The winds aloft must be ferocious this morning. I climbed up on my roof at 5:30 under perfectly clear skies. The only clouds were very low in the SW. In less than 10 minutes I could see the clouds were headed my way and by 5:47 they were at my zenith. As for the Aurigids, during the quarter hourI was able to observe I saw two shower members and one sporadic. As I was watching at the predicted peak, if the peak happened it didn't happen on time. Lovely sky, though. M-45, Mars, Orion and the Moon. Nice. Here's hoping others had better luck. patrick p.s. For those interested in such things, the new Nova is now on the SLAS web site in the newsletter archive ( http://slas.us/ nova_archive.asp ).
I watched for nearly an hour and saw about twenty altogether. Don't know what type they were, to my uneducated eye there were just streaks in the sky. :) Julie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Wiggins" <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: "utah astronomy listserve utah astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: 2007-09-01 06:02 Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Aurigid report
The winds aloft must be ferocious this morning. I climbed up on my roof at 5:30 under perfectly clear skies. The only clouds were very low in the SW. In less than 10 minutes I could see the clouds were headed my way and by 5:47 they were at my zenith.
As for the Aurigids, during the quarter hourI was able to observe I saw two shower members and one sporadic. As I was watching at the predicted peak, if the peak happened it didn't happen on time.
Lovely sky, though. M-45, Mars, Orion and the Moon. Nice.
Here's hoping others had better luck.
patrick
p.s. For those interested in such things, the new Nova is now on the SLAS web site in the newsletter archive ( http://slas.us/ nova_archive.asp ).
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We were visited by Lilinoe till 2:30am HST. Bright meteors were observed thru the mist (Lilinoe goddess of the mists) around the peak, but all in all, it was a wash for a month w/ the highest clear sky at the summit. We did enjoy our first heavy rain since April though. aloha Rob
Aloha rob Tooo bad. It would have been awesome on the peak too It looks like I will be visiting you again between Christmas and New Years! Bob Bob Moore Commerce CRG - Salt Lake City office 175 East 400 South, Suite 700 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Direct: 801-303-5418 Main: 801-322-2000 Fax: 801-322-2040 BMoore@commercecrg.com www.commercecrg.com -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+bmoore=commercecrg.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+bmoore=commercecrg.com@mailman.xmission.c om] On Behalf Of Rob Ratkowski Photography Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 12:34 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Aurigid report We were visited by Lilinoe till 2:30am HST. Bright meteors were observed thru the mist (Lilinoe goddess of the mists) around the peak, but all in all, it was a wash for a month w/ the highest clear sky at the summit. We did enjoy our first heavy rain since April though. aloha Rob _______________________________________________ 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.utahastronomy.com
Hi Bob see ya over the hollidays, we'll probably have our site finished inside by then. I did the electric outlets rough in yesterday, next is to install the duplex outlets and covers and hook'em up. aloha Rob
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