November 2007 - Utah-Astronomy - mailman.xmission.com

Comet Holms images, first view of the comet for me
by Isamuthx 03 Nov '07

03 Nov '07

Those shots of Comet Holms look great. Thanks for the link, Tyler. I viewed the comet for the first time last night with my TV-60. Awesome sight! I'll probably be out viewing it again tonight if the sky is clear. I believe this is my first post, though I signed up to the Utah Astronomy group a few months ago. Jeff Seager __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Observing report for friday night.
by daniel turner 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

Time: 2007 NOvember 3 0100-0230 UT.(Friday night MDT) Location: Z-Rock Gravel Quarry east of Park City. equiptment: 10x50 and 20x80 binoculars. conditions: Temperature fell from 36F to 26F but dewpoint was down in the teens so no frost and the sky was very transparent for this short session. Comet 17P Holmes was visable before Algol in the twilight. Stellar Pseudonucleus was not visable. The off center bright cloud is now centered in the inner coma because this coma is compressed on the sunward side and extended on the antisun side. The sunward side is also visably brighter than the antisun side. The outer coma was visable to three times the radius of the inner coma as measured from the bright cloud near the pseudonucleus. Very impressive. Also did a tour of fall Messier objects including m30, m2, m15, m72, m74, m77, m33, m31, m32, m110, m52, m103, m81, m82, m101: like i said the air was very transparent but the cold made me leave after only 90 minutes. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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More on the Meade move
by Patrick Wiggins 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/10819876.html patrick

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Comet 17/P imaged from space?
by Howard Jackman 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

Hey has anyone seen any images of, or heard of plans to image the comet using any of the numerous probes out in the solar system right now? I was thinking that Cassini among others would give some nice perspectives on the comet that we can't get here on Earth, including images of the tail. Howard __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Holmes elongating?
by Patrick Wiggins 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

Anyone here noticing that Comet Holmes' core is elongating? My pictures tonight are still showing a ever enlarging, spherical outer coma but the brightness in the core is about twice as big in one dimension as it is in the other. patrick

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Random pictures
by Patrick Wiggins 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

Gave the scope and mount a tune up tonight and checked out the results by shooting a few pictures of random object near the southern meridian. They came out ok so I thought I'd share some of them. All pictures were with C-14 operating at f/11 (3,910 mm fl), ST-10 binned 3x3 and cooled to -25. FOV is 9' x 13'. Unguided. No special processing other than applying darks and flats. M-42. A single 5" exposure: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/M42.JPG M-1. 5 60" exposures aligned and stacked (my favorite of the night): http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/M1.JPG Horsehead Nebula. 5 60" exposures aligned and stacked (needs more exposure time): http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/IC_434.JPG Herschel H28-5. A nebula I had not heard of before but came across it will moving from M-1 to M-42. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/H28-5.JPG patrick

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Mooner
by Kurt Fisher 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

Joe, It's always a special time when the full Moon rises over the Wastach between Church Fork and Mt. Olympus. I've seen some rare lunar light pillars during those risings. - Kurt _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net

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Parts of a comet - comet nomenclature
by Kurt Fisher 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

Links added to Utah Astro wiki at: http://www.utahastronomy.com/Observing_resources#Parts_of_a_Comet - Kurt _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net

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Baader solar filter for finder projects - construction pics
by Kurt Fisher 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

I threw together a Baader solar filter for a 50mm finder this weekend. It uses a rifle lens cap for a "cleaner" look. Here are the construction pics in the Utah Asto gallery - http://gallery.utahastronomy.com/v/kurt/atm/Making+a+Baader+solar+filter+fo… _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net

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Pictures of Holmes over 6 days (24-29 Oct)
by Patrick Wiggins 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

http://home.earthlink.net/~montanacg/Index.html patrick

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