Sky Scavenger Hunt Earth & Sky Name: Introduction In this activity you will attempt to show the TA the most objects from the following list in the least amount of time with the small telescopes that have been set up. Scavenger Hunt List Alpha Ursae Minoris (α UMi): Polaris (Hint: This is the North Star) Alpha Bo¨otis(α Boo): Arcturus (Hint: Arc to Arcturus, then speed on to Spica) Zeta Ursae Majoris (ζ UMa) and 80 Ursae Majoris: Mizar and Alcor (Hint: An optical double star in the Big Dipper) The Summer Triangle: Alpha Lyrae (α Lyr): Vega Alpha Aquilae (α Aql): Altair Alpha Cygni (α Cyg): Deneb Alpha Aurigae (α Aur): Capella A Planet (Hint: It should be brighter than most stars, and not notable on the star charts below) M45: The Pleiades (Hint: It's a cluster of stars that should be visible to the naked eye) Beta Persei (β Per): Algol M31: Andromeda Galaxy (Hint: It's a fuzzy blob near the Great Square of Pegasus) Beta Pegasi (β Peg): Scheat Gamma Pegasi (γ Peg): Algenib Gamma Arietis (γ Ari): Mesarthim (Hint: It's not the bright star, but rather the dimmer star the arrow points to.) 1 Eta Cassiopeiae (η Cas) Gamma Andromedae (γ And): Almach Omicron Ceti (o Cet): Mira (Hint: This one is hard, as Mira is highly variable, going from a maximum magnitude of 2.0 to a minimum magnitude of 10.1. If it's an the wrong point in its cycle, you might not be able to find it at all.) Alpha Ursae Majoris (α UMa): Dubhe Beta Ursae Majoris (β UMa): Merak Beta Cygni (β Cyg): Albireo Alpha Piscis Austrini (α PsA): Fomalhaut Epsilon Sagittarii ( Sgr) 2 Deneb Vega Eta Cassiopeiae Polaris Mizar and Alcor Dubhe Capella Merak Figure 1: The northern sky at 9PM on October 1 3 Eta Cassiopeiae Scheat M31 Almach Algol Algenib Mesarthim The Pleiades Mira Figure 2: The eastern sky at 9PM on October 1 4 Deneb Vega Scheat Albireo Gamma Delphini Altair Fomalhaut Epsilon Sagittarii Figure 3: The southern sky at 9PM on October 1 5 Deneb Epsilon Lyrae Albireo Vega Altair Arcturus Figure 4: The western sky at 9PM on October 1 6.