Last night was a great one for observing or astrophotography from SPOC. Unfortunately, I struggled all night without success. At one point near dawn Patrick found M51 for me and I got a crappy picture. I then went to a bright star to focus, and when I tried, I couldn't find M51 again. I didn't have the knack of my new RoboFocuser; also, everything kept drifting. In the morning I checked whether my gear had lost its level, but it was still level. Then I checked the balance and found it was far out of balance, which must have caused the distressing failure to track correctly. Thanks, your discouraged pal, Joe
Joe, Sometimes you get the bear... sometimes the bear gets you! Next time will be better. Tyler -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 9:03 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Defeat Last night was a great one for observing or astrophotography from SPOC. Unfortunately, I struggled all night without success. At one point near dawn Patrick found M51 for me and I got a crappy picture. I then went to a bright star to focus, and when I tried, I couldn't find M51 again. I didn't have the knack of my new RoboFocuser; also, everything kept drifting. In the morning I checked whether my gear had lost its level, but it was still level. Then I checked the balance and found it was far out of balance, which must have caused the distressing failure to track correctly. Thanks, your discouraged pal, Joe _______________________________________________ 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
The bear bit my butt three times in a row! ________________________________ From: Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> To: 'Utah Astronomy' <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 9:04 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Defeat Joe, Sometimes you get the bear... sometimes the bear gets you! Next time will be better. Tyler -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 9:03 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Defeat Last night was a great one for observing or astrophotography from SPOC. Unfortunately, I struggled all night without success. At one point near dawn Patrick found M51 for me and I got a crappy picture. I then went to a bright star to focus, and when I tried, I couldn't find M51 again. I didn't have the knack of my new RoboFocuser; also, everything kept drifting. In the morning I checked whether my gear had lost its level, but it was still level. Then I checked the balance and found it was far out of balance, which must have caused the distressing failure to track correctly. Thanks, your discouraged pal, Joe _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
Last night in my back yard, I finally got everything tracking well and locked on M13. Got my Moonlite focuser to really get a nice focus. Just thought one more tweak of the focus would be the ticket when my image went to a blur. Clouds, Clouds and more Clouds piled up along the Wasatch Front. I was close to getting my first real good image-but the Gods said---NOoooooooooooooooooo. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Bauman" <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 8:05:46 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Defeat The bear bit my butt three times in a row! ________________________________ From: Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> To: 'Utah Astronomy' <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 9:04 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Defeat Joe, Sometimes you get the bear... sometimes the bear gets you! Next time will be better. Tyler -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 9:03 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Defeat Last night was a great one for observing or astrophotography from SPOC. Unfortunately, I struggled all night without success. At one point near dawn Patrick found M51 for me and I got a crappy picture. I then went to a bright star to focus, and when I tried, I couldn't find M51 again. I didn't have the knack of my new RoboFocuser; also, everything kept drifting. In the morning I checked whether my gear had lost its level, but it was still level. Then I checked the balance and found it was far out of balance, which must have caused the distressing failure to track correctly. Thanks, your discouraged pal, Joe _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
Dang! I hate when that happens. Tyler -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of gazebo4sale@comcast.net Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 9:12 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Defeat Last night in my back yard, I finally got everything tracking well and locked on M13. Got my Moonlite focuser to really get a nice focus. Just thought one more tweak of the focus would be the ticket when my image went to a blur. Clouds, Clouds and more Clouds piled up along the Wasatch Front. I was close to getting my first real good image-but the Gods said---NOoooooooooooooooooo. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Bauman" <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 8:05:46 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Defeat The bear bit my butt three times in a row! ________________________________ From: Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> To: 'Utah Astronomy' <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 9:04 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Defeat Joe, Sometimes you get the bear... sometimes the bear gets you! Next time will be better. Tyler -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 9:03 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Defeat Last night was a great one for observing or astrophotography from SPOC. Unfortunately, I struggled all night without success. At one point near dawn Patrick found M51 for me and I got a crappy picture. I then went to a bright star to focus, and when I tried, I couldn't find M51 again. I didn't have the knack of my new RoboFocuser; also, everything kept drifting. In the morning I checked whether my gear had lost its level, but it was still level. Then I checked the balance and found it was far out of balance, which must have caused the distressing failure to track correctly. Thanks, your discouraged pal, Joe _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
I received some cryptic information that a meteor was spotted over SLC this morning, abt 1/2 hour ago. Has anyone heard anything about it? I'm trying to find out more info if anyone has heard anything please let me know ASAP! Thanks, Barrett Flowers BarrettWF@comcast.net
