Re: [Utah-astronomy] Moon, Neptune, Uranus
Jim: Your spell checker has substitured "creator" for "crater" which gives your post a biblical slant. Last month at a Harmon's party I had an excited five year old telling everyone about the "critters on the moon" that he had seen. DT --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Moon, Neptune, Uranus To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 1:42 PM Thanks for the nice report, Jim. -- Joe
--- On Mon, 7/13/09, jim Gibson <jimgibson0@gmail.com> wrote:
From: jim Gibson <jimgibson0@gmail.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Moon, Neptune, Uranus To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 4:24 AM
Chuck,
I happened to wake up a little early and remembered your heads-up about the 13th. I got out on my back porch with my little Meade at 3am. I noticed some cloud cover obscuring the moon but could tell it would clear soon. So I checked out Jupiter. I am glad I did because IO and Europa were 18” apart.
Using my standard 25mm Orion Plossl that I use with the 4” Meade I could make out the dark bands. So while the sky was clearing in the area of the moon I took time to plop in one of my favorite eyepieces, the 13mm Nagler (Type 6). What a treat! The moons of Jupiter were sharp and the dark bands were quite evident.
Ganaymede and Callisto were on opposite sides with IO and Europa on the Callisto side. I could see Mu Cap which led me to Neptune.
When the moon came out from behind the clouds, I checked it out with the Nagler and it filled the eyepiece and gave me a black-eye (seeing wise) so I went back to the 25mm. I noticed in my software that Uranus was near the moon – about 4d 38’ 38” away. I could see something out there, but I am not sure I can say it was Uranus. It was the only star-like object near the moon that wasn’t washed out.
The terminator was passing through Serenitatis with the peaks of the creator Bassel well lighted inside the terminator – cool. Also the creator Arzachel further south was just on the terminator with the peaks nicely lit and the creator floor dark with the central peak lit up like a Christmas tree standing out in contrast.
I don’t really have a good place to do photo work from this new house so I am in somewhat of a quandary as what to do. If I use the back porch I can’t see the North Star. I guess I could just use the drift method without polar aligning.
It is 4:30 am. Don’t know if I should go back to bed or just play. Ok. I will play some more.
Cheers
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Daniel, The five year old just announced that he had observed numerous examples of extra-terrestrial life! But no one must have followed up on it. Rodger Fry ----- Original Message ----- From: "daniel turner" <outwest112@yahoo.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Moon, Neptune, Uranus
Jim:
Your spell checker has substitured "creator" for "crater" which gives your post a biblical slant. Last month at a Harmon's party I had an excited five year old telling everyone about the "critters on the moon" that he had seen.
DT
--- On Mon, 7/13/09, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Moon, Neptune, Uranus To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 1:42 PM Thanks for the nice report, Jim. -- Joe
--- On Mon, 7/13/09, jim Gibson <jimgibson0@gmail.com> wrote:
From: jim Gibson <jimgibson0@gmail.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Moon, Neptune, Uranus To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 4:24 AM
Chuck,
I happened to wake up a little early and remembered your heads-up about the 13th. I got out on my back porch with my little Meade at 3am. I noticed some cloud cover obscuring the moon but could tell it would clear soon. So I checked out Jupiter. I am glad I did because IO and Europa were 18” apart.
Using my standard 25mm Orion Plossl that I use with the 4” Meade I could make out the dark bands. So while the sky was clearing in the area of the moon I took time to plop in one of my favorite eyepieces, the 13mm Nagler (Type 6). What a treat! The moons of Jupiter were sharp and the dark bands were quite evident.
Ganaymede and Callisto were on opposite sides with IO and Europa on the Callisto side. I could see Mu Cap which led me to Neptune.
When the moon came out from behind the clouds, I checked it out with the Nagler and it filled the eyepiece and gave me a black-eye (seeing wise) so I went back to the 25mm. I noticed in my software that Uranus was near the moon – about 4d 38’ 38” away. I could see something out there, but I am not sure I can say it was Uranus. It was the only star-like object near the moon that wasn’t washed out.
