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ISON with the Grim tonight
by Patrick Wiggins 06 Apr '13

06 Apr '13

A few of us tried to spot ISON at SPOC with the Grim during last night's and tonight's star parties. Turned out we had slightly dated coordinates last night but tonight we used the latest. Rodger Fry thinks he may have spotted it but I can't say for sure if I saw it or not. Has anyone here been able to spot it visually? patrick

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Panstarrs tonight?
by Dion Davidson 06 Apr '13

06 Apr '13

Anyone see it? I can't find it from the bench east of Draper. What time does it set tonight? Dion

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Weather report
by Mark Shelton 05 Apr '13

05 Apr '13

Patrick, how are the skies looking out your way? Sent from my iPhone

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Weather great at SPOC
by Patrick Wiggins 05 Apr '13

05 Apr '13

Im out at SPOC and the weather is great. Clear skies and not cold. Y'all come! patrick Sent from my iPad

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SPOC this evenning
by Patrick Wiggins 05 Apr '13

05 Apr '13

Looking to the west I'm seeing blue skies way out west so checked SPOC's Clear Sky Clock and got a surprise: http://www.cleardarksky.com/c/SPOC2UTkey.html?1 So maybe there will be a star party tonight after all. Y'all come! patrick

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PST double stack
by Chuck Hards 05 Apr '13

05 Apr '13

Online tracking shows that it showed up at the local post office branch at 2 AM this morning. Should be here today. Now, if the storm will only hold-off long enough for me to get home from work, get the thing delivered, and mounted on the scope. I have a feeling I'm going to be looking AT it, instead of THROUGH it, until next Tuesday. Grumble.

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] SPOC this evenning
by Joe Bauman 05 Apr '13

05 Apr '13

We will be at a dear friend's master degree dance performance tonight, but hope you have clear weather and a grand time. -- Joe ------------------------------ On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 12:49 PM MDT Rodger C. Fry wrote: >Patrick, > >I have been looking on the clear skies clock all day and I think it is going >to happen tonight! > >See you there and if it clouds up we will blame Chuck and his double stack. >I went to IHOPS this morning and got a double stack and I think that is why >it is clearing up. > >Rodger > >-----Original Message----- >From: utah-astronomy-bounces(a)mailman.xmission.com >[mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Patrick >Wiggins >Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 12:19 PM >To: utah astronomy listserve utah astronomy >Subject: [Utah-astronomy] SPOC this evenning > >Looking to the west I'm seeing blue skies way out west so checked SPOC's >Clear Sky Clock and got a surprise: > >http://www.cleardarksky.com/c/SPOC2UTkey.html?1 > >So maybe there will be a star party tonight after all. > >Y'all come! > >patrick >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > >Send messages to the list to >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > >The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. > >To unsubscribe go to: >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on >"Unsubscribe or edit options". > > >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > >Send messages to the list to >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > >The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. > >To unsubscribe go to: >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".

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How far is it to Mars?
by Daniel Holmes 04 Apr '13

04 Apr '13

http://www.distancetomars.com Probably won't work on a tablet/phone, but it's pretty cool. Dan -- Daniel Holmes, danielh(a)holmesonics.com "Laugh while you can, monkey boy!" -- Lord John Whorfin

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Pan-STARRS this evening
by Joe Bauman 04 Apr '13

04 Apr '13

Oh fine! Torturing innocent trees for the sake of a few photos!! ------------------------------ On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 3:31 PM MDT Patrick Wiggins wrote: >Thanks Kelly, > >I've got a crew of guys working out back trimming trees including the one I'm having to shoot through to get the Pan-STARRS pictures I've gotten so far. > >I told them to "do no harm" to the trees. Just to trim them. So provided they can get the tree trimmed enough I may be able to get better shots. > >patrick > > >On 03 Apr 2013, at 08:21, Kelly Ricks wrote: > >> Patrick, I actually kinda liked this latest Pan-STARRS pic... >> >> And Chuck, I agree completely about the image of the comet near Andromeda. >> On APOD I was surprised to learn that Pan-STARRS is currently the largest >> object in our solar system...pretty incredible to try and imagine! I wish >> someone could get a shot looking back at the solar system so the true scale >> of it could be appreciated. >> >> ~Kelly >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 5 >> Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 05:49:20 -0600 >> From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> >> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> >> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Pan-STARRS this evening >> Message-ID: >> <CAHmuOYq8=rud1t-_ATaYFcfj5QNrdzjr04VLen1P8O= >> aaR7wjA(a)mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> This shot just about knocked my socks off: >> >> http://spaceweather.com/gallery/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=80140 >> >> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 9:07 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw(a)wirelessbeehive.com >>> wrote: >> >>> Anyone watching Pan-STARRS this evening? >>> >>> The seeing seems very good this evening but I'm only barely able to see >>> Pan-STARRS in 10x50s. > >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > >Send messages to the list to >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > >The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. > >To unsubscribe go to: >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".

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ISON tonight, 2013 APR 04
by Patrick Wiggins 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

Much nicer horizons with the trees trimmed but clouds blocked the view of Pan-STARRS. The clouds have now mostly evaporated in the direction of ISON so here's tonight's pair: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/C_2012_S1.2013APR04.JPG Looks like the head is in front of a star but the tail is visible. patrick

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