Posted by Cadet James Hilton Douglas (Scientist) in Side Sim: Observation Lounge - an Observation of an Emerald Storm
Douglas walked into the observation lounge with large black box wrapped around his chest and a tripod on a handle. Douglas walked toward a window and set the box on a table and set up the tripod near a window.

Douglas unpacked the box and extended a 2 metre telescope and placed it on the tripod. “This should get good view.”
He aimed for a green storm on a gas giant, Gliese 687 5.

(Cadet. Douglas. Science)

Cadet Schweitzer left his quarters and went for a walk around the ship to explore his new environment. After a while, he found himself in the Observation Lounge. He noticed Cadet Douglas setting up a rather large telescope. Douglas appeared to be aiming it for a gas giant visible on the horizon. Schweitzer had always had an interest in astronomy. He took elective courses in it at Stanford as an undergraduate. He frequently visited the Student Observatory and used the SRI 45 radio telescope there.

Not wanting to startle Douglas, Schweitzer approached carefully and asked, “Do you think those storm clouds are made of ammonia or something else? I have never seen clouds that color before.”

(Cadet Albert Schweitzer- Medical)