April 2015 - Utah-Astronomy - mailman.xmission.com

No totality for eclipse
by Dave Gary 04 Apr '15

04 Apr '15

I took 382 photos of this morning’s lunar eclipse and I can’t see where totality was reached. Lots of “Joe” problems too. At least I thought of Joe as I was either fixing something or putting it away because I really broke it. One of these days we’ll have to compare notes. Might be interesting. Dave

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This morning's total lunar eclipse
by M Wilson 04 Apr '15

04 Apr '15

Well, judging from what Patrick posted, a NEAR total one. I didn't make it out to SPOC, but did get this shot from a small pond located in the Highbury neighborhood of West Valley City. http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6170&g2_imageViewsIndex=1

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Lunar eclipse
by Stephen Peterson 04 Apr '15

04 Apr '15

Didn't look total from S Utah either. Steve

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Eclipse
by Dave Gary 04 Apr '15

04 Apr '15

I think I’ll go out tonight and try my luck at capturing some eclipse photos early tomorrow morning. I can’t photograph to the west from the driveway observatory. Well, I can, but all that shows up in the photos is the corner of my house, the hill behind my house and some trees. I’ll take the RV out, set up, then make a night of it. I’ll take the attack wieners for protection. Dave

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Mr Spock had a sense of humor
by Wiggins Patrick 04 Apr '15

04 Apr '15

Even non-car people may enjoy this with Leonard Nimoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPkByAkAdZs Grins, patrick

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ISS this eveing
by Wiggins Patrick 03 Apr '15

03 Apr '15

This from CalSky for this eveing. Based on SPOC but good for northern Utah. patrick Appears 21h20m09s 0.2mag az:222.1° SW horizon Culmination 21h25m26s -4.1mag az:139.5° SE h:54.7° distance: 489.5km height above Earth: 406.6km elevation of Sun: -17° Disappears 21h25m45s -4.1mag az:114.0° ESE h:51.8°

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Change of email address
by Wiggins Patrick 03 Apr '15

03 Apr '15

My email address is changing. Again. Not my choice. Please update your contact lists: Old address: paw(a)getbeehive.net New address: paw(a)digis.net I'm told the old address will continue to function for a while but probably best to start using the new address now. patrick

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Lunar eclipse live feed
by Wiggins Patrick 03 Apr '15

03 Apr '15

Forwarded from Griffith Observatory. patrick Weather permitting, Griffith Observatory will stream the lunar eclipse the morning of April 4th. We will start streaming at 2:00 a.m. PDT. You can watch the eclipse live at: http://new.livestream.com/GriffithObservatoryTV/LunarEclipseApril2015 Additionally, a 60-second time lapse of the eclipse will be posted on the Observatory's YouTube site (https://www.youtube.com/user/GriffithObservatory) by mid-morning on Saturday, April 4, 2015. Cheers, Patrick So Observatory Program Supervisor Griffith Observatory Los Angeles, CA

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Lightning striking erupting volcano in Mexico
by Dale Hooper 02 Apr '15

02 Apr '15

It isn't purely astronomical - but it happened at night. These are pretty incredible images. One image includes a nice fireball - so it is astronomical. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3022885/Storm-ash-cloud-Elec… Clear skies, Dale.

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Photography with 8in Dobsonian and DLSR
by Michael Crane 02 Apr '15

02 Apr '15

Hello, So I have an 8" Dobsonian and a Canon Rebel T1i. I have the t ring and a 1.25" adapter that I attach to my focuser, which is a 2", but I don't have anything that is 2" so I use 1.25. I also have an extension tube that allows me to put a barlow lens inside of it. I have tried both of these configurations, removed my camera lens and attached just the 1.25 adapter, can't get the camera to focus at all. Attached the extension tube and a barlow and 25mm eyepiece on the inside, still no focus. I don't know if I can't get my camera far enough away from the tube, or I can't get it close enough. Any one have any suggestions or tips? Thanks, Michael

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