Astronomy Report – May 8th – Mars Desert Research Station

Astronomy Report
Name: Mariona Badenas
Crew: 212
Date: 8 May 2019

MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one): MDRS-WF

Object Viewed #1: NGC4236
Problems Encountered: None (see attached picture)

Object Viewed #2: IC5067 (very excited about this one!)
Problems Encountered: The telescope was open last night, but Skynet reported a mount error. The observations are still not complete.

(More objects to be Viewed): NGC6992 and the Veil Nebula
Problems Encountered: N/A (Observations of these objects were requested this afternoon).

MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: None
Problems Encountered: Bad weather.

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 – May 8th

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