Hey Patrick, Awesome picture! But (and somebody please correct me if I'm wrong) that mountain looks a lot more like Mt. Nebo than Timp. Here's a link to a picture of Nebo on wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Nebo_from_Y_Mtn.jpg That said, Mt. Nebo would be an even better spot for the scope since it is the highest peak in the Wasatch range. ~Kelly
Message: 2 Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 19:54:12 -0700 From: Wiggins Patrick <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) Message-ID: <6145097A-8B6D-4E62-B759-6D5B33695F69@wirelessbeehive.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Let's blame it on the comet. It just does not want to be seen.
Frustrating that the clouds are not that thick and don't go up that high.
I got this shot over Utah Lake this afternoon showing we just need to put a remotely operated observatory on top of Mt. Timp: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/timpclouds.jpg
Well, remote operated for most of us. Joe would probably prefer to take his images while sitting on the peak. :)
patrick
On 28 Dec 2012, at 12:58, Tyler Allred wrote:
Thanks for fessing up. I am happy to share the blame with others. Does anyone else want to step up? Tyler
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Larry Holmes <larry@kijoda.com> wrote:
Tyler, I have to share some of the blame. I had Starzonia install their Hyperstar system in my Celestron 8" OTA, taking it from f8 to f2.1, and it has not been out of the case since I got back from Tucson. 73
On 12/28/2012 8:31 AM, Tyler Allred wrote:
I apologize to everyone. This bad weather is all my fault. My carbon fiber sandwich tube finally arrived from Germany and the fully-assembled scope is sitting uselessly atop the Paramount in my observatory. I expect the bad weather to continue indefinitely. Tyler
On 27 Dec 2012, at 10:39, Dave Gary wrote:
By the way, who purchased or received astronomic equipment for Christmas? The weather down here in St. George has been quite nasty for observation. I know one of you guys screwed it up. Tyler, did your new equipment come in?