... Ira Polans, & Michael Wright (609) 273-1456 (908) 859-1670 and (609) 448-8644 kane@princetonastronomy.org editors@princetonastronomy.org Volume 40 From the Director January 2011 Number 1 Happy New Year! To everyone in AAAP, I am wishing you a grand new year and clear skies! ... Opportunity Rover Snaps Gorgeous Panoramas of Santa Maria Crater and Intrepid Crater The Opportunity rover is sending back a multitude of awesome views of Santa Maria Crater since arriving at the western edge on Dec. ...

... A key search on the internet for "Sputnik" yields interesting results including several short stories commissioned by the BBC, a New York Times retrospective on Sputnik including an audio file of the transmission, and a nice article by Sky and Telescope in which ATMoB members Anna Hillier and Paul Valleli among others, remember their experiences during the first few days after the launch of Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2. ... He also explained that good planetary images can be acquired from these skies. ...