The terminator was passing through Serenitatis with the peaks of the creator Bassel well lighted inside the terminator – cool. Also the creator Arzachel further south was just on the terminator with the peaks nicely lit and the creator floor dark with the central peak lit up like a Christmas tree standing out in contrast.
I don’t really have a good place to do photo work from this new house so I am in somewhat of a quandary as what to do. If I use the back porch I can’t see the North Star. I guess I could just use the drift method without polar aligning.
It is 4:30 am. Don’t know if I should go back to bed or just play. Ok. I will play some more.
Cheers
Jim _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
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Rodger,
Isn't Patrick proof enough of extra-terrestrial life? Erik Daniel, The five year old just announced that he had observed numerous
examples of extra-terrestrial life! But no one must have followed up on it.
Rodger Fry ----- Original Message ----- From: "daniel turner" <outwest112@yahoo.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Moon, Neptune, Uranus
Jim:
Your spell checker has substitured "creator" for "crater" which gives your post a biblical slant. Last month at a Harmon's party I had an excited five year old telling everyone about the "critters on the moon" that he had seen.
DT
--- On Mon, 7/13/09, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Moon, Neptune, Uranus To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 1:42 PM Thanks for the nice report, Jim. -- Joe
--- On Mon, 7/13/09, jim Gibson <jimgibson0@gmail.com> wrote:
From: jim Gibson <jimgibson0@gmail.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Moon, Neptune, Uranus To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 4:24 AM
Chuck,
I happened to wake up a little early and remembered your heads-up about the 13th. I got out on my back porch with my little Meade at 3am. I noticed some cloud cover obscuring the moon but could tell it would clear soon. So I checked out Jupiter. I am glad I did because IO and Europa were 18â apart.
Using my standard 25mm Orion Plossl that I use with the 4â Meade I could make out the dark bands. So while the sky was clearing in the area of the moon I took time to plop in one of my favorite eyepieces, the 13mm Nagler (Type 6). What a treat! The moons of Jupiter were sharp and the dark bands were quite evident.
Ganaymede and Callisto were on opposite sides with IO and Europa on the Callisto side. I could see Mu Cap which led me to Neptune.
When the moon came out from behind the clouds, I checked it out with the Nagler and it filled the eyepiece and gave me a black-eye (seeing wise) so I went back to the 25mm. I noticed in my software that Uranus was near the moon â about 4d 38â 38â away. I could see something out there, but I am not sure I can say it was Uranus. It was the only star-like object near the moon that wasnât washed out.
The terminator was passing through Serenitatis with the peaks of the creator Bassel well lighted inside the terminator â cool. Also the creator Arzachel further south was just on the terminator with the peaks nicely lit and the creator floor dark with the central peak lit up like a Christmas tree standing out in contrast.
I donât really have a good place to do photo work from this new house so I am in somewhat of a quandary as what to do. If I use the back porch I canât see the North Star. I guess I could just use the drift method without polar aligning.
It is 4:30 am. Donât know if I should go back to bed or just play. Ok. I will play some more.
Cheers
Jim _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
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Erik, You might be right on that one but unless they discover more than one it can't be confirmed as a find. Heaven forbid that there are two Patricks out there. Rodger ps Patrick, No offense intended ---- Original Message ----- From: <erikhansen@TheBlueZone.net> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 6:37 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Moon, Neptune, Uranus
Rodger,
Isn't Patrick proof enough of extra-terrestrial life? Erik Daniel, The five year old just announced that he had observed numerous
examples of extra-terrestrial life! But no one must have followed up on it.
Rodger Fry ----- Original Message ----- From: "daniel turner" <outwest112@yahoo.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Moon, Neptune, Uranus
Jim:
Your spell checker has substitured "creator" for "crater" which gives your post a biblical slant. Last month at a Harmon's party I had an excited five year old telling everyone about the "critters on the moon" that he had seen.
