Astronomy Report – February 11th – Mars Desert Research Station

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Crew 310 Astronomy Report 11-02-2025

Name: Helena Arias Casals

Crew: 310

Date: 11-02-2025

MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY

Robotic Telescope Used: RCOS-16

Objects to be Imaged this Evening: Any from the list (depending on the visibility, we expect a clear sky tonight)

Christmas Tree Cluster

Rosette Nebula

Thor’s Helmet

Albino Butterfly Nebula

Monkey Head Nebula

Wizard Nebula

Letter Y Cluster

Skull and Crossbones Nebula

Blinking Planetary Nebula

Cat’s Eye Nebula

Cigar Galaxy (M82)

Images submitted with this report: none (could not observe, it was cloudy)

Problems Encountered: none

MUSK OBSERVATORY

Solar Features Observed: could not observe, it was cloudy and windy

Images submitted with this report: Sun_02102025_11h36m09, SunPhotosphere_02102025_11h36m09, SunZoom_100225_11h34m14, SunZoom_11022025_12h22m49, SunZoomPhotos_11022025_12h22m49x

Problems Encountered: none

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 – February 11th

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