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Assignment 2 (Exploring the Universe)
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Introduction to the Night Sky
Answer 2 continued
As demonstrated in the previous graphic the nearly full moon played havoc with observations. Indeed the Moon was just 7°arc away from Spica. To ensure that I was able to prove that I had investigated the question I used Starry Night Enthusiast to locate and fix the position of both M44 and M67.
On the couple of nights I tried to make observations I was able to locate all of the Stars in the graphic including the planet Mars. The images of the open clusters, M44 and M67, which were unobservable, were obtained from the SEDS web site. I have re orientated the graphics to reflect how they would appear at the latitude of Manchester
It is my intention to revisit these open clusters in a couple of weeks time when the Moon is no longer a problem.