Address: __________________________________ First name: ___________________________________ UACNJ 2011 City / Zip / State: __________________________________ Email: __________________________________ Last name: _______________________________________ Astro Rally Phone: __________________________________ p UACNJ Observer Best seen u Coordinates o Club Season Object r Description Direction G Date Power Solar System Moon 1 Obs: ___________ All season Diameter: 3476km (27% Earth) Distance to earth: 384,000km Wandering 1 Terminator A Club: ___________ 50x Mass: 7.350 x 1019 t (1.2% Earth) (199 000 miles) (bright/dark area) Date: ___/___/___ Density: 3.341 g/cm3 (61% Earth) Visual size 0.5 arc deg Moon 2 Obs: ___________ All season 7/20/1969 Apollo 11, first man on the are meteorite craters that later flooded Wandering 2 Mare Tranquilitatis A Club: ___________ 100x moon. Initially thought to be seas with lava. Lava layers can be up to 10 Moon coord.: (Sea of Tranquility) Date: ___/___/___ called mare (Latin for sea), maria km thick, higher than Mount Everest 8.5°N / 31.4°E Obs: ___________ Fall Diameter: 142980km (11.2 Earth) Sun distance: 4.95 AU Aries Sep-Nov 3 Jupiter A Club: ___________ 50x, 150x Mass: 1.899 x 1024 t (318 Earth) Gas giant, 100+ moons , Galilean Date: ___/___/___ Density: 1.32 g/cm3 (24% Earth) moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto Obs: ___________ Spring, Diameter: 123 000 km (9.4 Earth) Sun Distance: 9.54 AU Virgo: Apr-Aug 4 Saturn A Club: ___________ Summer Mass: 5.685 x 1023 t (95 Earth) Gas giant, ring, low density, floats on Date: ___/___/___ 50x, 150x Density: 0.67 g/cm3 (12% Earth) water, 62+ moons, largest Titan, Rhea Stars Obs: ___________ Spring Double: A 2.3, 3.4, Sep 4” Type: K0/G7, Dist: 126 LY RA 10h19’30” Algieba 5 B Club: ___________ Early Summer Two giants, bright bluish-orange & Mass: 3/2, Dia: 23/10 DEC 19°50’30’ Gamma Leonis Date: ___/___/___ 150x greenish-yellow, have planets Lum: 320/50 South Obs: ___________ Spring Double: A 4.8, 6.8 Sep 7” Type: G8/K4, Dist: 22 LY RA 14h51’23” 6 Bootes xi C Club: ___________ Early Summer A is very similar to sun, may have Mass: 0.9/0.7, Dia: 0.9/0.7 DEC 19°06’02” Date: ___/___/___ 150x planet < 9x Jupiter mass Lum: 0.5/0.06 Ovrhd Ras Algheti Obs: ___________ Late Spring Double A 3.0 – 4.6 B 5.4, Sep 4.6” Type: M5/F8, Dist: 382 LY RA 17h14’39” 7 “Head of the Kneeler” C Club: ___________ Summer Beautiful double, A: red giant (var.) Mass: 7 , Dia: 400:, Lum: 17,000 DEC 14°23’25” Alpha Herculis Date: ___/___/___ 150x shedding gas cloud engulfing B (in solar system expansion to Mars) Ovrhd Obs: ___________ Spring Optical double: A 3.1, B 5.1 Sep 35” Type: K3/B0, Dist: 390/380 LY Mass: RA 19h31’ Albireo 8 D Club: ___________ Summer 5/3.2, Dia: 16/2.7, Lum: 950/120 DEC 27°57’ Beta Cygni Date: ___/___/___ 50-100x Beautiful double, orange & blue NE, Ovrhd, NW Obs: ___________ Summer Fast rotation (286 km/s) causes Type: A7, Mag: 0.8, Dist: 16.8 LY RA 19h50’47” 9 Altair D Club: ___________ early Fall flattened poles. Star rotates within 9h Mass 1.8 , Dia 1.6 x 2.0, Lum 11 DEC 08°52’06” Date: ___/___/___ 150x (sun 25d). Age: 10 Billion years SE, S, SW Obs: ___________ Summer Double: A 4.3, 5.4, Sep 10” Type: F7/K1, Dist: 101 LY RA 20h46’39” 10 Gamma Delphini D Club: ___________ Fall Yellow-white dwarf and orange sub Mass: 1.7/1.6, Dia: 6.4/2.1 DEC 16°07’38” Date: ___/___/___ 150x giant Lum: 21/7 E, S, SW Legend UACNJ, Inc Numbers after double stars show magnitude of star A and B and their separation (Sep) in arc seconds. United Astronomy Clubs of New Jersey Web www.uacnj.org Mag: Magnitude LY: Light Year Mass: x sun mass Type: Star classes (OBAFGKM) Email: [email protected] Dist: