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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Directions to Wedge Overlook
by Canopus56 02 Apr '10

02 Apr '10

> Anyone know the elevation? Terrian view on the Google map says 6250 ft. Considering the cooler spring weather in this post-solar minimum year, I suggest calling the local Freddie or county road office concerning possible snow depth. - Kurt

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Directions to Wedge Overlook
by Canopus56 01 Apr '10

01 Apr '10

On the Utah Amateur Astronomy Observing Sites C56 google map http://tinyurl.com/yjgpcux See landmark: Wedge Overlook Obs Site DSS +39° 5' 35.76", -110° 45' 31.24" 39.093267, -110.758678

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EPOD
by Patrick Wiggins 01 Apr '10

01 Apr '10

Many thanks to Kurt Fisher for writing the text and for suggesting I submit the image. http://epod.usra.edu patrick :)

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Super minor planet?
by Patrick Wiggins 01 Apr '10

01 Apr '10

Interesting thread on the Minor Planet Mailing List today. Seems NASA's WISE has found something now called 2010 DF64 "...with a perihelion distance of 1.42 AU and an assumed diameter of 6151 km." It goes on to say: "High overhead in Taurus, it is projected to move into Orion by midmonth and attain a whopping 3.7 magnitude." For scale Ceres is a bit less than 1,000 km an doesn't get brighter than about 6.9. One post suggested it's an early April Fool's joke but others have said the report is real. Others have suggested a problem with the data. I'm in the doubters camp. But I'm also try to image it. Interesting... patrick

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 85, Issue 61
by BAXTER J DAVID Owner 01 Apr '10

01 Apr '10

Does anyone know what level of energy would be required to create an atom sized black hole. Or is this even possible? > From: utah-astronomy-request(a)mailman.xmission.com > Subject: Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 85, Issue 61 > To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:32:17 -0600 > > Send Utah-Astronomy mailing list submissions to > utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > utah-astronomy-request(a)mailman.xmission.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > utah-astronomy-owner(a)mailman.xmission.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Utah-Astronomy digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. OT: LHC in the news (Richard Tenney) > 2. Re: Super minor planet? (Chuck Hards) > 3. Re: Super minor planet? (Dale Hooper) > 4. U of U lecture: Searching For Earth like planets orbits other > stars (Patrick Wiggins) > 5. Re: Super minor planet? (daniel turner) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 04:22:27 -0700 (PDT) > From: Richard Tenney <retenney(a)yahoo.com> > To: Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com>, > uvaa(a)mailman.xmission.com > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] OT: LHC in the news > Message-ID: <251593.37623.qm(a)web53208.mail.re2.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > I thought this might be of interest to the lists.? Large Hadron Collider Makes History, not Black Holes: > http://inewp.com/?p=2119 > > /R > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:40:46 -0600 > From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Super minor planet? > Message-ID: > <v2m2541d8031003311040v6f8ba60dia0b437f2ee61c754(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > If this is true, it's pretty incredible. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:02:37 -0600 > From: Dale Hooper <Dale.Hooper(a)sdl.usu.edu> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Super minor planet? > Message-ID: > <BB99A6BA28709744BF22A68E6D7EB51F04BDEAC6B9(a)midas.usurf.usu.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > The JPL Horizons Web interface currently shows 2010 DF64 at magnitude 21.98 (31 Mar 00:00 UT) and magnitude 22.17 in mid-April. So, I'd go along with the early April Fool's joke. > > Clear skies, > Dale. > > -----Original Message----- > From: utah-astronomy-bounces(a)mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 7:53 PM > To: utah astronomy utah astronomy listserve > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Super minor planet? > > Interesting thread on the Minor Planet Mailing List today. > > Seems NASA's WISE has found something now called 2010 DF64 "...with a perihelion distance of 1.42 AU and an assumed diameter of 6151 km." > > It goes on to say: "High overhead in Taurus, it is projected to move into Orion by midmonth and attain a whopping 3.7 magnitude." > > For scale Ceres is a bit less than 1,000 km an doesn't get brighter than about 6.9. > > One post suggested it's an early April Fool's joke but others have said the report is real. > > Others have suggested a problem with the data. > > I'm in the doubters camp. But I'm also try to image it. > > Interesting... > > 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://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php > Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:44:14 -0600 > From: Patrick Wiggins <paw(a)wirelessbeehive.com> > To: utah astronomy utah astronomy listserve > <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] U of U lecture: Searching For Earth like > planets orbits other stars > Message-ID: <FB3AF1FC-2884-4B85-8267-79AECC635500(a)wirelessbeehive.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Lecturer: Ronald Walsworth, senior physicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics > > Date: Wednesday, April 7, 2010 > > Time: 7:30 p.m. > > Place: Aline Wilmot Skaggs Biology Building Auditorium, University of Utah > > Free and Open to the public > > http://www.unews.utah.edu/p/?r=032910-1 > > patrick > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:31:58 -0700 (PDT) > From: daniel turner <outwest112(a)yahoo.com> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Super minor planet? > Message-ID: <442163.10030.qm(a)web33804.mail.mud.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > The perihelion distance and the diameter are both suspiciously close to that of Mars, though Mars is not in Orion. I think we would have seen this thing a long time ago if it were real. > > DT > > --- On Wed, 3/31/10, Dale Hooper <Dale.Hooper(a)sdl.usu.edu> wrote: > > > From: Dale Hooper <Dale.Hooper(a)sdl.usu.edu> > > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Super minor planet? > > To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > > Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 11:02 AM > > The JPL Horizons Web interface > > currently shows 2010 DF64 at magnitude 21.98 (31 Mar 00:00 > > UT) and magnitude 22.17 in mid-April.? So, I'd go along > > with the early April Fool's joke. > > > > Clear skies, > > Dale. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: utah-astronomy-bounces(a)mailman.xmission.com > > [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] > > On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins > > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 7:53 PM > > To: utah astronomy utah astronomy listserve > > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Super minor planet? > > > > Interesting thread on the Minor Planet Mailing List today. > > > > Seems NASA's WISE has found something now called 2010 DF64 > > "...with a perihelion distance of 1.42 AU and an assumed > > diameter of 6151 km." > > > > It goes on to say: "High overhead in Taurus, it is > > projected to move into Orion by midmonth and attain a > > whopping 3.7 magnitude." > > > > For scale Ceres is a bit less than 1,000 km an doesn't get > > brighter than about 6.9. > > > > One post suggested it's an early April Fool's joke but > > others have said the report is real. > > > > Others have suggested a problem with the data. > > > > I'm in the doubters camp.? But I'm also try to image > > it. > > > > Interesting... > > > > 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://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php > > 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://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php > > 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://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php > > End of Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 85, Issue 61 > **********************************************

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Utah Radio Meteor Observing Report - March 2010
by Canopus56 31 Mar '10

31 Mar '10

Count Graph for March 2010 http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3204 Counts for March are consistent with a low level of activity between showers. Some increase to 100 counts per hour around March 18. Next shower: minor Lyrid shower peaks on April 22 17UT. Clear Skies - Kurt

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