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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Best place to see Mercury from SLC area?
by Ed 05 Jun '13

05 Jun '13

Richard, The best, clearest, and nearest unobstructed view of the western horizon is from the top of the low hill on the north side of the freeway at exit 62 on I-80 (about 60 miles west of SLC). Ed ------------------------ On Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:44:57 -0600 [06/04/2013 07:44:57 PM MDT] garrard55(a)xmission.com wrote: I would like to get some quick shots of Mercury this week at sunset. Does anyone have a recommendation of a good spot for viewing in the SLC area? thanks, Richard

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Best place to see Mercury from SLC area?
by garrard55＠xmission.com 04 Jun '13

04 Jun '13

I would like to get some quick shots of Mercury this week at sunset. Does anyone have a recommendation of a good spot for viewing in the SLC area? thanks, Richard

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Nocturne Observatory - New Image - M101
by Kelly Ricks 04 Jun '13

04 Jun '13

Another beautiful image! I also spent some time browsing through your other work on Nature Smiles and the river restoration page...amazing...all of it. You have a great eye for wildlife and wildland. Thanks, as always for sharing! ~Kelly > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 18:15:38 -0600 > From: "Tyler Allred" <tyler(a)allred-astro.com> > To: <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Nocturne Observatory - New Image - M101 > Message-ID: <000001ce6181$d0b8cad0$722a6070$@com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > Hello to all my fellow astro-enthusiasts, > > > > Since I finished the new astrograph, I have been focusing on a series of > previously imaged galaxies to allow comparison with my previous equipment > setups. The latest in this series is M101, which was photographed over two > recent nights in May 2013. I spent one entire evening taking 10-minute > unbinned luminance frames, and another evening taking 5-minute RGB frames > binned 2x2. The image turned out quite nice and I was able to resolve > details into the core of the galaxy. Please visit my website and take a > look at the image. A link is provided below. > > > > http://www.allred-astro.com//viewer.php?id=132 > <http://www.allred-astro.com/viewer.php?id=132&cat=1&sub=10> &cat=1&sub=10 > > > > As always, please take time to click the smaller image a couple of times to > get to the full resolution version, which has lots of detail to peruse. > Feedback is always appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Tyler > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 124, Issue 11 > *********************************************** >

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2 more ISS passes
by Patrick Wiggins 04 Jun '13

04 Jun '13

Per CalSky: Really excellent pass onight: Appears 22h38m58s -0.0mag az:236.4° WSW horizon Culmination 22h44m19s -3.9mag az:324.5° NW h:74.1° distance: 425.9km height above Earth: 411.9km elevation of Sun: -16° Disappears 22h49m43s -0.2mag az: 52.8° NE horizon Nice pass tomorrow morning: Appears 5h08m17s -0.4mag az:302.4° WNW horizon Culmination 5h13m39s -4.0mag az:221.1° SW h:50.4° distance: 530.1km height above Earth: 418.1km elevation of Sun: -8° Disappears 5h19m00s -0.1mag az:139.7° SE horizon patrick

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ISS this tonight
by Patrick Wiggins 04 Jun '13

04 Jun '13

Looks like ISS will be making a nice pass for N. Utah tonight. Details here from CalSky. patrick Appears 23h28m03s -0.0mag az:248.1° WSW horizon Culmination 23h33m20s -2.6mag az:329.2° NNW h:43.2° distance: 581.8km height above Earth: 412.8km elevation of Sun: -22° Disappears 23h38m41s 0.1mag az: 50.3° NE horizon

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Report from Five Mile Pass: no frustration + aurora
by Dion Davidson 03 Jun '13

03 Jun '13

I wanted to report to this group about the outing I had near Five Mile Pass with Jay Eads and Mat Hutchings last night. I took Nancy's advice and spent time with Jay and Mat to learn about my telescope and how to find stuff in the sky. They showed me how to collimate my SCT, which I was afraid to do before. Then they showed me how to star hop. After seeing the images on the star map (S&T Pocket Sky Atlas), in Jay's viewfinder, and then in Jay's eyepiece, I could then go back to my own scope and find the same objects! Jay worked with me on four or five Messier objects and then set me loose to find others. Of course I got to stop and see some amazing sights along the way through both of their scopes. After reading the various reports online about aurora in Utah last night I went and looked at the images I took and I see the aurora as well! Not just to the north, but all over the sky. I saw the aurora borealis last summer from Montana, and what I saw last night reminded me of that a little, though I didn't think it possible, so I didn't spend much time on it. I posted my images on my blog - let me know what you think. http://sandydavidsons.blogspot.com/2013/06/astronomy-at-file-mile-pass.html Thanks again for the help I get from this group, and particularly from Mat and Jay. Dion

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bryce rooms
by larry holmes 03 Jun '13

03 Jun '13

If anyone is interested, I just cancelled our rooms today--at bryce canyon pines, just outside the park, for Wed, Thur, Fri. Also, Sat nighit at Rubies. A number of you know I have not been feeling up to par ever since that very cold night at the Lehi HS. Well turns out there was a reason--I have a slight case of pneumonia..... 73

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] PANSTARRS this morning
by Joe Bauman 02 Jun '13

02 Jun '13

This is actually Mike, not Bob Taylor, I believe. -- Joe ------------------------------ On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 2:44 PM MDT Patrick Wiggins wrote: >On 02 Jun 2013, at 11:08, Joe Bauman wrote: > >> Why not, Patrick? He's entered some wonderful stuff in the past! -- Joe > >I thought he'd mentioned in a meeting that he'd be ineligible because of his being a judge. > >But regardless of whether he can enter it or not it's still a very nice picture. > >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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PANSTARRS this morning
by Patrick Wiggins 02 Jun '13

02 Jun '13

A quick shot of the comet before closing this morning. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/C_2011_L4.2013MAY31.JPG I hope someone here with wide-feild capabilities can try this comet. patrick

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Silver Lake/ SPOC
by jcarman6＠q.com 02 Jun '13

02 Jun '13

Jeff: I live about 1.7 miles from the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon. I have considered going to the top to photograph the sky, but (a) it's a bowl and (b) there are lots of lights from Brighton. Did you use the trees to block the lights from Brighton. Did you wa lk to the fa r end of Silver Lake? Brent: So sorry (really) had I known you were going to SPOC I would have gone too. It would have been nice to see you. I suspect you "griped" about the 18" cause you don't have a 22" inch anymore (hehe).

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