Distance Dia: Diameter/sun/LY Dim: Dimensions MW: Milky Way p UACNJ Observer Best seen u Coordinates Object o Club Season Description r Direction G Date Power Obs: ___________ Fall Quadruple system (only one pair Type: K3 A0, Dist: 355 LY RA 02h03’54” Almach 11 B Club: ___________ 150x visible): A 2.3, B 6.3 Sep 10” (A) Dia: 80 Lum: 2000 DEC 42°19’47” Gamma Andromedae Date: ___/___/___ A: RG, red orange & bluish green NE, Ovrhd Polaris Obs: ___________ All Season Within 0.8 deg of north celestial pole, Type F7, 430LY, Mass: 6, Dia: 30 RA 02h31’50” 12 “Northern Star” B Club: ___________ 150x used for navigation and telescope Lum: 2200 DEC 89°15’51” Alpha Ursae Minoris Date: ___/___/___ alignment North Obs: ___________ All Season Fast rotation (274 km/s) causes Type: A0, Mag: 0.03, Dist: 25.3 LY RA 18h36’56” Vega 13 D Club: ___________ 150x flattened poles. Star rotates within Mass 2.1 , Dia 2.3x2.8, Lum: 37 DEC 38°47’01” Alpha Lyrae Date: ___/___/___ 12h (sun 25d). Was north star about 12,000BC NE, Ovrhd, W Obs: ___________ All Season Ten star system (4 brightest listed): Type: A3/A7/A5/A5, Dist: 162 LY RA 18h44’23” The Double Double 14 D Club: ___________ 150x A1 5.0, A2 6.0, B1 5.1, B2 5.4, Mass: 1.9/1.5/1.9/1.8, Dia: 23/10 DEC 39°36’46” Epsilon Lyrae Date: ___/___/___ Sep A-B 208” Lum: 18/8/17/14 NE, Ovrhd, NW Nebulae Obs: ___________ Summer Young planetary nebulae (PN), first Mag: 7.5, Dist: 1,360 LY RA 19h59’36” M27 15 D Club: ___________ Early Fall PN discovered (Messier 1764). Dim: 1.44 LY, Age: only 9,800 years DEC 22°43’16” Dumbbell nebulae Date: ___/___/___ 50x M27 illuminated by white dwarf (14) Central star: Dia: 0.055, Mass 0.56 NE Obs: ___________ All Season Gas expelled as hot super winds and Mag: 8.8, Dist: 2,300 LY RA 18h53’35” M57 16 D Club: ___________ 50-100x illuminated by central star Dia: 1.3 LY DEC 33°01’45” The Ring Nebulae Date: ___/___/___ Constellation Lyra Central star Mass 0.6, Mag: 16 NE, Ovrhd, NW Galaxies & Clusters Obs: ___________ Spring Spiral Galaxy, active nucleus with Mag: 7.0, Dist: 11.8 Mill LY RA 9h55’33” M81 17 B Club: ___________ 50x massive black hole mass (70 Mill x Mass:250 Billion, Dia: 70,000 LY DEC 69°03’55” Bode’s Galaxy Date: ___/___/___ sun), close by: M82 galaxy Constellation Ursa Major North M13 Obs: ___________ Late Spring Globular Cluster very old, 1 million Mag: 5.8, Dist: 25,100 LY RA 16h41’41” 18 Hercules Global C Club: ___________ Summer stars Dia: 168 LY, Mass: 600,000x sun Age: DEC 36°27’37” Cluster Date: ___/___/___ 50x 14 Bill Years Ovrhd Obs: ___________ Early Spring Open cluster, 150 white dwarfs, 100 Mag: 6.1, Dist: 2,700 LY RA 08h51’24” 19 M67 B Club: ___________ 50x sun like, 500 red giants Dia: 20 LY, Mass: 1,400 x sun DEC 11°49’ Date: ___/___/___ Age: 3.2 - 5 Billion years S (high) Obs: ___________ Late Summer Spiral galaxy, estimated 1 Trillion Mag: 3.44, Dist: 2.54 Mill LY RA 00h42’44” M31 20 B Club: ___________ Fall stars (Milky Way 200-400 Billion) Dia: 260,000 LY, Mass: 1.5x MW DEC 41°16’09 Andromeda Galaxy Date: ___/___/___ 30-50x merges with MW in 4.5 Billion years Farthest object naked eye can see NE, Ovrhd Obs: ___________ Summer Globular cluster, 100,000 stars, Mag: 6.65, Dist: 24,500 LY, Dia: 165 RA 15h18’34” 21 M5 C Club: ___________ 50x almost as old as the universe LY, Age: 13 Billion Years DEC 02°04’58” Date: ___/___/___ South Legend UACNJ, Inc Numbers after double stars show magnitude of star A and B and their separation (Sep) in arc seconds. United Astronomy Clubs of New Jersey Mag: Magnitude LY: Light Year Mass: x sun mass Type: Star classes (OBAFGKM) Web www.uacnj.org Dist: Distance Dia: Diameter/sun/LY Dim: Dimensions MW: Milky Way Email: [email protected] .