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Bright morning satellite
by Chuck Hards 25 Mar '13

25 Mar '13

A very bright satellite was visible this morning at about 6:40 AM, in a highly inclined polar orbit, nearly north-south. It passed right through Cygnus before winking out, and was easily brighter than 1st magnitude. Orbiting south-to-north. Anybody else spot it? And how about that moonset this morning? It was just barely north of due west as it set behind the GSL, from my vantage point. Beautiful.

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ISON tonight, 2013 MAR 25
by Patrick Wiggins 25 Mar '13

25 Mar '13

I can't see it, probably because ISON's predicted postion tonight is right in front of the bright star in the center of the frame. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/C_2012_S1.2013MAR25.JPG patrick

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Supernova Astrograph
by jcarman6＠q.com 24 Mar '13

24 Mar '13

Thats a fine, fine piece of equipment you've built there, Mr. Allred. First light and resolution test are jaw droppers. Looking forward to picking up my jaw whenever you post a link :) Joan

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] New Image of M65 and M66 and a lucky catch of supernova SN2013am on the day it was discovered
by Joe Bauman 24 Mar '13

24 Mar '13

And fall too! ------------------------------ On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 9:45 PM MDT Tyler Allred wrote: >Thanks Seth. I am happy and looking forward to a long clear spring and >summer! >Cheers, >Tyler > > >-----Original Message----- >From: utah-astronomy-bounces(a)mailman.xmission.com >[mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Seth >Jarvis >Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 5:01 PM >To: Utah Astronomy >Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] New Image of M65 and M66 and a lucky catch of >supernova SN2013am on the day it was discovered > >Tyler, that's professional level work. Jaw-dropping stuff. Congrats! Seth > >Sent from my iPhone > >On Mar 24, 2013, at 7:33 AM, "Tyler Allred" <tyler(a)allred-astro.com> wrote: > >> >> >> Hi all. >> >> My off-axis guider finally arrived from Austria on Thursday night and >> I was able got the new astrograph up and running perfectly. >> Miraculously, the skies were clear that night, so I decided to image >> M65 and M66 in Leo, to test the new system out. By a lucky chance, I >> picked a target with a supernova that was discovered the same day: >> SN2013am in M65. The supernova is in the galaxy on the left in the image. >> >> >> >> >> >> The new image with the supernova can be seen here: >> http://www.allred-astro.com//viewer.php?id=113 >> <http://www.allred-astro.com/viewer.php?id=113&cat=1&sub=96> >> &cat=1&sub=96 >> >> >> >> >> >> If you are interested, photos of the new astrograph can be seen here: >> http://www.allred-astro.com//nocturne.php?cat=3 >> <http://www.allred-astro.com/nocturne.php?cat=3> >> >> >> >> >> >> I hope you will take time to look over the image and let me know your >> thoughts/suggestions. I am pretty happy with the performance of the >scope, >> but I still have some work to do with cooling fans etc. >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Tyler >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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SN in M65
by Joe Bauman 24 Mar '13

24 Mar '13

Hi all, here's a page about it. Tyler, please notice the line at the bottom asking for photos. Best wishes, Joe http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2013/sn2013am.html

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New Image of M65 and M66 and a lucky catch of supernova SN2013am on the day it was discovered
by Tyler Allred 24 Mar '13

24 Mar '13

Hi all. My off-axis guider finally arrived from Austria on Thursday night and I was able got the new astrograph up and running perfectly. Miraculously, the skies were clear that night, so I decided to image M65 and M66 in Leo, to test the new system out. By a lucky chance, I picked a target with a supernova that was discovered the same day: SN2013am in M65. The supernova is in the galaxy on the left in the image. The new image with the supernova can be seen here: http://www.allred-astro.com//viewer.php?id=113 <http://www.allred-astro.com/viewer.php?id=113&cat=1&sub=96> &cat=1&sub=96 If you are interested, photos of the new astrograph can be seen here: http://www.allred-astro.com//nocturne.php?cat=3 <http://www.allred-astro.com/nocturne.php?cat=3> I hope you will take time to look over the image and let me know your thoughts/suggestions. I am pretty happy with the performance of the scope, but I still have some work to do with cooling fans etc. Thanks, Tyler

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Trapezium Resolution Test - Supernova Astrograph
by Tyler 24 Mar '13

