Wow, so I suck at updating my blog. Probably because what I set out to use it for (aka school) hasn't been giving me anything to post. So, I'll sum up the last few weeks of Astronomy in one post.
Since last time we've:
>> Observed Orion and Venus, looked at a cloud forming region. Froze our asses off.
>> Gotten in new equipment, so we put it together and cataloged it. I was in charge of the delicate filters (bad call by the way) and the expensive lenses, but I managed to not destroy any of the expensive equipment. I also had to set up the computer and camera because...it's kind of what I do.
>> Brought the new equipment outside and set it up. Tried to align it. I was in charge of the camera and computer again. I also had the military-issued flashlights strapped to my pants and was proceeding to make a rave for my fellow classmates
>> Worked with photoshop to composite and color black and white pictures and make pretty images, which I didn't get to take off of the laptops we used so I can't post them
>> Finally used the new equipment and I was in charge of figuring out why the camera wasn't working. Also, I was out in the freezing cold the entire time (only one in my class to do so including my professor). I went a little numb, but I got the stuff to work. Also manged to fix what my professor broke. He said I got an 'A+' because I fixed the expensive equipment. I couldn't tell if he was joking.
Yep, and outside of class I've been observing Saturn and Venus. Venus has been acting as me and Katy's 'guardian' At first we thought it was a star that only we could see, but it turned out to be Venus. But it's cool. I saw a lovely phase of it. Also saw Saturn. Missed a fireball because my professor didn't point it out to us because we were looking at him. I call that irony.
So that's been astronomy for the past month. It's been freezing, but we've been having perfect weather for observing. If only we could've observed more =P
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