Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019

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[J] Poster

O (Public ) » Public

[O-03] Poster presentations by senior high school students

Sun. May 26, 2019 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Hall (International Exhibition Hall8, Makuhari Messe)

convener:Tatsuhiko Hara(International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Building Research Institute), Katsuyoshi Michibayashi(Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Nagoya University), Miwa Kuri(International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University), Kou Yamada(Waseda University)

1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

[O03-P31] Can you predict the weaather when you see the starry sky

*Aoi Takamori1 (1.Naganoken Suwa Seiryo Senior High School)

Keywords:weather, star, water vapor

1, Introduction

Water vapor has a major effect in astronomical observation. Using that fact as an underhanded way, I thought that it was possible to predict the weather in the end by estimating the amount of water vapor in the sky according to the appearance (brightness) of the stars.

2, trial of observation

In the initial observation, I tried to measure the brightness of the star by the naked eye, but I thought that an error would occur, and improved it so that the brightness can be compared objectively by adjusting the brightness with the iPhone camera app.

3, result, summary

From the observation results this time, it has been confirmed that water vapor interferes with star observation.

We will continue to observe whether it is caused by differences in altitude, environment or season, compare it with meteorological observation data, and look for the cause of the difference in the appearance of stars.
In addition, there is a part where the appearance of stars clearly appears, so I would like to find out the cause other than the difference in elevation such as the difference with other points.