Also, Jay let me see the Ghost of Jupiter planetary (which I hadn't seen before) and a cool pair of galaxies -- were they NGC 4041 and NGC 4042? -- Best wishes, Joe ________________________________ From: Jay Eads <jayleads@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thu, April 15, 2010 5:09:31 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Anyone been to pit n pole recently? Sorry, first time today that I have had to post. Wonderful night for me! No frost, no dew (I guess while I was there). I saw on the NWS Mesonet http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/slc/gmap/ that the temp and dew point came close late in the night. I had one of the best views of M65 and M66 in Joe's scope. Easily see structure in both and the s whip of an arm. For me my favorite pair was NGC 3169 and NGC 3166 (NGC 3165 is there also, but really faint) and the two make a stunning visual image with the surrounding star field. APOD NGC 3466 and NGC 3469<http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.noao.edu/outreach/aop/observers/n3169block.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.noao.edu/outreach/aop/observers/n3169.html&usg=__5om78aWxSASY2tMm_zvWUVjwbxk=&h=1060&w=1564&sz=215&hl=en&start=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=UeEi-ngVaJNinM:&tbnh=102&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dngc%2B3166%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26tbs%3Disch:1>That APOD show an astrophoto of these two objects, and I need to apologize to Joe for not calling him over on these two but he seemed busy at the time. I managed 12 objects, all members of the Herschel 400 and I sketched each of them which is an on going project of mine. Conditions were really good and I am so glad I went last night. On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
Oops, meant "clearer than ever" -- that's what happens when I don't get enough sleep. jb
________________________________ From: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thu, April 15, 2010 3:31:40 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Anyone been to pit n pole recently?
Just back from Pit'N'Pole -- Steve's recoating the secondary and my cleaning the corrector plate (both sides) turned out fabulous. Saw clearer than in many years, maybe clearing than ever before. Thanks, Joe PS: MAY CAN'T COME TOO SOON!
________________________________ From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wed, April 14, 2010 4:00:31 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Anyone been to pit n pole recently?
Sounds like you got quick turn-around from Steve on your recoat job. Good luck!
Maybe L&O meeting in May? May 1, anybody?
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi Chuck, Thanks -- my answers are I don't know. Hey, as El Presidente, why don't you set a date for an L&O feast? Best wishes and wish me luck tonight, Joe
________________________________ From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wed, April 14, 2010 2:03:38 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Anyone been to pit n pole recently?
Joe, out of curiosity, are you using a 4-cycle generator? (Quieter) Also, are you using a larger generator than you need? Have you calculated the total system draw?
I have also looked into after-market automotive-style mufflers for generators. They can quiet them down considerably. Most generators come with minimial, barely functional mufflers.
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi Jo, When I went there last month for my disaster, I didn't notice anything funky about the road. But I drive a Jeep and maybe that's why. Anyway, I'll probably go there tonight. If you go too, hope you don't mind my generator noise or computer screen. Best wishes, Joe
________________________________ From: Josephine Grahn <bsi@xmission.com> To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Wed, April 14, 2010 1:07:20 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Anyone been to pit n pole recently?
We were wondering how the road was. We have not been there for years, and way back then, we had some problems with a really big dip in the road. I think it was where the turn off to the actual Pit 'n pole from the first dirt road was. We are pulling a trailer, and our Subaru does not have real high clearance, so I was wondering if others have noticed what shape the road is in these days
Thanks, Jo
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