January 2013 - Utah-Astronomy - mailman.xmission.com

2012 DA14 ephemerides
by Patrick Wiggins 24 Jan '13

24 Jan '13

I've posted a PDF showing ephemerides for minor planet 2012 DA14 around the time that it may be most visible from here in Utah (specifically for my observatory but they should be good for all of this area): http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2012DA14EPHEMS.JPG Unfortunately it will reach closest approach (~40,000 km) around noon our time. The data show it will be about mag +8ish then and ripping across the sky at about 2,300 arc seconds per minute. Zoom! About the time of astronomical dark here in Utah it will be about a third of the way up the sky, about 180,000 km out, dimmed to magnitude +12ish and slowed to "only" abut 150"/min (compare that to Ceres which is currently plodding along at about 0.25"/min). So there's still hope some locals with large scopes may be able to see it visually. And I'm guessing I wont be the only one trying to catch some of its reflected photons. patrick

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Captain Kirk
by Dale Wilson 24 Jan '13

24 Jan '13

Dont know how many were aware, but William Shatner came to Kingsbury hall tonight. My wife bought me tickets and we went tonight. He is quite entertainingnto listen to. A great story teller. I got to see one of my icons from childhood...beam me up Scotty! Did anyone on this list go? Happy days, Dale Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android

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Solar setup
by Mark Shelton 23 Jan '13

23 Jan '13

Hi, I am thinking about setting up my coronado at the natural history museum this Saturday. Does anyone know how close you can park with your telescopes. Is it a long way to drag equipment to set up? Any information would be helpful Mark

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Comic - another dumb blonde heard from
by D P Pierce 23 Jan '13

23 Jan '13

http://www.gocomics.com/luann Deloy

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Anyone seen Saturn lately?
by Debbie 23 Jan '13

23 Jan '13

With the weather warming a little lately, I've decided when the weather is good to get up in the morning and view Saturn. Has anyone had any decent views lately or has it been too cold to go out? I remember freezing my rear end off when I got first light of the TeleVue 102 refractor. A grab-n-go setup would be nice for early morning observing sessions. Waiting for the bright moon to wane. Debbie

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S&T fixed / New Jupiter app
by Patrick Wiggins 23 Jan '13

23 Jan '13

For those who receive S&T digitally, it looks like their recent update to their iPad app fixed the problem they've been having with only part of the magazine downloading for the first week or so that each issue has been available. I just downloaded the new issue and it came through fine. Speaking of S&T, I see they've just released a new app for identifying the Jovian satellites. Has anyone here tried it out yet? I use Software Bisque's Gas Giants app for that purpose but may check out S&T's offering as well. patrick Sent from my iPad

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Captain Kirk
by Kelly Ricks 23 Jan '13

23 Jan '13

I am a bit jealous. I heard about the performance...even out here in Ohio (still get the Kingsbury fliers in the mail). Glad to hear it was so much fun! ~Kelly > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:43:58 -0800 (PST) > From: Dale Wilson <dalel2112(a)yahoo.com> > To: Utah Astronomy <Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Captain Kirk > Message-ID: > <1358919838.86063.androidMobile(a)web125204.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Dont know how many were aware, but William Shatner came to Kingsbury hall > tonight.? My wife bought me tickets and we went tonight.? He is quite > entertainingnto listen to.? A great story teller.? I got to see one of my > icons from childhood...beam me up Scotty!? Did anyone on this list go? > > Happy days, > Dale > > Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 119, Issue 63 > *********************************************** >

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Moon-Jupiter photo op
by jcarman6＠q.com 22 Jan '13

22 Jan '13

VERY NICE! Joe. (orion nebula) How many exposures did you layer? The same one or different ones? Noticed you picked up some fainter nebulosity beyond the traditional limits. Hmmm, key detail revealed??

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Moon-Jupiter photo op
by Chuck Hards 22 Jan '13

22 Jan '13

Tonight: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/Jupiter-Dances-with-the-Moon-… Some lucky observers in South America will be able to see an occultation.

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Fw: Michelle Gines Powell commented on Salt Lake Astronomical Society's photo.
by Joe Bauman 22 Jan '13

22 Jan '13

Hi all, I received this note from Michelle Gines Powell. I told her it was all right to use it with credit to SLAS, but I think the individual photographer should be credited too. Could the photographer please contact me and let me know your name, also if it's OK to use the photo? Thanks, Joe ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Facebook <update+2kekynkx(a)facebookmail.com> To: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman(a)yahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 9:51 AM Subject: Michelle Gines Powell commented on Salt Lake Astronomical Society's photo. Facebook facebook Michelle Gines Powell commented on Salt Lake Astronomical Society's photo. Michelle wrote: "I am posting a schedule of your star parties on www.enjoyutah.org and need a picture. Can I use this picture, or do you have a picture I can use for my post? Thanks! :)" Reply to this email to comment on this photo. See Comment This message was sent to josephmbauman(a)yahoo.com. If you don't want to receive these emails from Facebook in the future, please unsubscribe. Facebook, Inc., Attention: Department 415, PO Box 10005, Palo Alto, CA 94303

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