B.  Welcome to the New 2007/2008 CMO Mars Gallery

  C.  Noachis dust has been entrained!

  D.  Origin of the Present Noachis Dust Storm

  E.  Subsidence of the Noachis Dust Storm

  F.  Resonant Dust Cores at Nilokeras

  G.  MIYAMOTO Crater on Mars

  H. Sean WALKER's Animated Globe in 2007


2006 CMO News HEADLINES

  A.   SAHEKI Crater on Mars

  B.  The 20th Anniversary of the CMO, and the 10th Anniversary of the CMO-Web

  C. The 2005 Mars Apparition Ended

  D. 2006 Mars at Conjunction

  D bis. Mars Now


2005 CMO News HEADLINES

  A.   The spc is coming, just before the southern vernal equinox

  B.   Now the season has come when the centre of the spc starts to deviate from the south pole

  C.   Noachis at λ=250°Ls

  D.   Solis L area at λ=300°Ls

  E.  Chicken at Mt Hamilton

  F.   Yellow Planet again at Opposition


2004 CMO News HEADLINES

  A.   2004 Lowell Conference at Anamidzu

  B.   First Conference on Percival Lowell at Anamidzu in 2004

  C.   Bill SHEEHAN

  D.   Mars Conjunction

  E.   Our planet has come back in the morning sky


2003 CMO NEWS HEADLINES

 A.  First CMO Announcement in 2003

 B.  The 11th CMO Meeting was successfully held on 3, 4 and 5 May 2003

 C.  Spectacular Dust Storm was observed here in Japan from 4 July through 8 July 2003

 D.  Great! but Yellow Planet

 E.  The biggest Mars on 27 August 2003

 F.  M Serpentis still darkened and widened

 G.  December storm


2002 CMO NEWS HEADLINES

 A.   Jeff D BEISH, ALPO Mars Section and Computing Section, visited Japan and kindly gave an interesting talk to the CMO Members on 24 March at Yokohama.

 B.   The CMO Editors interviewed Sanenobu FUKUI, now 86 of age living in Yokohama, and listened to his talk about his finding of a Sun-glint flare seen near Solis Lacus on 10 November 1958.

 C.
  1)  Bill SHEEHAN communicated a comment to us on the results of the water distribution over the Martian surface revealed by Odyssey's neutron spectrometer:
  2)  Tom DOBBINS (11 May) suggested us to refer to the S&T Site on Odyssey's result.

 D.   The 10th CMO Meeting:
  The 10th CMO Planetary Observers Meeting was held at Ina City, Nagano Prefecture, from the night of 2 August to the morning of 5 August 2002.


2001 CMO NEWS HEADLINES

 A. Edom Brightening on 7 and 8 June

 B. Yellow Dust Cloud

 C. The 9th CMO Meeting of the Mars Observers was successfully held at Okinawa on 20, 21 and 22 July.


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