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Re: [Utah-astronomy] EPOD
by Joe Bauman 04 Jan '14

04 Jan '14

Fascinating view, Patrick! Congratulations and thanks for posting. (Now that he has a good camera Little Dave can get into the act.) -- Jor ------------------------------ On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 4:09 AM MST Ed wrote: >And Patrick Wiggins has today's EPOD. > >Congratulations Patrick. > >------------------------ >Quoting Joe Bauman <josephmbauman(a)yahoo.com>: > >> Our friend David Rankin, who is a noted amateur astronomer, has today's EPOD. Check it out before today becomes tomorrow. >> >> http://epod.usra.edu/ >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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He's baaaack!
by Kim Hyatt 04 Jan '14

04 Jan '14

Howdy folks. I've been away for awhile, in part due to Bill Gates' shoddy products, in part because of family/personal issues. I hope it's OK to come back and play with y'all. I just got back from doing a little meteor watching. Even though the Quadrantid peak was supposed to occur yesterday afternoon Utah time I wanted to see what I could this morning. I left the house a little past 4:00 for one of the more convenient dark sites for me, about one-half mile away. (You should all be jealous.) I made a serious count from 4:30 to 5:30. I observed nine Quadrantids and five sporadics during that hour but I saw nothing spectacular. Two of each were perhaps first magnitude and left short-lived trains; the others were fainter. The weather was actually more interesting. The temperature was 29F when I left home and 35F when I got back about 6:00. This time last month our low reached -29F (December 6). When I spent a couple of hours early on December 14 hoping to see a few Geminids the temperature was about -15F, so this morning's heat wave was unexpected. I've been colder in mid-summer at some of our favorite observing sites. Happy New Year to everyone! Kim

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Venus
by Chuck Hards 04 Jan '14

04 Jan '14

Venus is huge right now. I was just outside looking at it with a tiny 8x20mm bino (2:00 PM MST). The crescent is obvious. With the sun behind a juniper, Venus was about one hand-span away from the sun, at about a 45-degree angle to the upper left. Easily visible in broad daylight even so close to the sun. Venus will pass inferior conjunction on Jan 11th, but should be visible in daylight up to and including that day. It will pass about 5 degrees north of the sun at closest approach. Just be sure that the sun itself is either behind an obstruction or below the horizon when you observe, to avoid eye damage.

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] EPOD
by Joe Bauman 04 Jan '14

04 Jan '14

Jor is my evil twin who only shows up when my finger hits the wrong key on this tiny keyboard. David Hays got a cool new Nikon for Christmas, which he brought to Bob Moore's office the other night. -- Joe ------------------------------ On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 12:55 PM MST Wiggins Patrick wrote: >Thanks Jor. But who is Jor? And what did you do with Joe? :) > >And what's this about a new camera? > >patrick > >On 04 Jan 2014, at 10:21, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Fascinating view, Patrick! Congratulations and thanks for posting. (Now that he has a good camera Little Dave can get into the act.) -- Jor >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 4:09 AM MST Ed wrote: >> >> And Patrick Wiggins has today's EPOD. >> >> Congratulations 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".

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EPOD
by Joe Bauman 04 Jan '14

04 Jan '14

Our friend David Rankin, who is a noted amateur astronomer, has today's EPOD. Check it out before today becomes tomorrow. http://epod.usra.edu/

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Perihelion: Feel the heat
by Wiggins Patrick 04 Jan '14

04 Jan '14

Happy perihelion! Earth is as close to the Sun today as it's going to get this year. I can't wait for sunrise today so I can go out and soak up all those warming, perihelion rays. :) http://upr.org/post/earth-closest-point-sun-saturday-proximity-doesnt-equal… patrick

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Utah Wilderness 50 Photo Contest
by Wiggins Patrick 03 Jan '14

03 Jan '14

The following is from the Natural History Museum of Utah. With all of the photographic skills seen in the past here on Utah-Astronomy I can't help but wonder if some of the folks here have great pictures to enter into the contest. patrick Utah Wilderness 50 Photo Contest: Open for Entries The Natural History Museum of Utah invites photographers of all levels to enter the Utah Wilderness 50 photo contest. In this worldwide call for entries we seek your best photographs of Utah wilderness. Fifty compelling photographs will be selected for exhibition at the Museum through this juried competition. With President Lyndon Johnson’s signature in 1964, the Wilderness Act preserved more than nine million acres of wild lands as open space for generations to come. Nearly 100 million more acres have been protected in the subsequent five decades. Utah Wilderness 50: A Photographic Celebration of Wild Utah commemorates the 50 year anniversary of this remarkable legislation. All entries must represent Utah public lands and reflect the spirit of the Wilderness Act of 1964. http://nhmu.utah.edu/wilderness50/entry-guidelines

