1. What to look for in December 2010 MikalCaldon, Athena Giles, Peter Palfi, Jenny Parker

2. Object #1: Total Lunar Eclipse December 21st, 2010

4. 3 types of lunar eclipses: penumbral, partial, and total.

5. Lunar eclipses are completely safe to view, with no special equipment

7. Totality will last 72 minutes; entire eclipse 3 hours 28 minutes

8. Through northern half of umbra (southern edge of moon will appear darker)

10. Occurs on same day as winter solstice (moon at maximum northern position in its orbit)

11. Mid-Eclipse Coordinates: Azimuth 264° 24’; Altitude 41° 8‘“The three dimensional reality of our universe comes alive in a graceful celestial ballet as the Moon swings through the Earth's shadow.“

12. Object #2: Orion Nebula

14. The Orion Nebula’s glowing gas surrounds stars at the edge of a huge interstellar molecular cloud 1500 light years away.

15. The stellar winds from stars create bubbles and arcs and bowl shaped appearances.

19. Characterized by multicolored display

20. 65% white, 26% yellow, 9% blue, red and green

21. Parent Comet: 3200 Phaethon

22. Called Geminids because they appear around the constellation Gemini

23. Appeared suddenly in the early 1860’s

25. Meteors from the Geminids can begin to be seen around Dec. 6th

26. Peak is on the night of Dec. 13th

27. Meteors will begin to appear frequently that night around 9-10 pm

28. The best viewing time will be after moonset

30. The axis of the earth (North pole) is pointed away from the sun so no matter how much it spins no light will reach the north

31. The south will have sunlight all day and it’s a good time to see midnight sun

32. Total lunar eclipse is happening the same day

33. Many stars and constellation should be visible to us fairly early

34. It will happen December 21st

36. Picture of Taurus

38. http://www.mreclipse.com/LEdata/TLE2010Dec21/TLE2010Dec21.html

39. http://www.wallpaper-place.com/space/orion-nebula-hd-wallpaper/

40. http://meteorshowersonline.com/geminids.html

41. http://www.chiff.com/science/geminids.htm

42. http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/earthskys-meteor-shower-guide