Summary of November 2022 Desert Skies Virtual Star Party

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The "November 2022 Desert Skies Virtual Star Party" is a live online event hosted by the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association. The event will feature three telescopes connected to a live streaming feed and will allow viewers to ask questions about astronomy. The next virtual star party will be held in February of next year.

  • 00:00:00 The "November 2022 Desert Skies Virtual Star Party" is a live online event hosted by the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association. The event will feature three telescopes connected to a live streaming feed and will allow viewers to ask questions about astronomy. The next virtual star party will be held in February of next year.
  • 00:05:00 This YouTube video introduces viewers to the November 2022 Desert Skies Virtual Star Party, a star party event in which participants will view various objects in the night sky. The veil nebula, a remnant of a supernova, is one of the objects to be viewed.
  • 00:10:00 The presenter demonstrates a virtual star party setup using a telescope and shows a ghostly image of his face. The image is faint due to the Helix nebula's low magnitude. The nebula is named for its resemblance to a spiral spring.
  • 00:15:00 The Helix Nebula is a large and beautiful nebula located in the constellation Aquarius. It is estimated to be about 10,000 years old and was discovered by Carl Harding in 1824. It is believed that the stars within the nebula were born out of smaller galaxies that died out billions of years ago.
  • 00:20:00 This video discusses the globular cluster M56, which is located in the constellation Lyra. The cluster is estimated to be around 13.7 billion years old and contains the mass of around 230,000 stars. It is also close to the star cluster Cygnus.
  • 00:25:00 In this video, Rick demonstrates his new telescope, the William Optics Redcat 51. This scope has a wide angle field of view, is capable of imaging objects completely, and has a camera that is cooled to reduce noise. The star field seen in the video looks greenish because of a narrow band filter that Rick has installed on the telescope.
  • 00:30:00 The video discusses the different types of nebulae, and then shows a live feed of an object in the night sky, specifically M27, a planetary nebula.
  • 00:35:00 The video describes the location of the Dumbbell Nebula, M27, and its features. The Dumbbell Nebula is a small, faint nebula that can be seen with binoculars or a good visual telescope. It is located close to the star Elberio, which is the bottom star in the cross pattern featured in Cygnus the Swan.
  • 00:40:00 The video shows a 10 inch Schmidt Castlevania telescope and a camera attached to it.Jim shows how to use the telescope and how to align it for viewing. He then shows an object in the sky, a planetary nebula called The Ring Nebula. Jim explains that a planetary nebula is a star that is using hydrogen to create helium. He says that while these nuclear reactions are happening, we get light and heat from them.
  • 00:45:00 In this video, a virtual star party is shown where participants can explore the different types of stars and planets by viewing through a telescope. The presenter explains that stars can be divided into two types - red giants (giants that are nearing the end of their lives) and white dwarfs (the smallest and most common type of stars). The presenter also explains how different elements are created in stars, including the process of helium fusion. As the star expands, it eventually runs out of helium, turning the hydrogen into oxygen. The presenter notes that planetary nebulas - such as the Ring Nebula - are some of the most beautiful objects in the sky and can be observed with a good telescope.
  • 00:50:00 This video will show viewers how to view an upcoming virtual star party in November 2022. The star party will be in the constellation of Lyra, and will feature an elephant's trunk nebula as one of the objects visible. The party will be available to view all year long, as the nebula never sets or rises.
  • 00:55:00 Tonight, viewers will be able to see three different types of planetary nebulas: the Blue Snowball nebula, M57, and M27. All three are visible with the naked eye, but M27 is easiest to see because it's closer to Earth. The Blue Snowball nebula is farther away, and is therefore smaller and has a blue color to it. It is located in the constellation Andromeda, and is also close to the great Andromeda Galaxy.

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The November 2022 Desert Skies Virtual Star Party will include a discussion on globular clusters, with an emphasis on the Alpha Centauri system. The next live stream will be in February, and will focus on different stars and constellations.

  • 01:00:00 This video shows an image of the Blue Snowball nebula. The nebulae is located fairly close to the Andromeda Galaxy and is also close to the Cassiopeia constellation. Caroline's Rose is a small cluster of stars that was not cataloged until after the death of Frederick Herschel, the astronomer who discovered it.
  • 01:05:00 In this video, a virtual star party is held to view a cluster of stars. The Screaming Skull Cluster is one of the objects viewed. The cluster is located in the constellation Cassiopeia and is located seven and a half thousand light years away. It is estimated that there are over 15 thousand stars in the cluster. The cluster is held together by gravity and will eventually disperse.
  • 01:10:00 This video explains the different types of nebulas and their associated features. It explains that nebulas are created when stars are born and that some nebulas are brighter due to the concentration of stars within them.
  • 01:15:00 The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy that is also known as M33. It is located beyond our Milky Way galaxy, and can be seen with a 10 inch telescope.
  • 01:20:00 The video explains that there are many "arms" emanating from the center of the screen, each of which is populated by billions of stars. The Triangulum Galaxy, which is located 2.7 million light years away, can be seen as a "fuzzy" conglomeration of stars because it is so far away. The galaxy was discovered in 1654, but it was not until the 19th century that it was determined that galaxies are made of stars.
  • 01:25:00 The Triangulum Galaxy is a large and important galaxy located 2.7 million light years away. It is a great place to view star-forming regions and is easily located in the night sky.
  • 01:30:00 The video discusses the November 2022 Desert Skies virtual star party, during which viewers might be able to see a fuzzy spot for Andromeda and the triangle Galaxy. Bernie tells the viewer that the object he is looking at, which he calls the Kachina doll, is 22 million years old and is still fairly young for an open cluster. He also notes that the clusters can take up to 100 million years to start kicking off.
  • 01:35:00 This video describes the November 2022 Desert Skies Virtual Star Party, which will include a view of the Owl's Eyes cluster of stars. The owl's eyes are not part of the cluster, but they are included when describing the console for the cluster. The next star party will be held February 10th, and will be streamed online.
  • 01:40:00 The November 2022 Desert Skies Virtual Star Party featured a discussion on globular clusters, with an emphasis on the Alpha Centauri system. The next live stream will be in February, and will focus on different stars and constellations.
  • 01:45:00 This video discusses how to view the night sky in November 2022, when the daytime heat will make the stars look fake. The video also notes that this month's sky will have different objects to view, as the lineup changes frequently.

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