December 2002 - Utah-Astronomy - mailman.xmission.com

Re: Geminids
by bill biesele 09 Dec '02

09 Dec '02

Patrick wrote: > Anyone interested in viewing the Geminids from the much warmer (or at least not > as cold) climes of SPOC? And, hey, there are even restrooms, a warm room and a > near by eatery (I do love my creature comforts). Sounds good to me. How about a fog report Friday night just in case? The fog did do some good this morning. Kept the lights from SLC from messing up my morning sky check. One of the clearest skies to west I've seen in a year. Socked in tonight though. Bill B.

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Endeavour / ISS?
by Kris Jones 04 Dec '02

04 Dec '02

This surface seems whipped about like dunes.. is it scorched from an impact? The region doesn't keep the shape of a crater exactly, but it might be a high-temp impact area after the blackened sand was tossed about a bit. What I thought to be interesting is how the "veins" of darker material radiate from the dark spot in a manner similar to blown dust. I don't know, it is really odd. The more I look at it the more puzzled I get. Kris >>> bau(a)desnews.com 12/03/02 12:57 PM >>> Dear astronomy friends, here's a view I stumbled across today. Apparently it was just released by NASA. Click on the image to the left. I am very curious about what you all think is shown. The large dark area looks like moist ground or, I hesitate to even think it, vegetation. Thanks, Joe Bauman http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20021203a.html Joe Bauman science & military reporter Deseret News bau(a)desnews.com (801) 237-2169 _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy

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Endeavour / ISS?
by Patrick Wiggins 03 Dec '02

03 Dec '02

Anyone see Endeavour chasing ISS across the northern sky a few minutes ago? I don't think I've ever seen two piloted spacecraft that close together before. Patrick

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Endeavour / ISS?
by Kris Jones 02 Dec '02

02 Dec '02

I did; that was pretty neat! My kids made it out just in time to see them fade out of sight. A nice suprise for a Monday evening. Kris >>> paw(a)trilobyte.net 12/02/02 18:42 PM >>> Anyone see Endeavour chasing ISS across the northern sky a few minutes ago? I don't think I've ever seen two piloted spacecraft that close together before. Patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Re: Fwd: News, 29 NOV 2002
by Brent Watson 02 Dec '02

02 Dec '02

I, too thought of the re-entry. I read a bit about it this morning. You can go to this site for a bit more info: http://www.avweb.com/newswire/news0249a.html#3 Scroll down to "The Outer Limits". Brent --- Joe Borgione <jborgion(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > A buddy of mine saw it while visiting family in > Grand Junction Colorado. He heard rumors that it > might have been a booster motor casing doing the > re-entry thing; I'll ask him if he's heard any more. > Joe Borgione > Richard Tenney <retenney(a)yahoo.com> wrote:My > daughter (same one!) saw it too; said it was a > repeat of the other! I don't know how she manages to > do that...! > > Anyone else? > > -Rich > > --- Spencer Cottam wrote: > > Richard, > > One of my co-workers saw something interesting > > Thanksgiving evening while driving near Park City. > > It was very bright, fell behind the mountain line > > then produced 2 bright flashes (from ground > impact?) > > Details: > > Thursday, November 28, 2002 > > About 6:30 P.M. MST (give or take 10 minutes? > > fully dark) > > On I-80 between Jeremy Ranch and Park City > > exits, traveling roughly East. > > Seen slightly to the right of straight ahead > > (East to SouthEast?) > > Maybe as bright as the moon, more yellow with a > > white center. > > Had a tail of about thumb to finger at arms > > length (2-3 degrees?) > > Appeared low (possibly just visibility obscured > > by car roof?) falling straight down. > > Dropped below a distant ridge line and produced > > 2 flashes far less than a second apart > > Subjective judgements of questionable value: > > Ridge line distance was estimated at 10 > > miles by one viewer and 30 miles by another. > > (probably less in that area?) > > Object size estimated to be the size of 3 > > houses > > > > I would like to know if anyone else saw anything > > there that night, if there are any ideas of what > it > > was, and if anyone has tried to find an impact > site > > and/or debris. My co-worker would appreciate any > > information you can supply. > > Thanks, > > Spencer > > > > Spencer Cottam > > Senior Software Engineer > > NDPS Development Team > > Novell, Inc. - The Leading Provider of Net > Services > > Software > > MS PRV-H-244 > > 1800 South Novell Place > > Provo, UT 84606 > > > > > BEGIN:VCARD > > VERSION:2.1 > > X-GWTYPE:USER > > FN:Spencer Cottam > > TEL;WORK:801/861-5614 > > ORG:;NW Engineering > > TEL;PREF;FAX:801/861-4025 > > EMAIL;WORK;PREF;NGW:SCOTTAM@novell.com > > N:Cottam;Spencer > > ADR;DOM;WORK;PARCEL;POSTAL:;PRV:Provo,UT:1800 > South > > Novell Place > > > LABEL;DOM;WORK;PARCEL;POSTAL;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Spencer > > Cottam=0A= > > PRV:Provo,UT:1800 South Novell Place > > END:VCARD > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

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Re: Fwd: News, 29 NOV 2002
by Richard Tenney 02 Dec '02

02 Dec '02

My daughter (same one!) saw it too; said it was a repeat of the other! I don't know how she manages to do that...! Anyone else? -Rich --- Spencer Cottam <scottam(a)novell.com> wrote: > Richard, > One of my co-workers saw something interesting > Thanksgiving evening while driving near Park City. > It was very bright, fell behind the mountain line > then produced 2 bright flashes (from ground impact?) > Details: > Thursday, November 28, 2002 > About 6:30 P.M. MST (give or take 10 minutes? > fully dark) > On I-80 between Jeremy Ranch and Park City > exits, traveling roughly East. > Seen slightly to the right of straight ahead > (East to SouthEast?) > Maybe as bright as the moon, more yellow with a > white center. > Had a tail of about thumb to finger at arms > length (2-3 degrees?) > Appeared low (possibly just visibility obscured > by car roof?) falling straight down. > Dropped below a distant ridge line and produced > 2 flashes far less than a second apart > Subjective judgements of questionable value: > Ridge line distance was estimated at 10 > miles by one viewer and 30 miles by another. > (probably less in that area?) > Object size estimated to be the size of 3 > houses > > I would like to know if anyone else saw anything > there that night, if there are any ideas of what it > was, and if anyone has tried to find an impact site > and/or debris. My co-worker would appreciate any > information you can supply. > Thanks, > Spencer > > Spencer Cottam > Senior Software Engineer > NDPS Development Team > Novell, Inc. - The Leading Provider of Net Services > Software > MS PRV-H-244 > 1800 South Novell Place > Provo, UT 84606 > > > BEGIN:VCARD > VERSION:2.1 > X-GWTYPE:USER > FN:Spencer Cottam > TEL;WORK:801/861-5614 > ORG:;NW Engineering > TEL;PREF;FAX:801/861-4025 > EMAIL;WORK;PREF;NGW:SCOTTAM@novell.com > N:Cottam;Spencer > ADR;DOM;WORK;PARCEL;POSTAL:;PRV:Provo,UT:1800 South > Novell Place > LABEL;DOM;WORK;PARCEL;POSTAL;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Spencer > Cottam=0A= > PRV:Provo,UT:1800 South Novell Place > END:VCARD > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

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