List of Reports, 1892 – 2020
This information, together with a complete guide to the telescopic literature for 1659–1993, is also included in the 1999 Memoir.
The three columns list oppositions, report compilers and references. * Preliminary report; ** brief note(s) only.
| 1892 E.W. Maunder | Journal, 3, 49 (1892)* | 1950 P.M. Ryves | Journal, 60, 216 (1950** [4] | |
| Memoirs, 2, part 6 (1895) | 1952 P.M. Ryves | Journal, 62, 253 (1952)** [4] | ||
| 1894 B.E. Cammell | Journal, 5, 148 (1895)* | Journal, 64, 253 (1954)** [4] | ||
| B.E. Cammell | 1956 E.H. Collinson | Journal, 67, 253 (1957) | ||
| and N.E. Green | Memoirs, 4, part 4 (1896) | Journal, 68, 142 (1958) | ||
| 1896 E.M. Antoniadi | Journal, 7, 54, 110, 245 (1896–97)* | 1958 E.H. Collinson | Journal, 70, 252 (1960) | |
| Memoirs, 6, part 3 (1898) | 1960 E.H. Collinson | Journal, 73, 23 (1963) | ||
| 1899 E.M. Antoniadi | Journal, 9, 156, 367 (1899) | 1963 E.H. Collinson | Journal, 75, 171 (1965) | |
| Memoirs, 9, part 3 (1901) | 1965 E.H. Collinson | Journal, 77, 202 (1967) [5] | ||
| 1901 E.M. Antoniadi | Memoirs, 11, part 3 (1903) | 1967 E.H. Collinson | Journal, 79, 53 (1969) | |
| 1903 E.M. Antoniadi | Memoirs, 16, part 4 (1910) | 1969 E.H. Collinson | Journal, 81, 49 (1970) | |
| 1905 E.M. Antoniadi | Memoirs, 17, part 2 (1910) | 1971 E.H. Collinson | Journal, 82, 172 (1972)* | |
| 1907 E.M. Antoniadi | Journal, 18, 398 (1908)* | Journal, 83, 283 (1973) | ||
| Memoirs, 17, part 3 (1910) | 1973 E.H. Collinson | Journal, 85, 336 (1975) | ||
| 1909 E.M. Antoniadi | Journal, 19, 247 (1909)* | 1975 E.H. Collinson | Journal, 88, 504 (1978) | |
| Journal, 20, 17, 22, 25, 78,136, | 1978 E.H. Collinson | Journal, 90, 560 (1980) | ||
| 189, 192, 469, 525, (1909) | 1980 R.J. McKim | Journal, 94, 197 (1984) | ||
| Memoirs, 20, part 2 (1915) | 1982 R.J. McKim | Inner Planets Section Newsletters | ||
| 1911 E.M. Antoniadi | Journal, 22, 452 (1912)* | Nos.8, 9 (1983) | ||
| Memoirs, 20, part 4 (1916) | Journal, 93, 175 (1983)* | |||
| 1914 E.M.Antoniadi | Memoirs, 21, part 3 (1919) | Journal, 96, 36 (1985) | ||
| 1916 E.M. Antoniadi | Memoirs, 21, part 4 (1920) | 1984 R.J. McKim | Inner Planets Section Newsletters | |
| 1918 H. Thomson | Journal, 29 , 44 (1918)* | Nos.11, 12 (1984) | ||
| Memoirs, 26, part 1 (1924) | Journal, 94, 271 (1984) | |||
| 1920 H. Thomson | Journal, 32, 48 86 (1921)* | Journal, 97, 139 (1987) | ||
| Memoirs, 27, part 1 (1927) | 1986 R.J. McKim | Journal, 96, 256 (1986)* | ||
| 1922 W.H. Steavenson | Journal, 32, 330 (1922)** [1] | Journal, 97, 2 (1986)* | ||
| 1924 W.H. Steavenson | Journal, 34, 348 (1924)** [2] | Journal, 97, 181 (1987) | ||
| 1926 W.H. Steavenson | Journal, 36, 324 (1926) [3] | Journal, 99, 215 (1989) | ||
| Journal, 37, 344 (1927)** | 1988 R.J. McKim | Journal, 98, 336 (1988)* | ||
| Journal, 39, 145 (1929)** | Journal, 99, 2, 52, 115, 154 (1989) | |||
| 1928 W.H. Steavenson | Journal, 39, 145 (1929)** [4] | Journal, 101, 264 (1991) | ||
| 1931 B.M. Peak | Journal, 41, 442 (1931)** [4] | 1990 R.J. McKim | Journal, 101, 73 (1991)* | |
| 1933 R.L. Waterfield | Journal, 43, 240 (1933)* [4] | Journal, 102, 248 (1992) | ||
| 1935 R.L. Waterfield | Journal, 45, 347 (1935) [4] | 1993 R.J. McKim | Journal, 102, 312 (1992)* | |
| 1937 R.L. Waterfield | Journal, 47, 351 (1937)** [4] | Journal, 103, 58 (1993) | ||
| 1939 R.L. Waterfield | Journal, 49, 378 (1939)** [4] | |||
