Observing

Post details: Web resources

2011-02-11

12:18:20 pm, by steveg

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Categories: Observing

Web resources

Here's a link to the Aurora Cam in Yellowknife

Click here to get to the Canadian Space Agency's aurora cam page

Here's a link to the chart of 100 excellent double stars

Click here to be taken to the Astronomical League list of 100 great double stars

A few other things were mentioned:
here's the link to the observer's certificate. Please print one off, and check off your targets you have already done, or do once you have printed it. Turn it in to me at the meeting and i will get back to you with a duly crafted 'real' one!

Click here to download a pdf version of the certificate. No framing it until i re-make it for you though!

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Comment from: steveg [Member]

Here's a chart of the information on the observing certificate. You can cut&paste this into notepad and print something to use.
If you have already seen the item, check it off. If you see it in the future, write in the date.

It's the first step to making an observing log, something you will treasure for all your life.

Star: Polaris Sirius Vega Betelgeuse
Constellation: Leo Orion Sagittarius Big Dipper
Near Sky Object: An Aurora A Meteor The ISS A Satellite
Star Group: Alberio Gamma Andromedae Coat Hanger E.T. Cluster
Deep Sky Object: The Perseus Double Cluster Andromeda Galaxy M13 M57

Solar System: (you need all of these)
The Moon Mars Jupiter Venus Mercury Saturn Plieades

Bring your paper to the next meeting and we can compare notes!

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