AST1022L WATCH LABS

Observatory Laboratory

Mission: To observe three astronomical objects using the observatory or online resources.

Directions:

1) Please open https://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov/current/cgi/titlepage.pl and click on the Non-

Astronomers Page in the left hand menu. Please read how to use the Query Form to obtain

astronomical images.

2) Please try to recreate the five images on this page before you try to obtain images

3) Now chose the three objects (one star, one nebula, and one cluster) on Star Chart 3 (the objects

that are available now in the summer) from your Star Chart from the Celestial Sphere lab.

4) Create an image for each object using Skyview Virtual Observatory.

5) Please copy the following entries into your writeup three times and fill in the

information requested for each image. Please draw the image in the circle.

Name of Object (What is the name of your Requested Center?):

Date/Time Observed (What date/time did you retrieve the image?):

Image size(degrees) (How many degrees did you enter for the image?):

Image size(pixels) (How many degrees did you enter for the image?):

Requested Center (What is the coordinates of your object?):

Note: Draw what you see in the image. The circle is not Saturn, the Moon, etc.