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| This boy, a helper at the observatory, telescope for looking at the planet Saturn. At the McDonald observatory we had a chance to see two pictures of the moon, Saturn, and Jupiter. It was very interesting to see the planets up close. We saw a place on the moon were a meteor had hit the moon a very long time ago and you could still see the debre and they said you would be able to see it for at least another hundred thousand years, to see this picture it had a mirror telescope. On the other view at the moon you would be able to see a little bit of smoke because it was a little further away. In the picture of Jupiter you could see the color and you could see a couple of features. On the picture of Saturn they had a special telescope that was bigger than the others, if you did not want to stay in line they had a recent picture taken and you could tell it was Saturn because of the rings. |
While you would wait in line you could see the other bigger telescope sticking out of the dome. The teacher said that with those you could see farther stars and you could see planets further away. Another thing that you could have seen if you were waiting in line is stars, but these stars are in a line and they are also planets. The planets are supposedly going to line up in a straight line, later in the year and you can see planets that you wouldn't be able to see with the naked eye from Floresville. Once everyone had a chance to look at the planets we were able to go into the gift shop to see the different things they had and many of the items were neat. After that we went outside and had a guide show use the different formations in the ski with the stars. That was fun because we herd old legends of how the stars got there and there formations. I think the man was seeing things because I could not see anything except for the big and little dipper. This is a picture of the moon that Garret took with a digital camera through the telescope. Don't you think it looks beautiful. by Daniel |
