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

Swap meet goodies
by Patrick Wiggins 19 Aug '07

19 Aug '07

Here's a list of what I've heard so far will be on offer at tomorrow's swap meet at SPOC (starts at 4:00 p.m.): One or two small Dobson telescopes Edmund "Cherry Bomb" Astroscan Classic Edmund 8x50 finder Several eyepieces 50mm guide scope Celestron drive corrector The 40cm (16") full thickness primary, the secondary and some of the hardware from the original SPOC telescope Plus (and this is not official yet) but there may also be one of the original Coulter Dobs that a guy has had in storage for years. And I hear one of the local SLAS pack rats is clearing out his garage and storage shed. Alas, he's asked I not list the stuff he'll be bringing. See you at SPOC tomorrow! patrick

2 4

Seeking Deloy Pierce
by Patrick Wiggins 17 Aug '07

17 Aug '07

Seeking Deloy Pierce Charley Green is trying to locate former SLAS member Deloy Pierce. If you know how to reach Deloy please let Charlie know by emailing him at cgreenx2(a)msn.com. pw

1 0

U-A gallery back on line
by Patrick Wiggins 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

Many thanks to Cynthia for getting the U-A gallery back up. http://www.utahastronomy.com/ pw

1 0

A few Perseid Frames Was: Wolf Creek Stellacam3 Images
by Naz & David 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

This shot shows where a Perseid meteor comes from, the ncp is left and you can see Perseus and Pleiades very clearly(and Mars!) and possibly the Double Cluster. http://www.utahastronomy.com/album57/000287_G?full=1 If you back up you can see the other frames. Most of the other tracks were either quite faint or just at the edge of the frame. One actually has two faint tracks. Cheers David ----- Original Message ----- From: Naz & David To: ZZ_Utah Astro List Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 11:11 PM Subject: Re: Wolf Creek Stellacam3 Images Richard, the mount I'm using is a Vixen GPDX, I have a controller that I can program for PEC but I didn't bother this evening. This limits exposure to about 30sec but I was only polar aligned as good as the alignment scope can give me and that can limit things as well. The camera is available from Ariondack for $900 uncooled, I use a b/w 9" Sony monitor (with a red acrolyte filter) I picked up off ebay for $15. That's all you need if you don't want to record your images. You could use a video camera/recorder for that but I choose to use a frame capture card and an old clunker laptop (still running w98!). I managed to make a movie of the Perseids frames (mpeg-4, runs on my iPod Video which is kind of cool). From this I was able to pick out nine obvious "strikes". Tracing their path back (tricky because the lens distorts things a bit), seven came from the Perseids expected radiant north of Perseus but two bright ones seemed to come from Cassiopeia. I'll put the nine frames on the gallery when it comes back up, the movies too big to post but it looks great on the b/w monitor via the iPod! Cheers David ----- Original Message ----- From: Naz & David To: ZZ_Utah Astro List Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 11:12 PM Subject: Wolf Creek Stellacam3 Images I posted in my gallery (http://www.utahastronomy.com/album53) a set of single frame captures of various dso's I observed on Saturday night at Wolf Creek using a Stellacam3 and 7.1" MCT. They pretty much match what I was seeing real time on the monitor, most objects I had refreshing somewhere between 10 to 15sec integration, a few a bit less and some at 25 to 30sec. I didn't really track camera settings etc as I was enjoying the object detail too much, just about a full five hours observing before the wind picked up at 0300hrs. The images certainly aren't pretty compared to what you get with a bigger ccd, many minutes worth of stacked images and a bunch of image processing mucking about but having these real time (and at much less cost) makes up for it. The camera appears to triple or more the aperture of my little scope. When the wind started I set a StellacamII up with Tamron 4-12mm CCTV lens and put it on a tripod and pointed it east in an attempt to capture a few Perseids. Took about 85minutes of 8.5sec exposures but have not had time to see if I got anything yet. Cheers David

1 0

Inside the Beltway -- The Washington Times, America's Newspaper
by RON VANDERHULE 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

This item has been making the rounds today. Comments? http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20070814/NATION02/108140063<http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20070814/NATION02/108140063>

2 1

Re: [Utah-astronomy] Re: Perseid Meteor Shower
by Debbie 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

I'll go anywhere as long as it is not hot! Bryce would be nice too. Deb On Thu Aug 16 14:49 , Joe Bauman <bau(a)desnews.com> sent: >Deb, Lately I've gone to the western desert beyond Delta, but I'm >hoping to go back to the Wedge pretty soon. Thanks and best wishes, Joe >On Aug 16, 2007, at 2:37 PM, Debbie wrote: > >> >> Getting better every day Joe. May have to meet you at the Wedge one >> of these days. >> >> Patrick, >> >> The reason you liked the music so much is because that was Enya's >> "May it Be". >> I found that video by accident while listening to music by Enya. I >> viewed the >> auroras too. >> >> I'll have to try to bag some Leonids in November using my 18-55mm >> lens. >> >> Debbie >> On Wed Aug 15 18:58 , Joe Bauman bau(a)desnews.com> sent: >> >>> Cool indeed! And how's the recovery coming, Deb? -- Joe >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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://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://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://www.utahastronomy.com

1 0

Re: [Utah-astronomy] Re: Perseid Meteor Shower
by Debbie 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

Getting better every day Joe. May have to meet you at the Wedge one of these days. Patrick, The reason you liked the music so much is because that was Enya's "May it Be". I found that video by accident while listening to music by Enya. I viewed the auroras too. I'll have to try to bag some Leonids in November using my 18-55mm lens. Debbie On Wed Aug 15 18:58 , Joe Bauman <bau(a)desnews.com> sent: >Cool indeed! And how's the recovery coming, Deb? -- Joe > >_______________________________________________ >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://www.utahastronomy.com

2 1

test
by Chuck Hards 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

test

2 1

Re: [Utah-astronomy] Inside the Beltway -- The Washington Times, America's Newspaper
by Chuck Hards 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

I'm all in favor of any technology that saves energy (thus tax dollars) in governmental institutions. On 8/15/07, RON VANDERHULE <deepsky100(a)msn.com> wrote: > > This item has been making the rounds today. Comments? > http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20070814/NATION02/108140063 > http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20070814/NATION02/108140063 >

1 0

What's up with the gallery Cynthia?
by Naz & David 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

Or is it just me?

2 1