- Utah-Astronomy - mailman.xmission.com

Quadrantids tomorrow (Friday) morning
by Wiggins Patrick 02 Jan '14

02 Jan '14

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

1 0

new member - Any glimpses left of Lovejoy from Utah?
by Alan Neves 01 Jan '14

01 Jan '14

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 On Dec 31, 2013, at 11:13 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: Venus tonight (Chuck Hards) > 2. Best meteor display of 2014 (Chuck Hards) > 3. Re: Best meteor display of 2014 (Wiggins Patrick) > 4. Re: Best meteor display of 2014 (Howard Jackman) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 19:51:55 -0700 > From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Venus tonight > Message-ID: > <CAHmuOYp8NseBsnBbAd3C+L59g4XF1vo-vpJ-iMJr8wMCoby9_A(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Praise from Caesar! Thanks, Tyler. > > I was lucky to get it, conditions were terrible. All that saved me was the > fact that I was shooting video and had thousands of frames to choose from. > Most were throw-aways, and even the best weren't as good as they could have > been in clear, steady air. > > On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 7:13 PM, Tyler Allred <tyler(a)allred-astro.com>wrote: > >> Beautiful image Chuck! >> Tyler >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 21:45:40 -0700 > From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Best meteor display of 2014 > Message-ID: > <CAHmuOYqKJd4GHWMu13UABEjZBzVHw0oaAVNdTJfuoOHfvNWb3A(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I found a neat tidbit in the 2014 Observers Handbook. > > Page 254: > "There is a predicted outburst from debris related to comet 209P/LINEAR on > 2014 May 24, 7h-8h UT, from a radiant in Camelopardalis. The timing favors > North American longitudes, and the moon will be four days before new. The > models strongly suggest that the Earth will encounter much material from > the comet- > it is highly likely this will be the strongest meteor display of 2014 > visible in North America." > > That last line is printed in bold type in the Handbook. > > I'm going to plan on seeing this one. It will be a great opportunity to > try my old Russian ZENIT fisheye lens with my new DSLR. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 21:58:12 -0700 > From: Wiggins Patrick <paw(a)getbeehive.net> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Best meteor display of 2014 > Message-ID: <96E6A422-1F17-4D2D-B42D-6DF9E231C795(a)getbeehive.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Thanks for posting this Chuck. I've added the event to my calendar. > > If the proposed star party schedule is approved at next month's meeting there will be a star party in SLC the evening before and one at SPOC the evening after. Chance are I'll head straight from the ATS that's sure to follow the SLC star party to some place dark. > > Here, BTW, is the IMO's 2014 calendar. It has a bit more data on the possible shower near the top of the "April to June" section: > http://www.imo.net/calendar/2014 > > patrick > > > On 31 Dec 2013, at 21:45, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> I found a neat tidbit in the 2014 Observers Handbook. >> >> Page 254: >> "There is a predicted outburst from debris related to comet 209P/LINEAR on >> 2014 May 24, 7h-8h UT, from a radiant in Camelopardalis. The timing favors >> North American longitudes, and the moon will be four days before new. The >> models strongly suggest that the Earth will encounter much material from >> the comet- >> it is highly likely this will be the strongest meteor display of 2014 >> visible in North America." >> >> That last line is printed in bold type in the Handbook. >> >> I'm going to plan on seeing this one. It will be a great opportunity to >> try my old Russian ZENIT fisheye lens with my new DSLR. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 22:13:10 -0800 (PST) > From: Howard Jackman <sumoetx(a)yahoo.com> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Best meteor display of 2014 > Message-ID: > <1388556790.16569.YahooMailNeo(a)web162804.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > I'll have to try out my Rokinon Fisheye alongside you Chuck! Maybe we should organize a astrophoto party... > > > > On Tuesday, December 31, 2013 10:00 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw(a)getbeehive.net> wrote: > > Thanks for posting this Chuck.? I've added the event to my calendar. > > If the proposed star party schedule is approved at next month's meeting there will be a star party in SLC the evening before and one at SPOC the evening after.? Chance are I'll head straight from the ATS that's sure to follow the SLC star party to some place dark. > > Here, BTW, is the IMO's 2014 calendar.? It has a bit more data on the possible shower near the top of the "April to June" section: > http://www.imo.net/calendar/2014 > > patrick > > > > On 31 Dec 2013, at 21:45, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> I found a neat tidbit in the 2014 Observers Handbook. >> >> Page 254: >> "There is a predicted outburst from debris related to comet 209P/LINEAR on >> 2014 May 24, 7h-8h UT, from a radiant in Camelopardalis.? The timing favors >> North American longitudes, and the moon will be four days before new.? The >> models strongly suggest that the Earth will encounter much material from >> the comet- >> it is highly likely this will be the strongest meteor display of 2014 >> visible in North America." >> >> That last line is printed in bold type in the Handbook. >> >> I'm going to plan on seeing this one.? It will be a great opportunity to >> try my old Russian ZENIT fisheye lens with my new DSLR. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 130, Issue 78 > *********************************************** >

2 1

Best meteor display of 2014
by Chuck Hards 01 Jan '14

01 Jan '14

I found a neat tidbit in the 2014 Observers Handbook. Page 254: "There is a predicted outburst from debris related to comet 209P/LINEAR on 2014 May 24, 7h-8h UT, from a radiant in Camelopardalis. The timing favors North American longitudes, and the moon will be four days before new. The models strongly suggest that the Earth will encounter much material from the comet- it is highly likely this will be the strongest meteor display of 2014 visible in North America." That last line is printed in bold type in the Handbook. I'm going to plan on seeing this one. It will be a great opportunity to try my old Russian ZENIT fisheye lens with my new DSLR.