DT
--- On Mon, 7/13/09, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Moon, Neptune, Uranus To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 1:42 PM Thanks for the nice report, Jim. -- Joe
--- On Mon, 7/13/09, jim Gibson <jimgibson0@gmail.com> wrote:
From: jim Gibson <jimgibson0@gmail.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Moon, Neptune, Uranus To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 4:24 AM
Chuck,
I happened to wake up a little early and remembered your heads-up about the 13th. I got out on my back porch with my little Meade at 3am. I noticed some cloud cover obscuring the moon but could tell it would clear soon. So I checked out Jupiter. I am glad I did because IO and Europa were 18â? apart.
Using my standard 25mm Orion Plossl that I use with the 4â? Meade I could make out the dark bands. So while the sky was clearing in the area of the moon I took time to plop in one of my favorite eyepieces, the 13mm Nagler (Type 6). What a treat! The moons of Jupiter were sharp and the dark bands were quite evident.
Ganaymede and Callisto were on opposite sides with IO and Europa on the Callisto side. I could see Mu Cap which led me to Neptune.
When the moon came out from behind the clouds, I checked it out with the Nagler and it filled the eyepiece and gave me a black-eye (seeing wise) so I went back to the 25mm. I noticed in my software that Uranus was near the moon â?" about 4d 38â?T 38â? away. I could see something out there, but I am not sure I can say it was Uranus. It was the only star-like object near the moon that wasnâ?Tt washed out.
The terminator was passing through Serenitatis with the peaks of the creator Bassel well lighted inside the terminator â?" cool. Also the creator Arzachel further south was just on the terminator with the peaks nicely lit and the creator floor dark with the central peak lit up like a Christmas tree standing out in contrast.
I donâ?Tt really have a good place to do photo work from this new house so I am in somewhat of a quandary as what to do. If I use the back porch I canâ?Tt see the North Star. I guess I could just use the drift method without polar aligning.
It is 4:30 am. Donâ?Tt know if I should go back to bed or just play. Ok. I will play some more.
Cheers
Jim _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
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Dear SLGSers, As you may know, our liver & onion feast is set for noon Saturday at Lamb's restaurant. Yesterday some Cory and some friends and I ate there (my wife and a friend would not allow me to order my favorite -- which our friend called "you-know-what"). Anyway, I talked with the management who said they would have no trouble accommodating up to ten people for L&O but they would like to know how many so they can reserve a table for us. So far I've had definites from only four, including me. Anyone else who'd like to join us (and you don't have to eat the most tasty dish on earth) please let me know right away so I can pass the number along to Lamb's. Also, here's a map of how to reach Lamb's, for those who haven't eaten there before: http://www.mapquest.com/mq/4-MVCsIKC98gVB It starts at the Regent Street parking ramp, just across Regent Street from the Deseret News. It's easy to walk either the route shown on the map or just up to First South, then to Main, turn left at Main and you're soon there. The parking ramp is convenient and costs $1 per hour. Thanks, 2nd subassistant cruise director Bau
I plan on bringing my replica 200-inch telescope disk made by Corning Glass, along with a period picture post-card depicting the Palomar disk. The replicas were made as souvenirs. They are actual Pyrex and were meant to be used as coasters and ash-trays, at 3" diameter. Who's confirmed so-far, 2nd SACD Bau? On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com>wrote:
Dear SLGSers, As you may know, our liver & onion feast is set for noon Saturday at Lamb's restaurant. Yesterday some Cory and some friends and I ate there (my wife and a friend would not allow me to order my favorite -- which our friend called "you-know-what"). Anyway, I talked with the management who said they would have no trouble accommodating up to ten people for L&O but they would like to know how many so they can reserve a table for us. So far I've had definites from only four, including me. Anyone else who'd like to join us (and you don't have to eat the most tasty dish on earth) please let me know right away so I can pass the number along to Lamb's.
