From: Chris Rowan <crowan@sat.net>
Subject: Star Count results - Brownsville, TX USA
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 10:54:55 -0500
Hello everyone, We had a very good turnout last night. Nearly 40 people showed up! Most were my students, but many were parents or interested staff members. We really had a great time. We observed Saturn and Jupiter through a 10" reflecting telescope. I have asked my students to post their thoughts and feelings about the event on this listserv. Hope you don't mind. The responses will be sent as one message, so this listserv won't be inundated with student messages. --- Stars Visible Before Eclipse 3/4 up 1/2 up 1/3 up total North 3.52 3.24 1.88 8.64 South 3.64 3.88 2.68 10.2 East 1.44 2.04 2.08 5.56 West 1.72 2.44 2.44 6.6 Totals 10.32 11.6 9.08 31 Grand total 372 Approximate Number of Stars Visible Stars Visible During Eclipse 3/4 up 1/2 up 1/3 up total North 4.40 2.27 2.60 9.27 South 2.07 1.87 2.73 6.67 East 0.87 1.80 1.67 4.33 West 1.80 1.13 1.67 4.60 Totals 9.13 7.07 8.67 24.87 Grand total 298.40 Approximate Number of Stars Visible We think the reason we did not see as many stars as we thought we were going to see was due to the high amount of light pollution on campus last night. It seemed that flood lights were EVERYWHERE. Lotsa fun! Chris and 24 Screaming Fifth Graders Morningside Elementary School Brownsville, TX USA 78521 25.9 N 97.5 W