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Galaxy NGC 6946 through smoke and meteriors
by Joe Bauman 16 Aug '13

16 Aug '13

Hi Gang, Here are shots I took at Lakeside early Wednesday morning; the captions explain them. http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=5713&g2_imageViewsIndex=1 http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=5716&g2_imageViewsIndex=1 http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=5719&g2_imageViewsIndex=1 Almost nothing but a few bright stars showed up in the blue exposures, thanks to the Patch Springs air filter. -- Thanks for looking, Joe

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Galaxy NGC 6946 through smoke and meteors
by Dave Gary 16 Aug '13

16 Aug '13

Nice images, Joe. What technique do you use to polar align your scope. The drift method or iterative alignment? Dave

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Patrch Spring fire aerial shot
by jcarman6＠q.com 15 Aug '13

15 Aug '13

Papa Joe was chiding me - lol. It's a good point made about the electronic viewfinder. I thought the sun dimmed enough because of the smoke to risk it, otherwise wouldn't have even considered it. But I will remember the warning papa!

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Patch Spring fire aerial shot
by jcarman6＠q.com 15 Aug '13

15 Aug '13

Thanks Chuck. Initially, t he camera choose the exposure (automatic). Guess I should have set it on a shorter exposure rather than longer.

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Patch Springs fire aerial shot
by jcarman6＠q.com 15 Aug '13

15 Aug '13

Looking toward the west (from the south eastern part of Salt Lake Valley - Cottonwood Heights), I was also struck by the "blood red" sun (concurring with Chuck). You could also see two plumes of smoke rising and spreading in the sky. One was substantially wider than the other. Tried to take a picture, but the red of the sun didn't come through. Tried longer exposures and the lack of redness grew worse. Not sure why that happened. Yeah, its a digital camera and the chip my not be red sensitive, at least for astrophotography, but the sun was incredibly red. Later also notice the red of the first quarter moon. Knowing better, it appears as if it was eclipsed - well eclipsed by the smoke anyway. This morning no plumes of smoke over the Oquirhs. Is the fire out? Yea, nice shot Patriick.

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Rockport Fire
by D P Pierce 15 Aug '13

15 Aug '13

Remember those great private star parties we had at Rockport Hill? Deloy

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Patch Springs fire (also Persieds)
by Joe Bauman 15 Aug '13

15 Aug '13

Our Jeep was packed and I planned to try again for Lakeside because the air was relatively clear this morning. Some friends and I went to lunch and a movie in Bountiful and when we emerged, I realized I had no chance tonight. I'll have to unpack and wait till September. -- Joe ------------------------------ On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 3:51 PM MDT Patrick Wiggins wrote: >Funny you should ask, Chuck, > >I was just out changing the water in the various bird baths I have around my place and happened to notice the Sun's reflection in one of them: > >http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/sun.jpg > >As usual the image does not do the actual scene justice. But you can get an idea of how red the Sun's looking. The small white piece to the lower left of the Sun dropped into the water as I was about to take the picture. Turned out to be a piece of ash. > >There's also an elongated dark colored mass to the Sun's lower right. Doesn't look like ash. Rather more like a specimen a bird left behind. :) > >The Sun is so red that the ground all around has a reddish glow. The plume itself is obvious stretching from the source to the SW, through the zenith and on to the NE. But that's not all that's up there. There's some very impressive cloud building going on too. > >BTW, IMO is showing that as of an hour ago the Perseid's still had a ZHR of 70 ±8. > >patrick > > >On 13 Aug 2013, at 15:06, Chuck Hards wrote: > >> 6300 acres and spreading, looks like it's reached the peak of the Stansbury >> mountains and may be moving down the other side toward Hickman. >> >> http://www.utahfireinfo.gov/ >> >> The plume is now moving ENE and is bisecting the SL valley at high >> altitude. I can smell smoke, but it's not as strong as one would expect. >> >> Patrick (or anyone else in or near Tooele or Grantsville), what's the >> situation over there? Looks pretty bleak from this side of the Oquirrhs. >> I'm wondering if this fire could actually make it to Grantsville... >> >> No sun viewing for me this afternoon. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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Nova/Supernova at Mag. 6.8 (I saw 6.0) in Delphinus
by Jay Eads 14 Aug '13

