What Makes Up Our Solar System? Crossword Puzzle

ISON

  I'm very excited to have the 'possible' chance of seeing a comet that is considered to be the comet of the century!  Comet ISON (click on the link!) will be the closest to us on December 26th, a nice after Christmas present.  We will have the chance to see it throughout November of 2013 to January 2014.

 

 

The June Lineup

  When I was on the hunt for things to look for in the June sky, I saw to look for this lineup of Venus, Pollux, and Castor.  Unfortunately from where I'm living this summer I'm unable to see these three!  They are too close to the horizon, and with this weather, I can barely see the stars to begin with.  Hopefully I'll be able to catch this sight this weekend.

Super Moon

**Saw this on Facebook!**

Pluto Who?

     We don't exactly have a clear picture of what our former planet Pluto looks like.  I think it is a ball of ice, that it is probably a bluish-gray color.  Also, maybe it has crater-like forms such as what the moon has.  Instead of just being a solid color, I think there is probably minerals that create different sources of color.  Here's my example:

Beyond the Beyond

Average Stars

  I did a homemade experiment where you can find the average amount of stars in the sky.  Since I didn't have a toilet paper roll I made a circle with my hand roughly the same size as the roll.  I did the experiment 20 times as told.  The total amount of stars I saw was 48.  I divided the number by 20 to get the average of 2.4.  Then I took that number and multiplied it by 99.2 and got 238.08 stars.  I did this on 6/16/13 at 10:15pm at the apex apartments to test out the light pollution.  It's really bad over here!  I know for sure if I was back at home my results would have been much higher.