Observations - Equipment Terms & Observation Plan Continues
OPENING QUESTIONS: Please grab another observation plan sheet:
- People designated by color blue please go to the Midnight Ridge Observatory Location and check the weather for tonight
- Persons designated by color red please go to the Van Horn Observatory Location and check the weather for tonight
- People designated by color blue please go to the Lund Observatory Location and check the weather for tonight
- Persons designated by color orange please go to the Tooley Pond Observatory Location and check the weather for tonight
Please check:
- Low cloud cover
- High cloud cover (transparency)
- Seeing
- Darkness (from when until when?)
- Humidity (why do we care?)
- Temperature
- Wind (why do we care again?)
- Phase of the moon
OBJECTIVE: I will be able to navigate through the All Clear Sky Chart website 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:
CALENDAR:
- 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
A few folks still have to finish their practicum quiz today so I'll turn the Clear Skies project over to our MG&H TAs Ashley and Jack to put you through your paces on that particular project.
Our goal here is to be able to check the particular conditions that we need to preview before heading out to do an observation!