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Updated Utah Astronomy wiki - Current Observing Events
by Kurt Fisher 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

Updated Utah Astronomy wiki - Current Observing Events page http://www.utahastronomy.com/Current_observing_events with the following: 2 Oct All Venus, Saturn and Mars visible in early morning 3 C/2007 F1 Loneos Oct 31 to Nov 4 4 Oct 28 Venus at greatest west elongation 5 Oct 25 4:35am MDT Double Shadow Transit Jupiter 6 Oct 23 8:38am MDT Shuttle Launch STS120 7 Oct 22 4:30am MDT Orionid Meteor Shower 8 Oct 21 13h19h45s ISS crosses the Sun 9 Oct. 19-21,2007 Space Elevator Games at Davis County Fairgrounds 10 Oct 20 to Nov 4 Zodical light 11 Oct 18 2:42am MDT Double Shadow Transit of Jupiter 12 Oct 17 7:00pm Wed Spaceward Foundation Presentation 13 Oct 11 7:00pm Thurs Spaceward Foundation Presentation 14 C/2007 F1 Loneos to Oct 12 and Oct 31 to Nov 4 15 Oct 9 to Oct 15 current dark sky frame - Kurt _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net

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Cocoon and Deer Lick Group
by Patrick Wiggins 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

Cleaned the C-14's corrector plate and spent a couple of hours on collimation and thought I'd try a couple of pictures. Both of the following are made from stacking 30 two minute exposures, each which was first dark subtracted and flat fielded. Scope was working at its native f/11 (3,910 mm). Camera was binned 2x2 resulting in a scale of 0.733"/pixel. Maybe next time I'll try 1x1 (0.366"/pixel). Cocoon Nebula, IC 5146: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/10OCT2007.IC5146.60.jpg Deer Lick Group of galaxies in Pegasus: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/09oct2007.NGC7331.60.jpg I'm happy with the collimation and guiding but I just can't get the tiny pinpoint stars I see in so many others' pictures. Grumble... When I try this again I think I may refocus after every 5 or so images as the focus did change slightly during the time it took to shoot all 30 pictures. BTW, if anyone is interested I kept all of the original data which I'd be happy to email out in case someone else can do their magic (Photoshop) to make the stars smaller. Carpe Noctem! patrick

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Re: 2005 Bryce Canyon Star Party
by Naz & David 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Thanks Deb, I put them here: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com/v/dgk/familyparties/parties/ Cheers David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Naz & David" <naz_david(a)msn.com> To: <astrodeb(a)beyondbb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 7:44 PM Subject: Re: 2005 Bryce Canyon Star Party > Thanks a lot Deb, > > I can even see myself in the background in one of them! > > Cheers > > David > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Debbie" <astrodeb(a)beyondbb.com> > To: <naz_david(a)msn.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 4:32 PM > Subject: 2005 Bryce Canyon Star Party > > > > > > Hi Dave, > > Here is the rest of the pictures. > > Debbie >

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Paint the Sky with Stars
by Debbie 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

This one has the Astronomy Picture of the Day with the Enya music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B9shUcv1O0 Debbie On Tue Oct 9 17:36 , Dave Bennett <dlbennett(a)mac.com> sent: >Deb, > >The link below didn't seem to work. Was this what you meant to send: >http://www.youtube.com/watch\?v=_B9shUcv1O0 > >or this?: http://www.youtube.com/watch\?v=5UyVrZpFTCw > >Dave > >On Oct 9, 2007, at 4:57 PM, Debbie wrote: > >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> I found this by accident on YouTube.com. I thought it was worth >> sharing. >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch\? >> v=_B9shUcv1O0&mode=related&search=Paint%20the%20sky% >> 20with%20stars%20enya%20piano%20waterfall%20Adrian%20Sanchez%20Iorio >> >> Debbie >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Utah-Astronomy mailing list >> Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com >> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >> Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com >> Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com > > >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com >Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Paint the Sky with Stars
by Debbie 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Dave, The first link is the one I meant to send. Thanks, Debbie On Tue Oct 9 17:36 , Dave Bennett <dlbennett(a)mac.com> sent: >Deb, > >The link below didn't seem to work. Was this what you meant to send: >http://www.youtube.com/watch\?v=_B9shUcv1O0 > >or this?: http://www.youtube.com/watch\?v=5UyVrZpFTCw > >Dave > >On Oct 9, 2007, at 4:57 PM, Debbie wrote: > >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> I found this by accident on YouTube.com. I thought it was worth >> sharing. >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch\? >> v=_B9shUcv1O0&mode=related&search=Paint%20the%20sky% >> 20with%20stars%20enya%20piano%20waterfall%20Adrian%20Sanchez%20Iorio >> >> Debbie >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Utah-Astronomy mailing list >> Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com >> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >> Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com >> Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com > > >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com >Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com

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Paint the Sky with Stars
by Debbie 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Hi, I found this by accident on YouTube.com. I thought it was worth sharing. http://www.youtube.com/watch\?v=_B9shUcv1O0&mode=related&search=Paint%20the… 20with%20stars%20enya%20piano%20waterfall%20Adrian%20Sanchez%20Iorio Debbie

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Observing this weekend
by Kim 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Early forecasts show chance of storms in northern Utah that may miss central Utah. I am tentatively planning on at least one night at the Wedge Overlook. Anyone else? Kim Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.1/963 - Release Date: 8/20/2007 5:44 PM

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Re: 2005 Bryce Astronomy Festival
by Naz & David 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

Thanks Deb, I'd appreciate that! Cheers David

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Re: 2005 Bryce Astronomy Festival
by Debbie 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

I do. I'll have resize them before I send them to you. Debbie On Sun Oct 7 20:16 , Patrick Wiggins <paw(a)wirelessbeehive.com> sent: > >On 07 Oct 2007, at 13:51, Naz & David wrote: > >> Anyone have any snaps of the 2005 Bryce star party? > >You might want to call Bryce's Ranger Kevin Poe (435.834.4412). > >patrick > > >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com >Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Re: ISS overpass Mon Oct 8 19:26 MDT (Curious)
by Kurt Fisher 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

Dan wrote: > I am curious to know what site is better at predicting the magnitude? I show on the > Heavens Above website that it is predicted at a Mag. of -1.1. It may only be that Heavens Above has gotten around to updating their reflectance factor based on the recent deployment of large solar panels on the ISS. The ISS has gotten a lot brighter than it used to be. It will get even brighter when the Discovery docks again with the ISS after the launch scheduled for later this month on Oct. 23rd. - Kurt Space news.com article on ISS brightness http://www.space.com/spacewatch/060915_iss_watch.html Shuttle mainpage for next launch http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net

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