Faith Baptist Church Youth Group - Astronomy Night

From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 2, we will be exploring the night sky (weather permitting)

If the weather is questionable, call the church at (603) 465-7764. In case of poor conditions (cloudy, snow, rain, etc.), we will reschedule (again!).

Location: Brookline Town Soccer Field, Mountain Road, Brookline, NH (downloadable map below)

Directions: From Hollis, head west on Route 130 into center of Brookline. Take right onto Steam Mill Hill Road just before Brookline Village Store (white building). Go up the small hill and bear to left (this becomes Old Milford Road). Take fifth right (Shady Rock Drive), about 2 miles from store. Shady Rock Drive ends, at which point you need to take a right onto Randi Drive. After 0.2 miles, you reach stop sign at a "T" intersection, which is Mountain Road. Take a left and the soccer field will be on your left after about 0.2 miles.

Below are downloadable sky charts (created using XEphem) and a list of objects we will be looking at.

Updated: Sky Charts for March 2, 2002 from Brookline, New Hampshire
6:30 pm or 8:30 pm

March 2, 2002: Sunset: 5:38 p.m., Moonrise: 9:56 p.m.

Planets

Jupiter (and moons)
Saturn (and moons)
Mars

Moon (not visible during Astronomy night: on March 2 - waning gibbous, 84% illuminated, rises at 9:56 p.m.)

Deep Space Objects

The Pleiades or Subaru (open cluster) (M45), distance: 380 light years
M35, M36, M37, M38 (open clusters), distances: 2800, 4100, 4400, 4200 light years
M15 (globular cluster), distance: 33600 light years
Andromeda Galaxy (M31), distance: 2.9 million light years
Bode's Galaxy (M81) and Cigar Galaxy (M82), distance: 12 million light years (to both)

Excellent Image Index of Messier Objects (M-objects)

Miscellenous

Milky Way Galaxy

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This page was last updated on 22 Feb 2002.