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: 

What is a narrowband filter, how many do we use, what are they and why are they such an important tool for out astrophotography system?

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Here are yesterday's documents. Please complete your scavenger hunt and submit your final document to our classroom submittal page TODAY!

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.

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