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At the following website is a software package called Neave Planetarium. It is a virtual planetarium you can use to find what will be in the sky when.
Click here to visit the website for Neave Planetarium.

Using Neave Planetarium or a similar virtual planetarium program, plan an observation session (or two, depending on the phase of the moon) in which you go outside to look at the sky. Include in your planned observations the following objects:

• the moon
• a planet (you may choose which one)
• two constellations (again, you may choose which ones)

The following chart has been provided to help you with your plans and observations. After you have made your observations, submit a summary including a copy of your completed observation chart and a short description of what you saw. Be sure to include the following in your description:

• how many and which of the objects you were actually able to find
• why you think you were unsuccessful, for any you couldn't find
• how easy or hard you found the observation session
• your favorite part of the observation session