Astronomy Report – December 23rd – Mars Desert Research Station

Report title: Astronomy Report
Crew #: 325
Position: Commander
Report prepared by: Cesare Guariniello
Date: 23Dec2025
Sol: 8

MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested: MDRS-WF
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: IC1396
Images submitted with this report: M31 (Andromeda Galaxy) with satellite galaxies M32 (above) and M110 (below), from a stack of 1400 raw images, and Rosette Nebula, from a stack of 250 raw images.
Problems Encountered: None

MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: None
Images submitted with this report:
Problems Encountered: Sky was cloudy all day

About The MDRS

The Mars Desert Research Station in the Utah desert was established by the Mars Society in 2001 to better educate researchers, students and the general public about how humans can survive on the Red Planet. It is the second Mars analogue habitat after the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station was established in 2000.

Over 200 crews of six-person teams have lived in 1-2 week field visits at MDRS to simulate life on the Martian surface. Researchers and students alike have explored the Mars-like terrain in the area surrounding the station in full “spacesuits”, maintained the station’s systems, grown plants in the GreenHab to support themselves and even recycled their waste water.

Our activities at MDRS are not only about informing the public, but also conducting real research to bring humanity that much closer to the reality of human exploration on the planet Mars.

Annual field seasons at MDRS run approx. October through May. Anybody can apply to be on a crew, and we also need volunteers to help with the project.

Management Team

Mission Support

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Astronomy Report – December 23rd

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