| 1941 R.L. Waterfield | Journal, 51, 350 (1941)** | |||
| P.M. Ryves and | ||||
| A.F.O.D Alexander | Memoirs, 37, part 1 (1951) | |||
| 1943 P.M. Ryves | Journal, 54, 182 (1945)** [4] | |||
| 1946 P.M. Ryves | Journal, 56, 155 (1946)** [4] | |||
| 1948 P.M. Ryves | Journal, 58, 239 (1948)** [4] |
Notes
1 1922: Some observations by BAA observer P.M. Ryves appeared in the Mars Reports by Pickering.
2 1924: Steavenson’s personal observations were published in the Greenwich Observations for 1924.
Some observations by BAA observers appeared in the Mars Reports by Pickering. See also the various
reportsof the BAA meeting discussions.
3 1926: Some observations by BAA observers appeared in the Mars Reports by Pickering. See also BAA meeting
discussions.
4 See also BAA meeting discussions. Until the early 1930s, some observations by BAA members appeared in English
Mechanic.
5 1965: From this year onward, some BAA observers also sent work for publication in The Astronomer, but little Mars
work has been published there since the early 1980s.
6 The Memoirs DVD is available to purchase. For full details visit the BAA Shop
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The list above is reprinted from the BAA martian dust storms Memoir (volume 44 (1999)) and lists all the BAA Mars reports up to and including the apparition of 1992-93. The following is a supplementary list of reports from 1995 to 2020 inclusive, the interim (preliminary) reports being listed (and of course published) before the final ones. For clarity the final reports are listed in bold type. The final reports are the ones available from the downloads page in PDF format.
The Opposition of Mars, 1995 [preliminary report]; J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 105 (4), 157 (1995).
The Opposition of Mars, 1995; J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 115 (6), 313-333 (2005).
The Opposition of Mars 1997 [preliminary reports]; J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 107 (1) front cover, 5, (2), 61, (3), 114-115, (4), 175-176, (5), 231-232 (1997); 108, 243-246 (1998); Mars Section Circulars Nos. 1-14 (1996-97).
The Opposition of Mars, 1997; J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 116, 169-186 (2006).
The Opposition of Mars 1999 [preliminary reports]; J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 110 (3), 113-117 (2000); Mars Section Circulars Nos. 1- 8 (1998-99).
The Opposition of Mars, 1999; J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 117, 314-330 (2007).
The Opposition of Mars, 2001 [preliminary reports]; J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 111 (3), 120-121, 155 (2001); 112 (3), 119-121 and 123 (2002); BAA Circulars Nos. 777 and 779 (2001); Mars Section Circular 2001 December.
The Opposition of Mars, 2001; J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 119, 123-143 and 205-211 (2009).
Observing Mars in 2003; Astronomy Now 2003 Yearbook, 102-103 (2002).
Observing Mars in 2003; J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 113 (2), 70-71 (2003).
The Opposition of Mars 2003 [preliminary reports]; J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 113 (3), 130-131, (4) 189-190 [and front cover], (5) 249-251 [and inside front cover], (6) 318-319 (2003); 114 (1), 6, and (2), 62-63 (2004); BAA Circular No. 791 (2003) and BAA E-Circulars Nos. 100, 109 and 127 (2003).
