Stargaze on Sunday, December 17th, 2006
Time: 7 PM - 10 PM
Place: Service Road @ PV
The grant telescopes that we used kind of really sucked. It took us about an hour to set them up, and even then only mine worked. There was a surprisingly small turnout, with only Erich, Will and I, so we were about to get more done once the telescopes aligned and finished skewing. Among the things we saw were Pleyades, Hyades, the double cluster of Perseus, a quadruple star, etc. The function was set to "Tonight's Best" that had us laughing at the lame comments.
After using the telescope that took a thousand years to set up even with Mr. Percival, we went to the center of PV in between the Media Center and the art building. Mr. Percival used this really BA laser pointer that had to be imported from Hong Kong because it can blind pilots. He pointed out certain constellations such as Taurus, Pegasus, Casseopeia, Orion, Gemini, Auriga, and the Hare. He told us that in the East, Sirius and Canis Major were rising. No planets could be seen that night because none of them were above the horizon.
It was a pretty good stargaze, especially since it was intimate. Mr. Percival also talked about music afterwards, which is always interesting. I never knew he sang...!
Time: 7 PM - 10 PM
Place: Service Road @ PV
The grant telescopes that we used kind of really sucked. It took us about an hour to set them up, and even then only mine worked. There was a surprisingly small turnout, with only Erich, Will and I, so we were about to get more done once the telescopes aligned and finished skewing. Among the things we saw were Pleyades, Hyades, the double cluster of Perseus, a quadruple star, etc. The function was set to "Tonight's Best" that had us laughing at the lame comments.
After using the telescope that took a thousand years to set up even with Mr. Percival, we went to the center of PV in between the Media Center and the art building. Mr. Percival used this really BA laser pointer that had to be imported from Hong Kong because it can blind pilots. He pointed out certain constellations such as Taurus, Pegasus, Casseopeia, Orion, Gemini, Auriga, and the Hare. He told us that in the East, Sirius and Canis Major were rising. No planets could be seen that night because none of them were above the horizon.
It was a pretty good stargaze, especially since it was intimate. Mr. Percival also talked about music afterwards, which is always interesting. I never knew he sang...!
