What kinds of objects will be visible?
–Depending on the time of year and weather conditions, our graduate students usually look for the Moon and planets (if they are up), bright stars, binary stars, star clusters, and the occasional nebula or galaxy. On a clear night, you can actually see a great variety of interesting objects. The Minnesota Starwatch newsletter, updated monthly, describes the objects that should be visible in clear skies. • What sort of equipment will be used? –Normally, we set up at least one 8″ reflecting telescope on the roof. These can be outfitted with a variety of different eyepieces to suit the object being observed. The roof is also home to our historical 10.5″ refracting telescope inside the dome. Depending on the size and brightness of the objects being observed, often a good pair of binoculars does nearly as well as a telescope.
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