That's interesting, Patrick, because the Clear Sky Clock for SLC still shows pretty heavy overcast from noon to 4 p.m. (when the solar party would have been held). I wonder why it's so much better at Stansbury - Joe ________________________________ From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: utah astronomy listserve utah astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, March 8, 2013 12:55 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Comet watching tomorrow? With the National Weather Service and now SPOC's Clear Sky Clock (http://www.cleardarksky.com/c/SPOC2UTkey.html?1) showing the clouds clearing out late tomorrow morning (Saturday), tomorrow evening might be the first good time for those of us here in the north to look for Comet Pan-STARRS. The MPS has it about 10° above the western horizon at sunset and magnitude 0.5 (remember that's comet magnitude not star magnitude) so would-be comet seekers will need to find a spot with a very low western horizon. I'm thinking out at the Rowley exit from I-80 where some of us gathered to watch the Venus transit. MPC reports sunset for SPOC will be at 0121 UT with the comet setting at 0210 UT Just for laughs I may try to find it in the afternoon. For comparison on Wednesday the Sun will set at 0127 and the comet will set at 0249 but by that time the comet will have faded about half a magnitude. BTW, I'm using UT time here to hopefully lessen the confusion caused by Daylight Silly Time being inflicted on us Sunday morning. So subtract 7 hours while we're still on standard time and 6 hour after the switch to silly time. patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@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".