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<p>Created page with &quot;<a href="/Category:Astronomy_Experiments" title="Category:Astronomy Experiments">Category:Astronomy Experiments</a> POSTED ON JANUARY 12, 2019 Astronomy Report – Jan 12th Astronomy Report Crew 202 Astronomy Report 12-Jan-2019 Crew Astronomer: Cesare G...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Category:Astronomy Experiments]]<br /> <br /> POSTED ON JANUARY 12, 2019<br /> Astronomy Report – Jan 12th<br /> Astronomy Report<br /> <br /> Crew 202 Astronomy Report 12-Jan-2019<br /> <br /> Crew Astronomer: Cesare Guariniello<br /> <br /> MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY<br /> <br /> Robotic Telescope: MDRS-WF<br /> <br /> Objects Viewed: M63, M78, M101, M106<br /> <br /> Problems Encountered: none<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> POSTED ON JANUARY 11, 2019<br /> Astronomy Report – January 11th<br /> Crew 202 Astronomy Report 11-Jan-2019<br /> <br /> Crew Astronomer: Cesare Guariniello<br /> <br /> MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY<br /> <br /> Robotic Telescope: MDRS-WF<br /> <br /> Objects Viewed: M97 (Owl Nebula)<br /> <br /> Problems Encountered: none<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> POSTED ON JANUARY 10, 2019<br /> Astronomy Report – January 10th<br /> Crew 202 Astronomy Report 10-Jan-2019<br /> <br /> Crew Astronomer: Cesare Guariniello<br /> <br /> MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY<br /> <br /> Robotic Telescope: MDRS-WF<br /> <br /> Objects Viewed: M45 – Pleiades (observed). M63, M76, M101, M106 (submitted)<br /> <br /> Problems Encountered: none<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> POSTED ON JANUARY 9, 2019<br /> Astronomy Report – January 9th<br /> Crew 202 Astronomy Report 09-Jan-2019<br /> <br /> Crew Astronomer: Cesare Guariniello<br /> <br /> MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY<br /> <br /> Robotic Telescope: MDRS-WF<br /> <br /> Objects Viewed: IC405 (“Flaming Star”) and Rosette Nebula. One exposure each of 180s in Blue, Green, and Luminance. One exposure of 240s in Red. One exposure of 300s in H-alpha<br /> <br /> Problems Encountered: none<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> POSTED ON JANUARY 8, 2019<br /> Astronomy Report – January 08th<br /> Crew Astronomer: Cesare Guariniello<br /> <br /> MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY<br /> Robotic Telescope: MDRS-WF<br /> Objects Viewed: M1 (Crab Nebula), M78<br /> <br /> Problems Encountered: one planet was close to M1 and reduced the quality of the nebula a little bit<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> POSTED ON JANUARY 7, 2019<br /> Astronomy Report – January 7th<br /> Crew 202 Astronomy Report 07-Jan-2019<br /> Crew Astronomer: Cesare Guariniello<br /> <br /> MUSK OBSERVATORY<br /> Solar Features Observed: Granules at the edge and in the center<br /> <br /> Problems Encountered: None<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> POSTED ON JANUARY 6, 2019<br /> Astronomy Report – January 5th<br /> Crew 202 Astronomy Report 05-Jan-2019<br /> Crew Astronomer: Cesare Guariniello<br /> <br /> MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY<br /> Robotic Telescope: MDRS-WF<br /> Objects Viewed: Sending photo of Horsehead Nebula observed on 04Jan2019<br /> <br /> Problems Encountered: none<br /> <br /> Here is the Leo Triplet (M65 bottom right, M66 top right, NGC 3628 left). Unfortunately I caught an airplane during the exposure with the red filter.<br /> <br /> Cesare<br /> <br /> Commander, MDRS 202<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> JANUARY 5, 2019<br /> Astronomy Report – January 4th<br /> Crew 202 Astronomy Report 04-Jan-2019<br /> Crew Astronomer: Cesare Guariniello<br /> <br /> MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY<br /> Robotic Telescope: MDRS-WF<br /> Objects Viewed: M66 and Horsehead Nebula (photos from yesterday’s observation)<br /> <br /> Problems Encountered: none<br /> <br /> MUSK OBSERVATORY<br /> Solar Features Observed: There were no interesting solar features. The astronomer worked on focus and tuning with both the eyepiece and the camera<br /> <br /> Problems Encountered: none<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> POSTED ON JANUARY 3, 2019<br /> Astronomy Report – January 3rd<br /> Crew 202 Astronomy Report 03-Jan-2019<br /> <br /> Crew Astronomer: Cesare Guariniello<br /> <br /> MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY<br /> <br /> Robotic Telescope: MDRS-WF<br /> <br /> Objects Viewed: M51, M81 and M82, M31<br /> <br /> Problems Encountered: none (photos will be sent after post-processing)<br /> <br /> MUSK OBSERVATORY<br /> <br /> Solar Features Observed: Three sunspots (two in a group), optical observation only<br /> <br /> Problems Encountered: The first centering needed quite a large amount of manual adjustment.<br /> <br /> POSTED ON JANUARY 2, 2019<br /> Astronomy Report – January 2nd<br /> Crew 202 Astronomy Report 02-Jan-2019<br /> Crew Astronomer: Cesare Guariniello<br /> <br /> MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY<br /> Robotic Telescope Used: MDRS-14<br /> Objects Viewed: Messier 33 (Triangulum Galaxy)<br /> <br /> Problems Encountered: Due to the problem with centering, the offset was set at -10.8 minutes RA, -3.5 arcmin Dec.<br /> <br /> Cesare<br /> Commander, MDRS 202<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> POSTED ON JANUARY 2, 2019<br /> Astronomy Report – January 2nd<br /> Crew 202 Astronomy Report 02-Jan-2019<br /> Crew Astronomer: Cesare Guariniello<br /> <br /> MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY<br /> Robotic Telescope Used: MDRS-14<br /> Objects Viewed: Messier 33 (Triangulum Galaxy)<br /> <br /> Problems Encountered: Due to the problem with centering, the offset was set at -10.8 minutes RA, -3.5 arcmin Dec.<br /> <br /> To get the precise offset for that object, I did a 30 seconds exposure in the visible and used the position data to correct on the long take.<br /> <br /> Cesare<br /> Commander, MDRS 202<br /> <br /> <br /> [http://mdrs.marssociety.org/category/astronomy-report/page/3/ Source]</div>

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