PS, Tyler, Could I use your M51 SN pics in my blog? If so, could you send them to me separately, and I can have a link to your blinking view. Thanks, Joe ________________________________ From: Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> To: 'Utah Astronomy' <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 9:04 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Defeat Joe, Sometimes you get the bear... sometimes the bear gets you! Next time will be better. Tyler -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 9:03 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Defeat Last night was a great one for observing or astrophotography from SPOC. Unfortunately, I struggled all night without success. At one point near dawn Patrick found M51 for me and I got a crappy picture. I then went to a bright star to focus, and when I tried, I couldn't find M51 again. I didn't have the knack of my new RoboFocuser; also, everything kept drifting. In the morning I checked whether my gear had lost its level, but it was still level. Then I checked the balance and found it was far out of balance, which must have caused the distressing failure to track correctly. Thanks, your discouraged pal, Joe _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
Joe, Sure you can use them. I sent the images to your personal email. Tyler -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 9:07 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Defeat PS, Tyler, Could I use your M51 SN pics in my blog? If so, could you send them to me separately, and I can have a link to your blinking view. Thanks, Joe ________________________________ From: Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> To: 'Utah Astronomy' <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 9:04 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Defeat Joe, Sometimes you get the bear... sometimes the bear gets you! Next time will be better. Tyler -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 9:03 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Defeat Last night was a great one for observing or astrophotography from SPOC. Unfortunately, I struggled all night without success. At one point near dawn Patrick found M51 for me and I got a crappy picture. I then went to a bright star to focus, and when I tried, I couldn't find M51 again. I didn't have the knack of my new RoboFocuser; also, everything kept drifting. In the morning I checked whether my gear had lost its level, but it was still level. Then I checked the balance and found it was far out of balance, which must have caused the distressing failure to track correctly. Thanks, your discouraged pal, Joe _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
Thanks! ________________________________ From: Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> To: 'Utah Astronomy' <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 9:42 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Defeat Joe, Sure you can use them. I sent the images to your personal email. Tyler -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 9:07 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Defeat PS, Tyler, Could I use your M51 SN pics in my blog? If so, could you send them to me separately, and I can have a link to your blinking view. Thanks, Joe ________________________________ From: Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> To: 'Utah Astronomy' <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 9:04 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Defeat Joe, Sometimes you get the bear... sometimes the bear gets you! Next time will be better. Tyler -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 9:03 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Defeat Last night was a great one for observing or astrophotography from SPOC. Unfortunately, I struggled all night without success. At one point near dawn Patrick found M51 for me and I got a crappy picture. I then went to a bright star to focus, and when I tried, I couldn't find M51 again. I didn't have the knack of my new RoboFocuser; also, everything kept drifting. In the morning I checked whether my gear had lost its level, but it was still level. Then I checked the balance and found it was far out of balance, which must have caused the distressing failure to track correctly. Thanks, your discouraged pal, Joe _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
Joe, Are you attending ALCON? I am thinking come the weekend of June 25th (a Saturday) I may head down to the Wedge or I might try Lakeside depending on the weather. My anniversary is on the 23rd so it will depend on the wife but we are together the 23rd and 24th and I figure by the 25th she'll be ready to get rid of me for a night. Jay On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net>wrote:
Joe, Sometimes you get the bear... sometimes the bear gets you! Next time will be better. Tyler
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 9:03 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Defeat
Last night was a great one for observing or astrophotography from SPOC. Unfortunately, I struggled all night without success. At one point near dawn Patrick found M51 for me and I got a crappy picture. I then went to a bright star to focus, and when I tried, I couldn't find M51 again. I didn't have the knack of my new RoboFocuser; also, everything kept drifting. In the morning I checked whether my gear had lost its level, but it was still level. Then I checked the balance and found it was far out of balance, which must have caused the distressing failure to track correctly. Thanks, your discouraged pal, Joe _______________________________________________ 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
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-- Jay Eads
Hi Jay, I'm an ALCON-goer. Sure wish I could go to the Wedge soon. Best wishes, Joe ________________________________ From: Jay Eads <jayleads@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 6:34 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Defeat Joe, Are you attending ALCON? I am thinking come the weekend of June 25th (a Saturday) I may head down to the Wedge or I might try Lakeside depending on the weather. My anniversary is on the 23rd so it will depend on the wife but we are together the 23rd and 24th and I figure by the 25th she'll be ready to get rid of me for a night. Jay On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net>wrote:
Joe, Sometimes you get the bear... sometimes the bear gets you! Next time will be better. Tyler
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 9:03 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Defeat
Last night was a great one for observing or astrophotography from SPOC. Unfortunately, I struggled all night without success. At one point near dawn Patrick found M51 for me and I got a crappy picture. I then went to a bright star to focus, and when I tried, I couldn't find M51 again. I didn't have the knack of my new RoboFocuser; also, everything kept drifting. In the morning I checked whether my gear had lost its level, but it was still level. Then I checked the balance and found it was far out of balance, which must have caused the distressing failure to track correctly. Thanks, your discouraged pal, Joe _______________________________________________ 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
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