Also, here's a map of how to reach Lamb's, for those who haven't eaten there before:
http://www.mapquest.com/mq/4-MVCsIKC98gVB
It starts at the Regent Street parking ramp, just across Regent Street from the Deseret News. It's easy to walk either the route shown on the map or just up to First South, then to Main, turn left at Main and you're soon there. The parking ramp is convenient and costs $1 per hour.
Thanks, 2nd subassistant cruise director Bau
You, Rich Tenney, Rodger and me. I'm excited to see the replica! --- On Wed, 7/15/09, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote: From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] OT -- Gastronomical Delights To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 1:02 PM I plan on bringing my replica 200-inch telescope disk made by Corning Glass, along with a period picture post-card depicting the Palomar disk. The replicas were made as souvenirs. They are actual Pyrex and were meant to be used as coasters and ash-trays, at 3" diameter. Who's confirmed so-far, 2nd SACD Bau? On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com>wrote:
Dear SLGSers, As you may know, our liver & onion feast is set for noon Saturday at Lamb's restaurant. Yesterday some Cory and some friends and I ate there (my wife and a friend would not allow me to order my favorite -- which our friend called "you-know-what"). Anyway, I talked with the management who said they would have no trouble accommodating up to ten people for L&O but they would like to know how many so they can reserve a table for us. So far I've had definites from only four, including me. Anyone else who'd like to join us (and you don't have to eat the most tasty dish on earth) please let me know right away so I can pass the number along to Lamb's.
Also, here's a map of how to reach Lamb's, for those who haven't eaten there before:
http://www.mapquest.com/mq/4-MVCsIKC98gVB
It starts at the Regent Street parking ramp, just across Regent Street from the Deseret News. It's easy to walk either the route shown on the map or just up to First South, then to Main, turn left at Main and you're soon there. The parking ramp is convenient and costs $1 per hour.
Thanks, 2nd subassistant cruise director Bau
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I will also be there, 90% sure, but no L&O for me.
You, Rich Tenney, Rodger and me. I'm excited to see the replica!
--- On Wed, 7/15/09, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] OT -- Gastronomical Delights To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 1:02 PM
I plan on bringing my replica 200-inch telescope disk made by Corning Glass, along with a period picture post-card depicting the Palomar disk. The replicas were made as souvenirs. They are actual Pyrex and were meant to be used as coasters and ash-trays, at 3" diameter.
Who's confirmed so-far, 2nd SACD Bau?
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com>wrote:
Dear SLGSers, As you may know, our liver & onion feast is set for noon Saturday at Lamb's restaurant. Yesterday some Cory and some friends and I ate there (my wife and a friend would not allow me to order my favorite -- which our friend called "you-know-what"). Anyway, I talked with the management who said they would have no trouble accommodating up to ten people for L&O but they would like to know how many so they can reserve a table for us. So far I've had definites from only four, including me. Anyone else who'd like to join us (and you don't have to eat the most tasty dish on earth) please let me know right away so I can pass the number along to Lamb's.
Also, here's a map of how to reach Lamb's, for those who haven't eaten there before:
http://www.mapquest.com/mq/4-MVCsIKC98gVB
It starts at the Regent Street parking ramp, just across Regent Street from the Deseret News. It's easy to walk either the route shown on the map or just up to First South, then to Main, turn left at Main and you're soon there. The parking ramp is convenient and costs $1 per hour.
Thanks, 2nd subassistant cruise director Bau
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I will need a booster seat, also.
That's OK, Erik, they have a children's menu.
(just kidding!)
Is Rich back from his "conjugal visit"? lol
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 2:03 PM, <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote:
I will also be there, 90% sure, but no L&O for me.
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Memories of the Apollo 11 launch: http://www.deseretnews.com/blogs/1,5322,10000034,00.html -- Thanks, jb
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