Episode 47In this episode of the Observers Notebook podcast, host Tim Robertson talks to the Mars Section Coordinator, Roger Venable about what’s new with this year Mars apparition. Roger gives us an update to what we are seeing in the current 2018 Mars Opposition. He also talks about the Mars Section and discusses what type of equipment is needed to contribute to the section, and contact information.You can contact Roger at:[email protected]ALPO Mars Pagehttp://www.alpo-astronomy.org/marsblog/For additional information on the ALPO Mars Section:https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/marsobservers/infoInformation on the 2018 Mars Apparationhttp://www.alpo-astronomy.org/jbeish/2018_MARS.htmFor 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=39You can also support this podcast at Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/ObserversNotebookListen to the podcast on Soundcloud:https://soundcloud.com/observersnotebookSubscribe on iTunes:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/observers-notebook-the-alpo-podcast/id1199301885?mt=2I want to thank the Producer of this podcast, Steve Siedentop for his generous support of the Observers Notebook.