Stellarium II, February 13: The Moon© Joseph West 2015, modified by Brendon Mikula 2015We now consider our closest celestial neighbor.I. Set Default Location1. Remember to start Stellarium with the “fallback mode” option if you need to for your computer.2. Check to make sure that Terre Haute is still your default location. If not, reset that.3. Change your surroundings in another menu, if you like.II. Set Viewing Options1. Remember that you can toggle the atmosphere off. Try changing that setting, does it make any difference at night? Record your observation on the sheet.2. Find the Moon at time September 24, 7:00 pm.3. Find the Moon again at the time September 24, 11:00 pm.III. Get the Data1. Find the Moon at the two different times shown in section II and record the requested data on the following page.2. Go outside and actually look at the Moon. Then zoom in on the Moon in Stellarium so you can see what phase it is in. (Make sure you have current date set in Stellarium. Scroll to zoom.) 3. Draw the phase of the Moon both based on your naked eye observations and based on what Stellarium shows. Do the two methods agree?1II. The MoonYour Name: ________________________ #_____Viewing Location: Long: _________ Lat: _________Viewing Time Hour: _________ Min: _________Does atmosphere affect Night Viewing? _________Moon Magnitude: _______Moon Absolute Magnitude: _______6:00 pm Az / Alt: __________ ___________(changes so just give to nearest minute)10:00 pm Az / Alt: __________ ___________(changes so just give to nearest minute)Distance: __________Apparent Diameter: __________Zoom in on the Moon. Is the Phase of the Moon correct for what you really see if you go outside and look at the Moon?Yes/No _________Draw the Phase of the MoonDraw Stellarium’s Phase of the
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