[Atmob-discuss] Congrats John Boudreau

[John Boudreau]

Thanks Steve,

In addition, currently on the ALPO front page is a composite of Mercury images taken by myself on October 20th and one taken just 40 minutes later by Ed Lomeli out in CA:
http://www.alpo-astronomy.org/

If that image has been replaced by the time you check, here's a link to the image itself:
http://www.alpo-astronomy.org/Mer081027JB_EL.JPG

There is a small bright spot marked in both images that hasn't been imaged by spacecraft yet. It was just either on the sunward limb or just over it during the inward and outward imaging runs by Messenger during it's flyby in early October. It *may* be a crater with bright ejecta, possibly a small ray system or just a bright outcropping within the crater itself. Since Mercury rotates very slowly, about 58.6 earth days, two images taken 40 minutes apart still qualify as a virtual simultaneous observation. I've found that a crater-like feature in Arecibo radar maps very closely matches the spot's coordinates.

---John

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> Just got Dec SkyTel and on page 103 is a picture submitted by John (how many others could there be?). 
> 
> Well done John. Great picture of ISS. 
> 
> Clear skies. 
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