14 Aug '13

Looks to be a bright nova, still really cool. Here is the IAU Central Bureau on this object: http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/followups/J20233073+2046041.html Visual mag. at 6.0 to 6.3. Should brighten in the next several days. Best views are south of the Salt Lake Valley right now due to smoke. Just pulled in at home and was going to put the refractor in the backyard from the car but too much smoke right now. Bummer. I wanted to really study it and sketch it. Hopefully soon. Here is the link to the S&T chart similar to Pocket Sky Atlas for this object. Should be more than viewable if the smoke goes away from the urban setting. http://media.skyandtelescope.com/documents/Nova_in_Delphinus_PSA64.pdf

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Patch Springs fire (also Persieds)
by Joe Bauman 14 Aug '13

14 Aug '13

Thanks for the tip, Patrick! I'm going. If it looks bad at Lakeside I'll head tor another spot I know. -- Joe ------------------------------ On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 6:02 PM MDT Patrick Wiggins wrote: >Actually Joe, looking to the west past the smoke cloud it looks clear. If Lakeside is far enough west you could have a fine view of everywhere but east. > >Speaking of the smoke cloud, as I walked out of a local store here in Stansbury a few minutes ago I saw the normally black parking lot was grey. I thought "What the heck?". It took a moment to figure out the grey was from the falling ash. > >But thinking back on that what-the-heck moment, I can't help but wonder if that was the last thought the citizens of Herculaneum and Pompeii had as they walked outside to see why it was getting dark. > >patrick > > >On 13 Aug 2013, at 17:04, Joe Bauman wrote: > >> >> Our Jeep was packed and I planned to try again for Lakeside because the air was relatively clear this morning. Some friends and I went to lunch and a movie in Bountiful and when we emerged, I realized I had no chance tonight. I'll have to unpack and wait till September. -- Joe >> >> ------------------------------ >> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 3:51 PM MDT Patrick Wiggins wrote: >> >> Funny you should ask, Chuck, >> >> I was just out changing the water in the various bird baths I have around my place and happened to notice the Sun's reflection in one of them: >> >> http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/sun.jpg >> >> As usual the image does not do the actual scene justice. But you can get an idea of how red the Sun's looking. The small white piece to the lower left of the Sun dropped into the water as I was about to take the picture. Turned out to be a piece of ash. >> >> There's also an elongated dark colored mass to the Sun's lower right. Doesn't look like ash. Rather more like a specimen a bird left behind. :) >> >> The Sun is so red that the ground all around has a reddish glow. The plume itself is obvious stretching from the source to the SW, through the zenith and on to the NE. But that's not all that's up there. There's some very impressive cloud building going on too. >> >> BTW, IMO is showing that as of an hour ago the Perseid's still had a ZHR of 70 ±8. >> >> patrick >> >> >> On 13 Aug 2013, at 15:06, Chuck Hards wrote: >> >>> 6300 acres and spreading, looks like it's reached the peak of the Stansbury >>> mountains and may be moving down the other side toward Hickman. >>> >>> http://www.utahfireinfo.gov/ >>> >>> The plume is now moving ENE and is bisecting the SL valley at high >>> altitude. I can smell smoke, but it's not as strong as one would expect. >>> >>> Patrick (or anyone else in or near Tooele or Grantsville), what's the >>> situation over there? Looks pretty bleak from this side of the Oquirrhs. >>> I'm wondering if this fire could actually make it to Grantsville... >>> >>> No sun viewing for me this afternoon. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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". >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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View of Perseids
by Dave Gary 14 Aug '13

14 Aug '13

Went out to the observatory (the driveway) around 03:50 this morning before going to work and saw about 1 meteor every minute on average. I saw 10 or 12 in about a ten minute period. The woman who delivers the paper stopped and talked for a couple of minutes and we saw three. None were very bright. Dave

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