OBJECTIVE: I will be able to navigate through the Stellarium program during today's class.

I will work with my team to learn the names and functions of the equipment we use to make observations.

WORDS FOR TODAY:

• Right Ascension
• Declination
• Sidereal Time
• Transit
• Meridian Flip
• Magnitude
• Size

LINKS:

GHHS Observing Program

CALENDAR:

• Our MG&H TA's will print out the current copy of your image today and show it to you for final review. I will grade them in the next day or so.
• Make sure your "How To" video is squared way
• Observation plan is due on Friday
• "Practical" Tests will commence on Thursday (Volunteers?) and go through Friday
  • Naming & Describing telescope equipment
  • Using the Clear Skies Chart and/or Clear Skies List

WORK O' THE DAY: 

Make sure you have a copy of your Observation Plan' handy. You'll need to complete that by Friday, but for today we're still practicing

Take a few moments and work with your team to practice with your equipment flashcards

Sometime during today's class, please come up and take a look at our assembled telescope with gear and find those pieces of equipment on the rig.

Work with your team to find the Orion Nebula in the sky over Williston, North Dakota on December 19th, 1979:

Here is some of the data you'll need when you fill out your observation plan!

• Where is that object in the sky?
• What type of object is it?
  • Nebulae need Ha, SII & OIII filters
  • Galaxies need Visible light, Visible Red, Visible Blue and Visible Green filters
• What phase of the moon is present?
• Will the moon be an issue?
• Go the Clear Skies Map and find Williston, ND there or go to the detailed list and find it there
  • How is the cloud cover?
  • How are the high clouds (transparency)
  • What about the seeing (air stability)
  • What about darkness?
  • Wind? (Why do we care?)
  • Humidity? (Why do we care?)
  • Temperature? (Why do we care?)