Last wednesday when attending observation night with many students in my class, I observed so many of the constellations we have been learning about this year. I saw both the constellation Scorpio and Sagittarius along with the famous teapot shape with steam coming from the 'spout' which was very interesting. Another interesting constellation we observed was the summer triangle which included Vega, Deneb and Altair. This constellation resembles an equilateral triangle. We also observed the sky through a telescope which was at IP 80 power and set to 8 inches. Through the telescope we saw nebulas and M objects that were extremly fascinating. We also saw in high definition a binary star, which is two stars that look like one untill you zoom in and notice there are two and they are distinct colors. Also near the end of the night Jupiter rose in the sky and we could see clearly the moons and the multiple distinguishing factors on the planet. All in all, I learned a lot last week and now can locate constellation relatively easily now thanks to that observation night!
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