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New Comet Image - The tail is essentially gone
by Tyler Allred 16 Nov '07

16 Nov '07

Hi all. I imaged comet Holmes on the night of the 12th and the result is posted on my website at the link shown below. http://71.18.228.62/images/Holmes%2011-12-07.jpg It appears that the ion tail is gone but the shape of the comet is interesting. Cheers, Tyler _____________________________________________

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HST eyes Holmes
by Patrick Wiggins 15 Nov '07

15 Nov '07

http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0718.html patrick

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Friday Nov. 16 Star Party in Lindon reminder
by Richard Tenney 15 Nov '07

15 Nov '07

Just a reminder about tomorrow night's star party at Timpanogos Academy (Middle School) in Lindon (55 S. 100 East). Because the weather forecast is iffy, the go / no-go decision will be tomorrow morning. I will let you know then if we are on, or if they will reschedule for Dec. 14. Thanks, Rich ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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M-110 mosaic
by Patrick Wiggins 15 Nov '07

15 Nov '07

I tried to make a few more mosaics but only M-110 looked ok enough to post. http://gallery.utahastronomy.com/v/patrickw I'm beginning to think that part of the secret to making mosaics without visible seams is the target needs to be high in the sky. Will test that theory the next clear night. patrick

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This morning's Holmes mosaic
by Patrick Wiggins 15 Nov '07

15 Nov '07

Here's this morning's mosaic. I decided to try a bigger mosaic with higher resolution so I went from 9 panels to 20 (full Moon size) and upped the binning (resolution) from low (3x3) to medium (2x2). http://gallery.utahastronomy.com/v/patrickw Unfortunately the higher resolution appears to have made a few of the seams visible but I'm still pretty happy with the result. I also shot the same mosaic at 3x3 resolution but it's getting late and y'all know how alergic I am to sunbeams... :) Night all, patrick

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Something odd with Holmes tonight?
by Patrick Wiggins 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

I'm shooting several more mosaics of Comet Holmes tonight and continue to pick up an odd "something" growing out of the coma to the NW every time I image that same spot. Very narrow and about 12-14' long. Looks like a satellite trail with "nebulosity" spread out around it. I can't remove the camera to look through the scope and I can't see the "whatever-it-is" in 11x80 binos so I'm guessing it might be an internal reflection. But then again, maybe it's not. Anyone seeing anything like I'm describing tonight? patrick

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Chicken litte says the sky is falling.
by daniel turner 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Beware what you post in haste. You may deserve to be ridiculed. DT http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/13/rosetta_asteroid_spacecraft_patrick… ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Tonight on PBS: Intelligent Design on Trial
by sjseebergp＠webtv.net 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Also at 10 P>M> following NOVA a program about flying saucers of very earth bound governments and businesses. Hope the one I was familiar with is featured...from the 1950`s. Jan

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Tonight on PBS: Intelligent Design on Trial
by Patrick Wiggins 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial airs tonight on channel 7 at 8:00 p.m. Repeats Thursday at 2:00 AM patrick

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GSA meeting
by Gary Vardon 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

SLASers,, I recently returned from the Geological Society of America meeting. I attended many talks on Planetary astronomy. One talk was on research on a robotic explorer that is planned for Europa The talk was on an autonomous robotic underwater vehicle. There were many talks on Mars and related subjects. For example, high resolution photographs shed new light on the subject of water on Mars. Another session covered the geophysics of terrestrial planets. Finally, a paper outsourced the death of dinos to India due to massive volcanoes. These are just a few of many interesting talks that were devoted to space science. -----Original Message----- From: Seth Jarvis Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 9:55 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] Video capture? Thanks - I really appreciate the feedback. Seth -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces(a)mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Kurt Fisher Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 2:57 PM To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] Video capture? P.S. - Maybe some of the experienced imagers here would have some comments about the high-end video cameras shown in the S&T classifieds - e.g. the Astrovid StellaCam3. The StellaCam3 has is cooled and has a direct video feed port that does not require a laptop. Such cameras are beyond my pocketbook, so I have no experience with them. - Kurt _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net _______________________________________________ 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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