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Name: Mackenzie Montgomery Virtual Telescope Lab Simulation: https://telescopius.com/telescope-simulator Date 11/16/2023 Time 9pm Universal Time (UTC) 5am Weather N/A (Online) Diameter (D), Telescope focal length (FL T ), Eyepiece focal length (FL E ), M = Magnification = FL T /FL E Right Ascension (RA), Declination (Dec) Make Or OTA Type Or Optical Design D or Aperture FL T FL E Field of View Telescope 1 Celestron Catadioptric 203mm 2000mm Eyepiece 1 32mm 70 Telescope 2 Stellarvue Refractor 80mm 300mm Eyepiece 2 24mm 68 Telescope 3 Celestron Catadioptric 279mm 2800mm Eyepiece 3 15mm 82 Only use Telescopes and Eyepieces in the Instructions. Eyepiece 4 10mm 68 Eyepiece 5 7mm 82 Observation 1 Object Name Eskimo Nebula Object Type Planetary Nebula Telescope 2000mm Eyepiece 32mm M = FL T / FL E 62.5x Barlow (1x or 2x) 1x Observation 2 Object Name 46 2437 (Puppis) Object Type Open Star Cluster Telescope 300mm Eyepiece 24mm M = FL T / FL E 12.5x Barlow (1x or 2x) 1x
Name: Mackenzie Montgomery RA 07hr 29’ 11” DEC 20degrees 54’ 42” Altitude 5 Azimuth 68 RA 07hr 41’47” DEC -14degrees 50’38” Altitude -18 Azimuth 96 Observation 1 Description: By viewing the Eskimo Nebula through the telescope, I see fairly clear image, with one or two bright stars in the center of the telescope and one right outside the telescope circle. Telescope field of view [ cropped image] Observation 2 Description: In the telescope view I see many distant stars and a planetary nebula. The area of the Open Star Cluster, Puppis, is very large and it’s difficult to see details through my chosen telescope. Telescope field of view [ cropped image]
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