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Air Route Arrows on Ch 2 10 pm
by Ed 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

According to KNRS (105.7 FM) today, Ch 2 TV will have a segment on the 10 pm news this evening about Mysterious Arrows in the Desert. Could these be our concrete Air Route Arrows?

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Utah Star Party
by Jay Eads 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

Hey Richard, The site is past Pit n Pole. Go down that road, it's gravel now to UT 36 at Faust. Go left, and then go down past Vernon, to the turn for the Benmore Rd and Vernon Reservoir. That is a dirt road and there are some pot holes when you turn right there. The road is a dirt road following it for 5 miles to a T section where you can turn left to Vernon Reservoir (don't do that) or go right which you want to do. Go down to the first left, FR006 and turn left and then follow that up til you find us. We should be on the first left campsite. I have a Black Pathfinder. Thursday is looking like a bust but Friday and Saturday should be great, with Saturday night should be just great. Cool out there though so dress warm. Mat and I should have our propane tanks with the heaters on them just in case someone needs to get warm. They'll be away from the observing field though. Here is the current forecast. I will be out there Thursday afternoon to set up and claim the site (they are first come first serve). .THURSDAY...A CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. CLOUDY...COOLER. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT. .THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. LOWS AROUND 40. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. .FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS AROUND 60. .SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Utah Star Party
by Jay Eads 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

Hey Richard, The site is past Pit n Pole. Go down that road, it's gravel now to UT 36 at Faust. Go left, and then go down past Vernon, to the turn for the Benmore Rd and Vernon Reservoir. That is a dirt road and there are some pot holes when you turn right there. The road is a dirt road following it for 5 miles to a T section where you can turn left to Vernon Reservoir (don't do that) or go right which you want to do. Go down to the first left, FR006 and turn left and then follow that up til you find us. We should be on the first left campsite. I have a Black Pathfinder. Thursday is looking like a bust but Friday and Saturday should be great, with Saturday night should be just great. Cool out there though so dress warm. Mat and I should have our propane tanks with the heaters on them just in case someone needs to get warm. They'll be away from the observing field though. Here is the current forecast. I will be out there Thursday afternoon to set up and claim the site (they are first come first serve). I am VERY excited to get at least two nights in of late summer and early fall observing. To quote Meat Loaf, "Two out of Three Ain't Bad." .THURSDAY...A CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. CLOUDY...COOLER. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT. .THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. LOWS AROUND 40. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. .FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS AROUND 60. .SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Zeta Aquarii
by Bruce Hugo 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

Hey Daniel, Thanks for all the help last night! I was trying to split them at low power. That would explain my not seeing the pair. I'll head back out on a clear night this week and see if I can do some splitting. I'll also check out M2 and the Helix nebula! Thanks for the suggestions and the star hopping pointers. As I noted last night, my first scope was computer controlled so I didn't learn star hopping and object locations. Now the Dob is forcing me to learn learn the sky! Which... is fun! LOL! Bruce Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science. - Edwin Powell Hubble Last night at SPOC I was mooching photons from Bruce Hugo and his excellent 10 inch dob. ? I had remembered seeing a nice double in the water jar of Aquarius. ? Bruce:? I was right and it was the first one we tried to look at called Zeta Aquarii. It's listed in my Bright Star Atlas as 2.0 arc seconds.? You may have missed splitting it because of low power or perhaps the seeing was choppy. ? As an aside, the water jar asterism is an excellent pointer to the M2 globular cluster.? Draw a line through the jar and extend it one jar length to the west an you are right on top of M2. ? Another nice pointer set is farther south next to the bright start Fomalhaut.? Three star in the vicinity, delta, gama, and epsilon form a sharp spear point pointing northwest.? The Helix nebula lies on spear point length off the end of the spear point tip.? It's an easy starhop even in 10x50 binoculars at a descent dark site. ? DT

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Russian Meteor Update
by jcarman6＠q.com 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

We were all agog last February http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2387639/Meteor-crashed-Russi…

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Utah Star Party
by Jay Eads 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

Lets see if this link works . . . http://darkskyastronomyinutah.webs.com/utah-star-party-2013

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ASOD submission accepted
by Kelly Ricks 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

I was excited this morning to discover that ASOD accepted one of my drawings for today's feature. Check it out... http://www.asod.info/ ~Kelly Ricks

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] ASOD submission accepted
by Kelly Ricks 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

Thank you to all of you who commented on my message! As far as how many ..ODs are out there, I only follow APOD, EPOD, and ASOD, but a quick google search turns up a whole host of additional options. There's the Kodak Picture of the Day http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=2549&pq-locale=en_US&_… Wikipedia picture of the day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day National Geographic claims to have the "Best" photo of the day http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/best-of-photo-of-the-… For another astronomy related option there's LPOD: the Lunar Picture of the Day http://lpod.wikispaces.com/September+30%2C+2013 Optics picture of the day, Geology picture of the day, Old picture of the day... ...and I imagine this could go on for quite some time. ~Kelly

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] ASOD submission accepted
by Bruce Hugo 29 Sep '13

29 Sep '13

Wow! I too did not know ASOD existed! Congrats Kelly! Bruce Hugo

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Zeta Aquarii
by daniel turner 29 Sep '13

29 Sep '13

Last night at SPOC I was mooching photons from Bruce Hugo and his excellent 10 inch dob. I had remembered seeing a nice double in the water jar of Aquarius. Bruce: I was right and it was the first one we tried to look at called Zeta Aquarii. It's listed in my Bright Star Atlas as 2.0 arc seconds. You may have missed splitting it because of low power or perhaps the seeing was choppy. As an aside, the water jar asterism is an excellent pointer to the M2 globular cluster. Draw a line through the jar and extend it one jar length to the west an you are right on top of M2. Another nice pointer set is farther south next to the bright start Fomalhaut. Three star in the vicinity, delta, gama, and epsilon form a sharp spear point pointing northwest. The Helix nebula lies on spear point length off the end of the spear point tip. It's an easy starhop even in 10x50 binoculars at a descent dark site. DT

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