MAGICAL NIGHT Mars as rendered by Eugène M. Antoniadi on September 20, 1909, his first night with the 83-cm Meudon Observatory Grande Lunette refractor. The telescope is housed in the dome shown in this sketch by Antoniadi, which was published in the Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France in 1927. sk yand tele scope .o r g * DECEMBER 2023 27https://skyandtelescope.org/