Astronomy Report – April 2nd – Mars Desert Research Station

Astronomy Report

Name: Amanda Manget

Crew: 208

 Date: 02-APR-2019

MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested: MDRS-WF

Objects to be Imaged this Evening (if weather permits):
Submitted March 27th: Pinwheel (active 7/10 images taken)
Submitted April 1st: Crab Nebula, Dumbbell Nebula

Objects Already Imaged: Pinwheel with MDRS-14, Whirlpool Galaxy with MDRS-WF
  
Problems Encountered: Could not identify whirlpool galaxy in the images, even after processing.

MUSK OBSERVATORY  

Solar Features Observed: N/A

  Problems Encountered: N/A

Cheers,

Julielynn Wong, MD, MPH, FACPM
Chief Medical Maker

About The MDRS

The Mars Desert Research Station in the Utah desert was established by the Mars Society in 2001 to better educate researchers, students and the general public about how humans can survive on the Red Planet. It is the second Mars analogue habitat after the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station was established in 2000.

Over 200 crews of six-person teams have lived in 1-2 week field visits at MDRS to simulate life on the Martian surface. Researchers and students alike have explored the Mars-like terrain in the area surrounding the station in full “spacesuits”, maintained the station’s systems, grown plants in the GreenHab to support themselves and even recycled their waste water.

Our activities at MDRS are not only about informing the public, but also conducting real research to bring humanity that much closer to the reality of human exploration on the planet Mars.

Annual field seasons at MDRS run approx. October through May. Anybody can apply to be on a crew, and we also need volunteers to help with the project.

Management Team

Mission Support

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Astronomy Report – April 2nd

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