July 2005 - Utah-Astronomy - mailman.xmission.com

Deep Impact questions for Patrick
by Chuck Hards 03 Jul '05

03 Jul '05

Hi Patrick, couple of questions to clarify the timing: Impact is at 7:52 UT according to the ESA Website. I'm assuming that is actually the time that the visible wavefront hits earth, and not the actual impact time? Visible impact would then be at approx. 11:52 pm MDT? This event will be fairly low, have you scouted the northwestern horizon from SPOC to make sure it won't be behind any trees? I have a portable projection screen that will certainly be more reflective than a wall, would you like me to bring it? I plan on attending the "Wallop Watch". Thanks again, see you at Crunch Time. C. ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] nothing serious
by Michael Carnes 02 Jul '05

02 Jul '05

Kim, have you tried a Hartmann mask? -----Original Message----- From: Kim Hyatt <kimharch(a)cut.net> Sent: Jun 29, 2005 3:36 PM To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] nothing serious BlankHi all. Some of you know that I recently moved to Mt. Pleasant (and many of you probably don't care). I have a home a few miles east of town, with very DARK skies and great views of the valley and mountains. Our elevation here is about 6400 feet and there's very little light pollution, even from Mt. Pleasant itself, just three miles away. Hope some of you may be interested in visiting sometime. I've been experimenting with my Nikon D70 and I've captured some successful wide-angle images. Shortly I'll post them to the gallery. I have also recently tried some prime-focus pics, but I have trouble getting the focus correct. Anyone out there know some cool trick to focus accurately with a digital SLR? Keep in mind that you can't remove the camera back for a knife-edge focus. I also may try imaging with my 8-inch SCT, so tips would be helpful. Hope to rendezvous with y'all sometime. How about a star party at the old Skyline Drive site? Also, is Wolf Creek the pick for July's SLAS private star party? Kim A. Hyatt, Architect P.O. Box 124 Mt. Pleasant, Utah 84647 T: 435.462.9207 F: 435/462.5013 M: 801.631.5228 kimharch(a)cut.net

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Chuck's back
by Kim Hyatt 02 Jul '05

02 Jul '05

BTW, Chuck, nice to have you back. For some time I've been unable to monitor this list myself. Now that I have more free time (maybe too much) I can stay in touch better. Kim

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