OBJECTIVE: I will start the First Annual Great Astronomy Hardware Scavenger (sorta kinda) Hunt during today's class

WORDS FOR TODAY:

• Right Ascension (Longitude in space)
• Declination (Longitude in space)
• Sidereal Time (time based on Earth's actual rotation. 1 day = 23 h 56 min 4.0905 s)
• meridian (The line dividing the night sky into Northern & Southern Hemispheres)
• Transit (time when an object moves across the meridian)

LINKS FOR TODAY:

You'll most definitely need our GHHS Observation Program website

WORK O' THE DAY: 

Please take note of your color dot on your desk.

1. Now please note the following documents (links below)
2. Please open each document, find your color-coded page and copy and paste that into your own brand new document.
3. Be sure and share that document with your team AND with me
4. After you have compiled a full 'set' of 6 pages (1 for each piece of hardware we use to make observations), please set about working SOLO (at first) to identify the specific piece of hardware (described poetically therein as Cinquain, Tanka, Free Verse, Sonnet or Haiku form) and fill out the information sheet. Note: Please change the font of your responses to Courier so your responses stand out on that sheet.

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Round #1: Individual Effort. When you all equipment identified and your sheet filled out, submit it using our regular online form and I'll verify.

Round #2: Team Effort. Work with your team to verify correct equipment descriptions and functionality.

First (I) Document is HERE

Second (II) Document is HERE

Third (III) Document is HERE

Fourth (IV) Document is HERE

Fifth (V) Document is HERE

Sixth (VI) Document is HERE

Seventh (VII) Document: Please create your OWN version of this document for our mount. That includes a witty (?), clear (?), clever (?) cinquain, tanka, free verse, sonnet or haiku in the same 'flavor' as the ones I provided to you for the first 6 items.