GOOF

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GOOF

• Galilean Orbiting Object's Frequencies

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Original Objective

• To determine the rotational frequencies of
  Jupiter's moons
• Also to determine to orbital periods of the Moons

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What We Tried To Do

• Measure the relative brightness of two of
  Jupiter's moons, Europa and Callisto using the
  photometer and the 20 telescope.
• This would allow us to determine the rotational
  period of these two moons by determining how long
  it took to form a distinctive pattern.

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More of What We Tried To Do

• Using the 12 and a CCD camera, we attempted to
  take pictures of Jupiter (and its moons) to
  determine the orbital period of the moons.
• By seeing when the moons came back into original
  positions, then we could determine how long the
  moons took to orbit Jupiter.

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What Happened...
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Results

• Most of the data was corrupted.
• Both the data for the comparison star that we
  used (SAO 187992) and the data for the moons
  fluctuated in weird ways...

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Day 1

• Comparison Star, then Europa and Callisto

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Day 2

• Again, the comparison star and the 2 moons.

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Day 3

• DANCE PARTY!!!
• and then cloudy data. cry.
• Finally, robotic beings rule the world.
• Woohoo

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So..

• In the end, we just got unlucky. But that's the
  way it goes.