Optical Telescopes

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Optical Telescopes

• By Anna Crandall, Alexis Aippersbach, Bridget
  Savage, and Courtney Chase

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Our Goal

• Our goal is to create a digital image catalog
  of celestial bodies accessible through an
  informative website.

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Tools

• Meade Digital Telescope Model 4504
• Nikon Coolpix 5000 Digital Camera
• Camera Adaptor
• Sky Charts
• Software

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Timeline

• Set up, assemble, clean, and learn how to use
  telescope, camera, and adaptor.
• Plan viewing times, correlate with weather and
  celestial objects.
• Document sky with camera and telescope.
• Transfer pictures to website catalog.
• Continue to update catalog throughout year.

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Setting

• Storage site Annas house in Wallingford
• Urban viewing site Woodland Park
• Rural site (still under consideration) Whidbey
  Island or Eastern Washington

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THE END!!!

• (but not for long)

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MeteoritesA Project to be Completed at a Later
Date

• After we have our telescope up and running, we
  will be starting on a meteorite project. This
  will entail building and maintaining a radio
  receiver to record meteor ionization trails,
  attaching a motion recording skycam to our
  telescope set up, and building a micrometeorite
  collector.

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THE END

• For real