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asteroids
by Joe Bauman 03 Jan '14

03 Jan '14

Yeah those old asteroids are nothing to worry about .... http://m.motherjones.com/media/2014/01/bill-nye-interview-asteroids-climate…

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Sagan podcast and videos
by Bruce Hugo 03 Jan '14

03 Jan '14

Re: Sagan podcast and videos Cool! Thanks for posting this Patrick! Bruce Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science. - Edwin Powell Hubble

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] new member - Any glimpses left of Lovejoy from Utah? (Wiggins Patrick)
by Alan Neves 03 Jan '14

03 Jan '14

Thanks Patrick! I'll get up bright and early and see what I can get up I. Canyon. BTW, I don't know of you remember me, I work a lot with Yeates and Horst, and have interviewed you many times with those fine gents. My favorite was with you down at the sweet spot in Kannaraville during the eclipse last year. Here's a progression pic of that annular eclipse. I'm sure you were able to get better ones with your gear. https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/410987_1015089845554… On Jan 2, 2014, at 10:33 PM, utah-astronomy-request(a)mailman.xmission.com wrote: > 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. Re: new member - Any glimpses left of Lovejoy from Utah? > (Wiggins Patrick) > 2. Quadrantids tomorrow (Friday) morning (Wiggins Patrick) > 3. Incoming! First Asteroid Discovered in 2014 Has Impacted > Earth (Wiggins Patrick) > 4. Re: Incoming! First Asteroid Discovered in 2014 Has Impacted > Earth (Joe Bauman) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2014 23:28:57 -0700 > From: Wiggins Patrick <paw(a)getbeehive.net> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] new member - Any glimpses left of > Lovejoy from Utah? > Message-ID: <6EB4B5D3-48B1-4CC6-AB17-67A8BE5308FC(a)getbeehive.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hi Alan, > > Welcome to the group. > > Regarding Lovejoy, well, it'll be easier to spot than ISON. :) > > I wont rule out spotting it but you'll need to be in a good place with the correct equipment. > > This morning it will not be 10 degrees above the horizon until about 0500. Astronomical dark will end a few minutes after 0600. > > So that's going to be your window of opportunity. > > In order to image down that low in the sky you'll need to be up fairly high. I'm thinking the top of Emigration Canyon. > > The comet will be a bit north of due east at 073 degrees azimuth. > > As for equipment, being that the comet is pretty dim now you'll probably need a moderate sized telescope and a good CCD camera. > > Good luck! And if you get any shots please let us here on the list know where we can see them. > > patrick > > > > On 01 Jan 2014, at 20:34, Alan Neves <alan(a)videoutah.com> wrote: > >> Hello all, I'm a new member. I don't know if this is the proper format for asking this question, or if there's a web based searchable interface for list emails. Can anyone tell me if there's a location that's: >> 1. dark enough >> 2. high enough to avoid the inversion, and >> 3. if it's not too late to get good shots of Lovejoy on the eastern morning sky? >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Alan Neves >> KSL Videographer > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 20:53:05 -0700 > From: Wiggins Patrick <paw(a)getbeehive.net> > To: Astronomy Utah <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Quadrantids tomorrow (Friday) morning > Message-ID: <85AD98AD-A432-4717-8067-C39C68AADEA0(a)getbeehive.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > The Quadrantids are due to peak tomorrow (Friday) at 2000 UT. That puts it early afternoon here in Utah but if you're out before sunrise tomorrow you might want to have a look just in case there's something to watch before the peak. > > And since the shower is typically spread out over a few days either side of the peak there could be some to see Saturday morning as well. > > patrick > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 21:10:02 -0700 > From: Wiggins Patrick <paw(a)getbeehive.net> > To: Astronomy Utah <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Incoming! First Asteroid Discovered in 2014 > Has Impacted Earth > Message-ID: <AFE049DD-107C-4814-B3CF-F3D8C78282CE(a)getbeehive.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Looks like the first asteroid discovered this year hit the Earth's atmosphere shortly after it was discovered. > > http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news182.html > > patrick > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 21:33:35 -0800 (PST) > From: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman(a)yahoo.com> > To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Incoming! First Asteroid Discovered in > 2014 Has Impacted Earth > Message-ID: > <1388727215.59195.BPMail_high_noncarrier(a)web125106.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > Makes us feel real safe.... > > > ------------------------------ > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 9:10 PM MST Wiggins Patrick wrote: > >> Looks like the first asteroid discovered this year hit the Earth's atmosphere shortly after it was discovered. >> >> http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news182.html >> >> 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 > 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 131, Issue 2 > ********************************************** >

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