Kostanai State Pedagogical University

Astronomical observations

Telegina O.S. senior lecturer of the department of physical and mathematical and general technical disciplines Together with Solopov S.V. Kostanay astronomer-amateur organized evening observations of the star sky outside the city were for students of the third year of specialty 5B011000-"Physics".

The purpose of the event: consolidation of knowledge gained in lecture and practical classes in astronomy.

Before the trip the students got acquainted with the peculiarities of organizing and conducting observations in the daytime and in the evening in different seasons.

Although there were clouds in the sky during the observation period, the students with the help of a reflector telescope. were able to look at some details of the relief (craters and mountains) on the Moon's surface near the terminator, bands in the upper layers of the atmosphere of Jupiter and three Galilean companions of the giant planet, double and multiple stars: Albireo (in the constellation Cygnus), Sheliac (in the constellation of Lyra), Mizar and Alkor (in the constellation Ursa Major). A halo was observed around the disk of the growing Moon.