Astronomy Description

Astronomy Description

"Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are..." The common lullaby that is known by many, but what do these words really mean? After visiting the observatory, one could learned more about the words and the concepts found in the common nursery rhythm. During my visit to the observatory, I was able to learn more about stars, constellations, and asterisms in different parts of the sky, the second largest telescope at the University of Northern Iowa, and Saturn, the 2nd largest planet in our Solar System. I attended the observatory on September 3, 2015 from 9:00 p.m. till 10:00 p.m. September 3rd, was a hot and humid evening, with little to no wind. That night, there was slight cloudiness in the Southern sky. The slight cloudiness in ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...In the North East we saw. Cassiopeia. Similar to Ursa Major, and Ursa Minor. Cassiopeia is a circumpolar star in Cedar Falls. A Circumpolar star, is a star that will never set in a specific location due to its proximity to the celestial pole. When looking at Cassiopeia she looks like a house. A square base, with a triangle on top. Saturn was located in the South Western Sky. When looking at Saturn with my own eyes, I could easily confuse it with Arcturus in the Western Sky. With the naked eye they look about the same size, and brightness, and there is only one small difference. When looking at the star and the planet, everyone should notice one twinkles, and the other is a constant stream of light. The one that is twinkle is Arcturus. As the common lullaby states, stars twinkle. The telescope used on September 3rd, contains a lenses twelve inches in circumference, which makes it the second largest at the University of Northern Iowa's campus. To determine the quality of a telescope, you measure the circumference of the lenses, and not the length. The wider the circumference of a telescope allows more light to enter, which allows a better quality of picture. This particular telescope can magnify by seventy–five. This lens was bought by the University of Northern Iowa twenty years ago for $5,000. It uses a computer system to track the stars and galaxies with the information about the date, time, and location the telescope

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