Re: [Utah-astronomy] A Go for Observing Tonight
Nope. It was kinda of weird and the time I posted may be wrong but the event happened as we both can attest. It was Jupiter rising and going in and out of cloud banks . Outside of what we saw in the scopes, one of the prettiest sites was when a cloud bank went through Sagittarius and just above that constellations and the black cloud shapes highlighted against the light of the Milky Way. If we had had the equipment up there we both thought a long exposure shot would have been beautiful. On 2010-07-11 16:34, Joe Bauman wrote:
Hi Jay, Nice report! I would have thought it was an irridium flare except that I don't think they reappear. A distant car's headlights? -- Joe
--- On Sun, 7/11/10, Jay Eads <jayleads@???> wrote:
From: Jay Eads <jayleads@???> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] A Go for Observing Tonight To: "Utah-Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@???> Date: Sunday, July 11, 2010, 4:16 AM
Well, we went up to Wolf Creek tonight. Skies were mixed but then cleared up for the most part, with a patch of clouds coming in. Antoniadi Scale: II; Milky Way clearly evident with dark nebula and rifts.
Items viewed: M22, M13, M27, M57, M102, NGC 5631 and some other NGC's that belong to the Herschel 400 that I'm sure you don't want to read about.
Something weird happened up there though tonight. Around 1:15a.m. a bright light appeared in the eastern horizon and it seem to grow brighter and then suddenly, in a blink it just disappeared. Then it suddenly reappeared as bright as it was before. No twinlking was observed from it ruling it out as a star. We figured it out but Craig and I thought you might enjoy having a guess at what caused this erie vision. Overall it was a great night.
I'll be heading up to Wolf Creek on Monday, Tuesday and possibly Wednesday if anyone wants to meet me up there one night or come up for the entire three nights. Should be some great viewing up there.
On 2010-07-10 22:42, Jay Eads wrote:
Clear Sky Clock and experience show that though partly cloudy, the clouds should part in different directions so Craig Smith and I are going to go and try to sneak some views in. If you would like to join us, respond here or give one of us a call. Not sure, might try the Gravel Pit or up American Fork Canyon, or head out to Lakeside or Pit n Pole, which ever site offers the best seeing. It probably will cloud up again after 1:00a.m. so you won't be out all night . . .
Thanks,
Jay
Ah. --- On Sun, 7/11/10, Jay Eads <jayleads@gmail.com> wrote: From: Jay Eads <jayleads@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] A Go for Observing Tonight To: "Utah-Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Sunday, July 11, 2010, 2:54 PM Nope. It was kinda of weird and the time I posted may be wrong but the event happened as we both can attest. It was Jupiter rising and going in and out of cloud banks . Outside of what we saw in the scopes, one of the prettiest sites was when a cloud bank went through Sagittarius and just above that constellations and the black cloud shapes highlighted against the light of the Milky Way. If we had had the equipment up there we both thought a long exposure shot would have been beautiful. On 2010-07-11 16:34, Joe Bauman wrote:
Hi Jay, Nice report! I would have thought it was an irridium flare except that I don't think they reappear. A distant car's headlights? -- Joe
--- On Sun, 7/11/10, Jay Eads <jayleads@???> wrote:
From: Jay Eads <jayleads@???> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] A Go for Observing Tonight To: "Utah-Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@???> Date: Sunday, July 11, 2010, 4:16 AM
Well, we went up to Wolf Creek tonight. Skies were mixed but then cleared up for the most part, with a patch of clouds coming in. Antoniadi Scale: II; Milky Way clearly evident with dark nebula and rifts.
Items viewed: M22, M13, M27, M57, M102, NGC 5631 and some other NGC's that belong to the Herschel 400 that I'm sure you don't want to read about.
Something weird happened up there though tonight. Around 1:15a.m. a bright light appeared in the eastern horizon and it seem to grow brighter and then suddenly, in a blink it just disappeared. Then it suddenly reappeared as bright as it was before. No twinlking was observed from it ruling it out as a star. We figured it out but Craig and I thought you might enjoy having a guess at what caused this erie vision. Overall it was a great night.
I'll be heading up to Wolf Creek on Monday, Tuesday and possibly Wednesday if anyone wants to meet me up there one night or come up for the entire three nights. Should be some great viewing up there.
On 2010-07-10 22:42, Jay Eads wrote:
Clear Sky Clock and experience show that though partly cloudy, the clouds should part in different directions so Craig Smith and I are going to go and try to sneak some views in. If you would like to join us, respond here or give one of us a call. Not sure, might try the Gravel Pit or up American Fork Canyon, or head out to Lakeside or Pit n Pole, which ever site offers the best seeing. It probably will cloud up again after 1:00a.m. so you won't be out all night . . .
Thanks,
Jay
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The weird thing was that we couldn't actually see the clouds, and at first it looked like it was moving, but once we saw through the scopes that it was Jupiter we surmised what must be happening. -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Jay Eads Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 2:55 PM To: Utah-Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] A Go for Observing Tonight Nope. It was kinda of weird and the time I posted may be wrong but the event happened as we both can attest. It was Jupiter rising and going in and out of cloud banks . Outside of what we saw in the scopes, one of the prettiest sites was when a cloud bank went through Sagittarius and just above that constellations and the black cloud shapes highlighted against the light of the Milky Way. If we had had the equipment up there we both thought a long exposure shot would have been beautiful. On 2010-07-11 16:34, Joe Bauman wrote:
Hi Jay, Nice report! I would have thought it was an irridium flare except that I don't think they reappear. A distant car's headlights? -- Joe
--- On Sun, 7/11/10, Jay Eads <jayleads@???> wrote:
From: Jay Eads <jayleads@???> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] A Go for Observing Tonight > To: "Utah-Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@???> > Date: Sunday, July 11, 2010, 4:16 AM > > Well, we went up to Wolf Creek tonight. Skies were mixed but then
cleared up for the most part, with a patch of clouds coming in. Antoniadi Scale: II; Milky Way clearly evident with dark nebula and rifts.
Items viewed: M22, M13, M27, M57, M102, NGC 5631 and some other NGC's that belong to
the Herschel 400 that I'm sure you don't want to read about.
Something weird happened up there though tonight. Around 1:15a.m. a
bright light appeared in the eastern horizon and it seem to grow brighter and then suddenly, in a blink it just disappeared. Then it suddenly reappeared as bright as it was before. No twinlking was observed from it ruling it out as a star. We figured it out but Craig and I thought you might enjoy having a guess at what caused this erie vision. Overall it was a great night.
I'll be heading up to Wolf Creek on Monday, Tuesday and possibly
Wednesday if anyone wants to meet me up there one night or come up for the entire three nights. Should be some great viewing up there.
On 2010-07-10 22:42, Jay Eads wrote:
Clear Sky Clock and experience show that though partly cloudy, the > >
clouds should part in different directions so Craig Smith and I are > > going to go and try to sneak some views in. If you would like to join > > us, respond here or give one of us a call. Not sure, might try the > > Gravel Pit or up American Fork Canyon, or head out to Lakeside or Pit > > n Pole, which ever site offers the best seeing. It probably will cloud > > up again after 1:00a.m. so you won't be out all night . . .
Thanks,
Jay
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