Hi all.. I got some good pix of comet PanSTARRS at 1839 tonight from my back yard... will send one of them to you if you want to see what it looked like... just email me.. ____________________________________________________________ How to Sleep Like a Rock Obey this one natural trick to fall asleep and stay asleep all night. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/513bec1638ef36c1654best03duc
Send 'em to me, Kay. I'm not seeing squat from my backyard right now. Good snag! On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 7:11 PM, n7kh@juno.com <n7kh@juno.com> wrote:
Hi all.. I got some good pix of comet PanSTARRS at 1839 tonight from my back yard... will send one of them to you if you want to see what it looked like... just email me.. ____________________________________________________________
Kudos! Where are you located? Could you see it naked eye? No luck from here in Stansbury using old eyeballs, 10x50s and 11x80s. patrick On 09 Mar 2013, at 19:11, n7kh@juno.com wrote:
Hi all.. I got some good pix of comet PanSTARRS at 1839 tonight from my back yard... will send one of them to you if you want to see what it looked like... just email me.
Patrick, I had to use a 15x70mm bino. No luck naked-eye. No tail even in the binos. On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 7:26 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
Kudos!
Where are you located?
Could you see it naked eye?
No luck from here in Stansbury using old eyeballs, 10x50s and 11x80s.
patrick
On 09 Mar 2013, at 19:11, n7kh@juno.com wrote:
Hi all.. I got some good pix of comet PanSTARRS at 1839 tonight from my back yard... will send one of them to you if you want to see what it looked like... just email me.
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I don't know where Kay is but with you picking it up from the SL Valley I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong. I'm pretty sure I've got the computer set right. I'll know that for sure in about 30 minutes when it swings the scope over to ISON. It'll be nice to have you out Wednesday. At least we'll know there will be someone there who can find the comet. Regarding Wednesday, if at all possible I hope we'll have the Grim open so we can take at shot at ISON visually. MPC currently has it a mag 15.3 so it'll be a stretch but it can't hurt to try. patrick On 09 Mar 2013, at 19:29, Chuck Hards wrote:
Patrick, I had to use a 15x70mm bino. No luck naked-eye. No tail even in the binos.
On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 7:26 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
Kudos!
Where are you located?
Could you see it naked eye?
No luck from here in Stansbury using old eyeballs, 10x50s and 11x80s.
patrick
On 09 Mar 2013, at 19:11, n7kh@juno.com wrote:
Hi all.. I got some good pix of comet PanSTARRS at 1839 tonight from my back yard... will send one of them to you if you want to see what it looked like... just email me.
On Tuesday and Wednesday nights, it should be much easier to spot. It will be a tad higher, and on Tuesday it will be just to the left (south) of the moon. On Wednesday it will be just below it. All I saw tonight from the backyard was a fuzzy nucleus. It appeared like a slightly out-of-focus star, and that was my only clue, since stars near it were perfect points. In fact I am amazed at the clarity of the air tonight. The bright winter stars just burned with pinpoint intensity in the deepening twilight. Jupiter in the bino was tack-sharp. The softness of the seeing this afternoon when I was looking at the sun completely vanished. I didn't use high magnifications tonight so that may be a different story. But at low powers and naked-eye, the sky was amazingly crisp and clear. My only complaint tonight is the lake stink. Bad. On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 7:48 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
I don't know where Kay is but with you picking it up from the SL Valley I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong.
I'm pretty sure I've got the computer set right. I'll know that for sure in about 30 minutes when it swings the scope over to ISON.
It'll be nice to have you out Wednesday. At least we'll know there will be someone there who can find the comet.
Regarding Wednesday, if at all possible I hope we'll have the Grim open so we can take at shot at ISON visually. MPC currently has it a mag 15.3 so it'll be a stretch but it can't hurt to try.
Boy I hope Pan-STARRS is better Wednesday night! -- Joe ________________________________ From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, March 9, 2013 8:45 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet PanSTARRS On Tuesday and Wednesday nights, it should be much easier to spot. It will be a tad higher, and on Tuesday it will be just to the left (south) of the moon. On Wednesday it will be just below it. All I saw tonight from the backyard was a fuzzy nucleus. It appeared like a slightly out-of-focus star, and that was my only clue, since stars near it were perfect points. In fact I am amazed at the clarity of the air tonight. The bright winter stars just burned with pinpoint intensity in the deepening twilight. Jupiter in the bino was tack-sharp. The softness of the seeing this afternoon when I was looking at the sun completely vanished. I didn't use high magnifications tonight so that may be a different story. But at low powers and naked-eye, the sky was amazingly crisp and clear. My only complaint tonight is the lake stink. Bad. On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 7:48 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
I don't know where Kay is but with you picking it up from the SL Valley I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong.
I'm pretty sure I've got the computer set right. I'll know that for sure in about 30 minutes when it swings the scope over to ISON.
It'll be nice to have you out Wednesday. At least we'll know there will be someone there who can find the comet.
