11b1 Ingenious use of technology!

Period 4 today Year 11 used FTS and got some images.

We knew about the possiblility of seeing Hartley's comet, but didn’t know if it was observable from Australia at this time.

We had RA and dec so tried it – but no luck. We then went for the easy option of the guided tour – only to find it didn’t work! I then frantically tried various Messier objects until one was observable and we went for that – M42 Orion’s nebula.

A quick thinking student in the group, Kleber Noel, used his ipod planisphere to see what other Messier objects were around Orion, and found M30 and M79, two Globular Clusters.

(Kleber gets a badge for quick thinking and saving the lesson!)

- Mr Pert

Orion Nebula M42 Sky Object Name: M42
Taken By: Uplands Community College
When taken: Nov 2, 2010 12:43:11 UTC
RA: 5h35'16"
DEC: -5°23'23"
Filter: RGB
Exposure time: 10 secs.
Instrument: EM03

Orion Nebula M42 Sky Object Name: M42
Taken By: Uplands Community College
When taken: Nov 2, 2010 12:45:52 UTC
RA: 5h35'16"
DEC: -5°23'23"
Filter: RGB
Exposure time: 3 secs.
Instrument: EM03

Globular Cluster M30 Sky Object Name: M30
Taken By: Uplands Community College
When taken: Nov 2, 2010 12:51:38 UTC
RA: 21h40'22"
DEC: -23°10'45"
Filter: RGB
Exposure time: 2 secs.
Instrument: EM03

Globular Cluster M79 Sky Object Name: M79
Taken By: Uplands Community College
When taken: Nov 2, 2010 12:56:31 UTC
RA: 5h24'12"
DEC: -24°31'31"
Filter: RGB
Exposure time: 2 secs.
Instrument: EM03

Globular Cluster M79 Sky Object Name: M79
Taken By: Uplands Community College
When taken: Nov 2, 2010 12:58:02 UTC
RA: 5h24'12"
DEC: -24°31'31"
Filter: Blue
Exposure time: 1 secs.
Instrument: EM03