The Great Perihelic Opposition of Mars, 2003; J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 120 (5), 280-295 and (6), 347-357 (2010).
The Opposition of Mars 2005 [preliminary reports]; J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 116 (1), 6 [and front cover] (2006); 116 (3), 117-118 (2006).
The Opposition of Mars, 2005, J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 121 (3), 143-154 and (4), 215-222 (2011).
The Opposition of Mars 2007 [preliminary reports]; BAA Circular No. 808 (2007), BAA E-Circular No. 296 (2007), J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 118 (2), 73-74 and (4), 179-181 (2008).
The Opposition of Mars, 2007, J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 122 (4), 207-219 and (5), 271-278 (2012).
Mars: the return [Mars in 2007], Sky at Night magazine, 2007 December, pp 65-69.
The Opposition of Mars 2010 [preliminary reports]; BAA E-Circular Nos. 467 (2010) and 472 (2010), J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 120 (1), 10-11 and (6), 333 (2010).
The Opposition of Mars 2010, J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 128 (3), 157-167, and (4) 231-239 (2018).
Observing Mars in 2011-’12, J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 121 (5), 258-259 (2011).
The Opposition of Mars, 2012 [preliminary reports]; BAA E-Circular No. 661 (2012), J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 122 (2), 75 (2012) and 123 (1), 6-7 (2013).
Nature Letter reports a remarkable terminator projection on Mars, 2012 March-April, J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 125 (2), 74 (2015).
The Opposition of Mars 2012, J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 129 (5), 260-272 and (6) 351-358 (2019).
Curiosity, Gale crater and Walter F.Gale, J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 122 (4), 202-203 (2012).
‘Curiosity’ at Gale crater, J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 122 (5), 255-256 and f/c. (2012).
The Opposition of Mars, 2014 [preliminary reports]; J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 124 (1), 4-5 and (3) f.c., 119-120 (2014) and 125 (1) 4-5 (2015).
Observing Mars in 2014, Astronomy Now, 28 (4), 26-29 (2014 April).
The Opposition of Mars 2014, J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 131 (1), 42-50 and (2) 105-112 (2021).
Water on Mars: New findings from NASA, J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 126 (1), 4 (2016).
The Opposition of Mars, 2016 [preliminary reports]; J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 126 (1), 4-5 and (4) 205-206 (2016), and 127 (6), 321-322 (2017); BAA E-Circular No. 918 (2016).
The Opposition of Mars 2016, J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., in press (2021).
Observing Mars in 2018, J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 128 (1), 9 (2018).
Marvellous Mars at opposition, Astronomy Now, 32 (1) 56-57 (2018 January).
Mars at opposition and how to observe it, Astronomy Now, 32 (8), 44-49 (2018 August).[Inset box within the article ‘Imaging for Science, part 8: Mars’, by P.R.Lawrence]:
Submit your pictures for science, The Sky At Night magazine, 2018 December, page 70.
The Opposition of Mars, 2018 [preliminary reports]; J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 128 (2), 70-71 (‘Conjunctions and Comparisons’), (4), 196-197 (‘A major dust storm on Mars’) (2018), and 129 (4), 196-197 (2019) (‘Spacecraft exploration of mars: an update; Second Interim report); BAA E-Circulars No. 996 and 1007 (2018).
The Opposition of Mars 2018, J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., in press (publication due in late 2022).
The Opposition of Mars, 2020 [preliminary reports]; J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 130 (2), 142-143 (‘Observing notes for the 2020 Opposition; 2019 October to 2020 March: 1st Interim report’) and (5) 62-63 (‘2020 April-August, 2nd Interim report’) (2020); The first Martian helicopter flights and Kitty Hawk, 131 (3), 137 (2021); 3rd Interim report (4), in press (2021).
The Opposition of Mars 2020, J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., in preparation (2021).
J.H.Shirley, R.J.McKim, J.M.Battalio and D.M.Kass, Orbit-Spin Coupling and the Triggering of the Martian Planet-Encircling Dust Storm of 2018, J. Geophys. Research: Planets, 125 (6), e2019JE006077 (2020 June).[https://doi.org: 10.1029/2019JE006077]
R.J.McKim, Director, 2021 July 28th
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