Astronomy Report – February 13th – Mars Desert Research Station

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Crew 310 Astronomy Report 13-02-2025
Name: Helena Arias Casals
Crew: 310
Date: 13-02-2025
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Used: RCOS-16
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: Any from the list (depending on the visibility)
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: ngc 2174_12222083, ngc 2237_12221969, ngc 2359_12222073, ngc2264_12220933
Problems Encountered: guidance on how to improve the quality of some of the images
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: cloudy day, we could not observe.
Images submitted with this report: SunSpots021225_11h44m33, SunSports02122025_A_T11h50m53, SunProminiece02122025_A_T11h50m53, SunProminiece02122025_B_T11h50m53
Problems Encountered: not able to see any prominence while processing the images.

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

Astronomy Report – February 13th

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