Hi everyone! Some of you were at our last Monrovia star party, which was filmed by a JPL film crew. Just in time for the film award season (darn it, we missed the Golden Globes I'm afraid) here it is! It shows the joy of conducting a local star party, and I hope you enjoy it - you might even see yourself in the video! Its available in HD and Standard Definition, and there is a written transcript too. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/index.cfm?id=804 Mojo put it on our Otastro website, too. http://www.otastro.org/ You Tube version: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=JPLnews&view=videos NASAs International Year of Astronomy "Go Observe" sub-section for January 2009 is all about Venus, with lots of resources and good articles, including my January What's Up podcast about Venus - a link on the right side bar. You might enjoy reading the article about Venus or use some of the educational materials. http://astronomy2009.nasa.gov/observe.htm Next sidewalk events are Jan 30 Pasadena, January 31 Monrovia. Hope to see you then! Weather permitting, of course! Happy new year to everyone and happy birthday to Mojo January 18 (and happy anniversary Jane and Mojo January 15) -- 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(a)jpl.nasa.gov Cassini SOC http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/Education/saturnobservation/ (new) What's Up? http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcasting/whatsup_index.html (new)