March 1st marked the date of yet another Star Gaze on the Pine View Campus. Mr. Chap Percival and Steven Dacey led the Gaze by setting up telescopes for the student to use in order to view an array of space objects up close. During the star gaze we pointed out constellations that we went over in class during the preceding few weeks. We also were shown Canopus, one of the brighter stars in the night sky that is shown in a constellation which we have yet to go over in class, Carina, The Keel. Mr. Percival used his laser pointer to help guide the other students and myself through the constellations by using a process called "star hopping". Other astronomical objects viewed included two emission nebulae and Jupiter through the smaller telescope. In the telescope with Jupiter, four moons were visible at the start of the night. Later on, Mr. Percival changed this view to show a binary star system.
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