Physics 55: Observation Information
Schedule at the Duke Observation Site.
Observation Session
- Directions
to the observation site.
- Weather:
weather.com,
NOAA weather
forecast
Instructions for the Meade LX200GPS
Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope:
- Go here
for a photo tour of how to assemble the scopes.
-
Use this
link to access information about how to assemble
and use the 10" Meade reflecting telescope. Please read
through this information before your first observation
session, you will be able to set up the scope more
easily and quickly.
- The manual for the telescope is available
here.
Guidelines to Fall and Winter Constellations, from
the book "NightWatch"
Books
- NightWatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing The Universe,
3rd Edition by Terence Dickinson (Firefly Books, 1998).
- Turn Left at Orion: A Hundred Night Sky Objects
to See in a Small Telescope - And How to Find Them,
Third Edition by Guy Consolmagno and Dan
M. Davis (Cambridge University Press, 2004).
Constellations
Stars:
Useful sites:
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