24 Mar '13

Thanks Sig. The relative brightnesses may have something to do with the Ha filter. I can see them all easily in my monitor, but can't see both H stars, just a smudge where they should be located. I would like to try again in visible light on a better night. Cheers, Tyler Sent from Samsung tabletSiegfried Jachmann <siegfried(a)jachmann.org> wrote:Strangely I can see the F and G stars easier than the E. Maybe it's my monitor. I can't make out H & I. Sig Excellent job btw. On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Tyler Allred <tyler(a)allred-astro.com>wrote: > Hi all. > > I am so happy that this new astrograph is finally cranking out good images. > With the OAG in place, the scope is superb. I decided to try the trapezium > last night, just to see what the scope can resolve. I shot in Ha and I can > clearly make out the A, B, C, D, E, F, G, one of the H's, and the I star. > Not too bad! > > > > I have attached a link to the results. The main image is a stack with some > wavelets applied, the 2nd image (drop down menu) is a single 30-second > frame. Take a look. > > > > http://www.allred-astro.com//viewer.php?id=115 > <http://www.allred-astro.com/viewer.php?id=115&cat=5&sub=97> &cat=5&sub=97 > > > > > > Cheers, > > Tyler > > > > PS - At the suggestion of others, I have decided to name the scope the > "Supernova Astrograph" because the first real image taken with it contained > a new supernova. I like the name. > > _______________________________________________ > 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". > -- Siegfried _______________________________________________ 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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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Meteor over upper East coast
by Joe Bauman 24 Mar '13

24 Mar '13

In one meteor storm, I actually heard (or detected) many hisses coming from them. I agree that they must have been radio, rather than acoustic, waves, because I heard and saw them at the same time. I nearly convinced myself I was imagining them but I could "hear" one coming from my upper left, let's say, and turn my head in that direction and see it. I was alone in the southern Utah desert and maybe my isolation from urban distractions had something to to with my sensitivity. -- Joe ------------------------------ On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 1:00 PM MDT Chuck Hards wrote: >Tom, I'll look it up as time permits. The hissing isn't acoustic, IIRC, >its your ear picking up radio emissions from the ionized gas of the meteor >train. >On Mar 23, 2013 12:42 PM, "Thomas Sevcik" <sfv1ts(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Got word on this recent sightinhg/recording of a meteor over Maryland. > Some 300 reports on it. One guy reports hearing a hissing sound which > reminds me in my early years of stargazing in Kansas (1958 - 1969) of > hearing two meteors on separate occassions. Never have heard that hissing > from a meteor since. I do remember I had my doubts even before my first > "hissing meteor" when I read about other observers reporting such an > occurrance in a Sky & Telescope magazine I believe somewhen around 1959 - > 1961. Wish I still had that issue. > > http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/23/17421804-reports-about-east-c… > Tom Sevcik > _______________________________________________ > 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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Last night's SLAS meeting
by Chuck Hards 24 Mar '13

24 Mar '13

A very enjoyable, informative speaker at the meeting last night. I learned quite a bit about solar dynamics that I hadn't known before, and re-learned some things I had forgotten. Dr. Andrés Muñoz-Jaramillo is obviously very enthusiastic about his work. Many thanks to him for graciously giving us his time. If he has more material geared to a general science-minded audience, I'd like to see him return. I was initially worried that it could devolve into a climate-change fracas, but the speaker was good at keeping that can of worms at arm's length. He gave us some insights into interpreting historical solar data that I hadn't really considered before. If we had more clear days in this state, I'd seriously consider a long-term project of sunspot counting and lattitude plotting. I also came away with a better idea of the processes behind sunspots and related surface features, and will be a better and more appreciative solar observer because of it. There's only one star we can observe at this level of detail, it's nice to have the tools to more fully understand what I'm looking at. Thanks to whomever on the board arranged for this speaker. Rodger, maybe?

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] New Image of M65 and M66 and a lucky catch of supernova SN2013am on the day it was discovered
by tyler 24 Mar '13

24 Mar '13

Thanks Dave. Share your pics somewhere please. Tyler Sent from Samsung tabletDave Gary <davegary(a)me.com> wrote: In fact, tonight, I hope to go out to some hills and see if I can catch that comet in the CCD. If the dedicated CCD is too much, I’ll switch to the CoolPix 4500. Where I’m going isn’t what one would call the wilderness. The hills are behind a major development in St. George. It affords a good view of the western horizon with the minimum of street light glare. However, that doesn’t matter much with the near-full-Moon action going on. Wish me luck. I’m kind of new to all this equipment. Dave On Mar 24, 2013, at 7:32 AM, Tyler Allred <tyler(a)allred-astro.com> wrote: > > > Hi all. > > My off-axis guider finally arrived from Austria on Thursday night and I was > able got the new astrograph up and running perfectly. Miraculously, the > skies were clear that night, so I decided to image M65 and M66 in Leo, to > test the new system out. By a lucky chance, I picked a target with a > supernova that was discovered the same day: SN2013am in M65. The supernova > is in the galaxy on the left in the image. > > > > > > The new image with the supernova can be seen here: > http://www.allred-astro.com//viewer.php?id=113 > <http://www.allred-astro.com/viewer.php?id=113&cat=1&sub=96> &cat=1&sub=96 > > > > > > If you are interested, photos of the new astrograph can be seen here: > http://www.allred-astro.com//nocturne.php?cat=3 > <http://www.allred-astro.com/nocturne.php?cat=3> > > > > > > I hope you will take time to look over the image and let me know your > thoughts/suggestions. I am pretty happy with the performance of the scope, > but I still have some work to do with cooling fans etc. > > > > > > Thanks, > > Tyler > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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