Observers Notebook

Episode 101 In this episode of the Observers Notebook podcast, host Tim Robertson talks to the Venus Section Coordinator, Julius Benton. Julius gives us a brief history of the Venus Section and discusses what type of equipment is needed to contribute to the section, and also the upcoming ESA/JAXA mission to Mercury will fly-past Venus in late August is requesting real time Venus observations, and contact information. You can contact Julius at: jlbaina@msn.com Additional information on the ALPO Venus section can be found here: http://www.alpo-astronomy.org/venusblog/ Observing Venus: http://www.alpo-astronomy.org/venus/ven1210.pdf Observing forms: http://www.alpo-astronomy.org/venus/venus1.pdf For more information you can visit the ALPO web site at: www.alpo-astronomy.org/ You can join the ALPO here: https://store.astroleague.org/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=10&products_id=39 The ALPO YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEmixiL-d5k2Fx27Ijfk41A/ You can also support this podcast