3 5

Venus tonight
by Chuck Hards 31 Dec '13

31 Dec '13

I shot this tonight from my driveway. One still frame grabbed from a 30-second video with the Pentax K-30 DSLR in video mode. High cirrus, some thin ground fog forming, and high-altitude turbulence. It's a good thing Venus is so close and huge right now. The smallest bino or finderscope will reveal the crescent. C-6 using eyepiece projection with an 18mm Kellner, on my old Edmund 5/8" shaft mount. http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii24/JethroTull1958/Venus001_zps934a1ebe…

2 2

Re: [Utah-astronomy] Venus tonight
by Joe Bauman 31 Dec '13

31 Dec '13

NIIIICE! ------------------------------ On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 7:14 PM MST Chuck Hards wrote: >I shot this tonight from my driveway. One still frame grabbed from a >30-second video with the Pentax K-30 DSLR in video mode. High cirrus, some >thin ground fog forming, and high-altitude turbulence. It's a good thing >Venus is so close and huge right now. The smallest bino or finderscope >will reveal the crescent. > >C-6 using eyepiece projection with an 18mm Kellner, on my old Edmund 5/8" >shaft mount. > >http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii24/JethroTull1958/Venus001_zps934a1ebe… >_______________________________________________ >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".

3 10

Wanna buy a name?
by Patrick Wiggins 28 Dec '13

28 Dec '13

Those who have been on this list a very long time might remember that back in 2007 I spotted a little dot on one of my images that moved from picture to picture that turned out to be an unknown minor planet. I gave it the temporary name UOFU08 (for Univ. of Utah find #8). The Minor Planet Center checked and when they decided it was in fact a new find they called it K07V08N / 2007 VN8. Going through my correspondence from back then I saw I'd posted to this list that it would probably be a couple of years before I'd be able to name it. Turned out to be longer than that. However, a couple of hours ago I received my second cosmological birthday present (the first being the GRB) in the form of an email from MPC giving my little rock a number: 361690 So, what am I bid for naming rights? :) Just kidding as the rights were gone long ago. Some here might also remember that following my (with wife Holly) first find back on 03 November 1999 and my solo find a couple of weeks later I was thinking this was going to be easy. So easy that I gave naming rights to my next find to KCPW to auction off during one of their telethons. And from what I remember, they got a handsome sum. Little did the winner (or I) know that next find would be 8 years later. And that the ability to name it would come 6 years after that. So I just sent the winning bidder an email to the address I had for him in 2007. So far it has not bounced. I'm really interested to see how he'll respond. Clear skies, patrick

4 4

AWB OneSky 5 inch Scope
by Jay Eads 27 Dec '13

27 Dec '13

Oh, two things I left off. The scope has a red dot finder like the Orion EZ Finder that Gary says works quite well. Also, on page 64 (the page after the review ends) are plans for a table top tripod that can be built to put the tabletop scope on.

1 0

AWB OneSky 5 inch Scope
by Jay Eads 27 Dec '13

27 Dec '13

Gary Seronik gives a very favorable review of this scope in February S&T. I think for outreach giveaways this is the scope to give away if your going to give one away. You won't do as much but it seems to Gary to hold collimation, though collimation should be checked before giving it out as the secondary was out of whack from being shipped and handled roughly. There is a counter weight system, motions are good, gives good views, he split the double double one night with it, and it has a helical focuser; the only bad part of the helical is here the eyepiece can be turned right out of the focuser. With some basic support it would be a fine first scope and show the moon, doubles, and the basic summer objects (Messier) off quite well I would think. Mirror had no evidence of a TDE or astigmatism just under corrected. The size ensures a brighter image then other table top versions. Mirror was 5.3 inches with f4.8. The extra inch goes to providing more brightness and if your purchase. you supporting AWB which is a worthy cause. Anyway, if you get S&T read the review. Quite favorable by a man who knows scopes.

1 0

Excellent ISS pass in a few mintues
by Wiggins Patrick 26 Dec '13

26 Dec '13

Per CalSky: Thursday 26 December 2013 Appears 18h44m13s 0.8mag az:305.7° NW horizon Culmination 18h49m42s -4.1mag az:217.5° SW h:85.0° distance: 423.2km height above Earth: 423.0km elevation of Sun: -19° Disappears 18h50m35s -3.7mag az:133.0° SE h:46.3° patrick

1 0

Fast rotator = Chang'e 3 booster
by Wiggins Patrick 26 Dec '13

26 Dec '13

It would appear the fast rotating object I imaged and posted about early this morning is Chang'e 3's booster. http://www.projectpluto.com/pluto/mpecs/che3.htm

1 0