Regarding Wednesday, if at all possible I hope we'll have the Grim open so we can take at shot at ISON visually. MPC currently has it a mag 15.3 so it'll be a stretch but it can't hurt to try.
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How could it have changed so quickly from naked-eye visibility in the southern hemisphere? What am I missing? Thanks, Joe ________________________________ From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, March 9, 2013 7:48 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet PanSTARRS I don't know where Kay is but with you picking it up from the SL Valley I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong. I'm pretty sure I've got the computer set right. I'll know that for sure in about 30 minutes when it swings the scope over to ISON. It'll be nice to have you out Wednesday. At least we'll know there will be someone there who can find the comet. Regarding Wednesday, if at all possible I hope we'll have the Grim open so we can take at shot at ISON visually. MPC currently has it a mag 15.3 so it'll be a stretch but it can't hurt to try. patrick On 09 Mar 2013, at 19:29, Chuck Hards wrote:
Patrick, I had to use a 15x70mm bino. No luck naked-eye. No tail even in the binos.
On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 7:26 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
Kudos!
Where are you located?
Could you see it naked eye?
No luck from here in Stansbury using old eyeballs, 10x50s and 11x80s.
patrick
On 09 Mar 2013, at 19:11, n7kh@juno.com wrote:
Hi all.. I got some good pix of comet PanSTARRS at 1839 tonight from my back yard... will send one of them to you if you want to see what it looked like... just email me.
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On 09 Mar 2013, at 22:33, Joe Bauman wrote:
How could it have changed so quickly from naked-eye visibility in the southern hemisphere? What am I missing? Thanks, Joe
Reports I received from Down Under had it barely visible to the naked eye with non-astronomers not able to find it without help. And as predicted it has faded a bit since then. So it's never lived up to some of the hype but, hopefully, we will be able to show it to the public with the refractor Wednesday. Maybe even the Ealing though I don't remember how low it can reach. I'm hoping for a test run tomorrow. Fingers crossed. patrick
OK, I finally picked-up the nucleus, I estimate it at about 3rd magnitude. No trace of a tail in still-bright twilight. Getting low fast. I'm going to bend every effort to make it to SPOC on Wednesday.
I'd love to see the pictures. I tried several times this evening with 12x50s with no luck. I don't really know where to look, though. I'm plugging numbers into stellarium right now to see if I get a better chance tomorrow night. Dion ________________________________ From: "n7kh@juno.com" <n7kh@juno.com> To: Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Saturday, March 9, 2013 7:11 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Comet PanSTARRS Hi all.. I got some good pix of comet PanSTARRS at 1839 tonight from my back yard... will send one of them to you if you want to see what it looked like... just email me.. ____________________________________________________________ How to Sleep Like a Rock Obey this one natural trick to fall asleep and stay asleep all night. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/513bec1638ef36c1654best03duc _______________________________________________ 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".
Oooh I want!! Thanks Howard sumoetx@gmail.com --- On Sat, 3/9/13, n7kh@juno.com <n7kh@juno.com> wrote:
From: n7kh@juno.com <n7kh@juno.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Comet PanSTARRS To: Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Date: Saturday, March 9, 2013, 7:11 PM Hi all.. I got some good pix of comet PanSTARRS at 1839 tonight from my back yard... will send one of them to you if you want to see what it looked like... just email me.. ____________________________________________________________ How to Sleep Like a Rock Obey this one natural trick to fall asleep and stay asleep all night. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/513bec1638ef36c1654best03duc
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I'd like a pic. Thanks, Joe ________________________________ From: "n7kh@juno.com" <n7kh@juno.com> To: Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Saturday, March 9, 2013 7:11 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Comet PanSTARRS Hi all.. I got some good pix of comet PanSTARRS at 1839 tonight from my back yard... will send one of them to you if you want to see what it looked like... just email me.. ____________________________________________________________ How to Sleep Like a Rock Obey this one natural trick to fall asleep and stay asleep all night. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/513bec1638ef36c1654best03duc _______________________________________________ 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".
Joe, Patrick and I concur that Kay got a contrail, not the comet. It's still low for us. As it gets higher over the next week, it will be more easily visible. But it isn't living up to expectations. On Mar 9, 2013 10:36 PM, "Joe Bauman" <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
I'd like a pic. Thanks, Joe
________________________________ From: "n7kh@juno.com" <n7kh@juno.com> To: Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Saturday, March 9, 2013 7:11 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Comet PanSTARRS
Hi all.. I got some good pix of comet PanSTARRS at 1839 tonight from my back yard... will send one of them to you if you want to see what it looked like... just email me.. ____________________________________________________________ How to Sleep Like a Rock Obey this one natural trick to fall asleep and stay asleep all night. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/513bec1638ef36c1654best03duc
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With tonight's cloud cover, I'm not going to look for the comet. Last night was exceptional.
Looks like another overcast night in SLC. It never fails. If there is something good in the sky visible from Salt Lake, it will be overcast. Q.E.D. Grumble... Hoping we get a break for Wednesday.
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