The objectives of this lab exercise are to get you familiar with and let you experiment with the SkyGazer software packaged with your textbook, and also available on the Physics lab computers.
SkyGazer is a planetarium program which enables you to observe the positions of celestial bodies (planets, stars, galaxies ...) in the sky from any position on Earth and at any time. The software package also has interactive pre-packaged activity files and instructive animations.