Week of March 24th

This week we found the measurements of Mars. It took a long time to figure out how to get the pixels to show up on the computer in order to measure the width of Mars in the photos. We probably spent a whole class just trying to figure out that dilemma until it was finally solved. When it was, we were able to take width and height pixel measurements for each image of Mars, as well as for the entire picture itself. They were then averaged out in order to find the average distance and size at that time. We did all the pictures because we wanted a very accurate reading. We can't do anything else in terms of measurements now until the opposition. Then we can find the distance using both measurements of the stars and Mars from start and opposition.