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At the following website is a software package called

Neave Planetarium

. It is a virtual planetarium you can use to find what will be in the sky when. Click here to visit the website for Neave Planetarium.

Using Neave Planetarium or a similar virtual planetarium program, plan an observation session (or two, depending on the phase of

the moon

) in which you go outside to look at the sky. Include in your planned observations the following objects:

the moon
• a planet (you may choose which one)
• two constellations (again, you may choose which ones)

The following chart has been provided to help you with your plans and observations. After you have made your observations, submit a summary including a copy of your completed observation chart and a short description of what you saw. Be sure to include the following in your description:

• how many and which of the objects you were actually able to find
• why you think you were unsuccessful, for any you couldn’t find
• how easy or hard you found the observation session
• your favorite part of the observation session