Our own Sidewalk Astronomer member, Dr. Scott Edgington is one of the distinguished speakers at todays Cassini CHARM telecon. CHARM is the clever acronym for Cassini-Huygens Analysis and Results of the Mission. Each month Cassini offers a 1-2 hour telecon discussing a current exciting Cassini science or engineering topic. These telecons are offered to JPL's volunteer networks (JPL Museum Alliance, Solar System Ambassadors, my 400 strong amateur astronomy volunteer community called the Cassini Saturn Observation Campaign, Cassini flight team and some members of the public and to members of the public who might be interested. This month's talk is about CIRS: The Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer: Instrument, Operations and Science. Three Cassini CIRS instrument team members are part of todays presentation. You can download the PDF here http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/doclib/CHARM/index.cfm , and see the previous telecon topics. You'll see the awesome three-part 4th year Anniversary presentation which will bring you up to speed about Cassini, If you're interested. PPT versions are available on a separate website for the volunteers to use in subsequent presentations of their own. Audio and written transcripts will be on the link above in a few days after todays telecon. Let me know if you have any questions or are interested in participating in the telecons or getting the PPT versions for educational or community presentations. Jane -- Jane Houston Jones Senior Outreach Specialist, Cassini Program JPL - 4800 Oak Grove Drive, MS 230-205 Pasadena, CA 91109 818-393-6435 jane.h.jones@jpl.nasa.gov Cassini SOC http://soc.jpl.nasa.gov/index.cfm What's Up? http://education.jpl.nasa.gov/amateurastronomy/index.html