September 2007 - Utah-Astronomy - mailman.xmission.com

In the Shadow of the Moon - movie opening
by Kurt Fisher 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

Sington's new Apollo documentary - In the Shadow of the Moon - opened at the Broadway cinema today. It began as an effort to digitize unreleased Apollo archive footage and turned into a major documentary. It is receiving good reviews in the amateur lunar community. - Kurt Broadway Cinema schedule 1:25, 4:00, 7:00, 9:25 http://www.saltlakefilmsociety.org/now_9-28.html Movie Website http://www.intheshadowofthemoon.com/ _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net

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Faint secondary observing technique
by Kurt Fisher 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

The current fall 2007 issue of the Journal of Double Star Observing < http://www.jdso.org/ > has an interesting article by Jim Daley on how to observe faint secondaries in binary and multiple star systems. He takes a 1 mm strip of Baadar film and tapes it to the bottom of a barlow lens. This functions as an occultor for the primary star and enables one to see secondaries otherwise lost in the glare of the primary. - Kurt P.S. - I'd like to give this a try but do not have the Baadar film. Does someone have a small extra strip of Baadar film that they might give me? Thanks - Kurt _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Faint secondary observing technique
by Kurt Fisher 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

> Just let me know when and how you want to get it. Thanks, Howard. Since I'm in Aves and you are southwest, let me know your pleasure: 1) Next SLAS meeting. 2) SLAS party this Saturday (29th), assuming it is not a rain out. 3) I drive to your house. If so, I'll call via your roster telephone. Thanks again, Kurt _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net

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Testing URL length
by Patrick Wiggins 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

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Bryce 2008
by Patrick Wiggins 26 Sep '07

26 Sep '07

Dates for my programs at Bryce next year have been set. 7 May 4 June 2 July 30 July 27 August 3 September If anyone would like to help with any of the star parties that follow my programs, free entrance to the park and a free camp site can usually be arranged. But please let me know early if you'd like to help. Additional information is posted here: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/STARPARTIES.HTML patrick p.s. The annual Bryce Canyon Astronomy Festival is currently scheduled for 25 to 28 June.

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(no subject)
by Kim 26 Sep '07

26 Sep '07

Does anyone on this list have plans for some warm weather observing during Mars’ opposition this year? Closest approach will be December 19th. New Moon in December is on the 9th. The Moon should be out of the way for the best hours of the Geminid meteor shower, December 13th-14th. Seems to me like a good reason to spend a few nights in warmer climes. What d’y’all think? Kim Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.1/963 - Release Date: 8/20/2007 5:44 PM

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2008 calendars & Observer's Handbooks
by Patrick Wiggins 26 Sep '07

26 Sep '07

With the astronomical wall calendars SLAS has been buying from Sky Publishing not available this year we're going try the calendar produced by the same organization that publishes the Observer's Handbook. Retail price including shipping is $20.95. SLAS is offering it to members of astronomy clubs in Utah for $10.50 which includes shipping. As with the Observer's Handbooks orders must be prepaid and picked up once they arrive. Orders must be received by the October SLAS meeting on Tuesday, 16 October. Orders may be placed at the meeting or mailed to SLAS, P O Box 26114, SLC UT 84126-0114. Additional information on the calendar is available at http:// www.rasc.ca/calendar And a reminder that SLAS is offering the 2008 Observer's Handbook to members of astronomy clubs in Utah for $18.00 which includes shipping. As with the calendars, handbook orders need to be received by the October SLAS meeting. patrick

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100 hours of light marks beginning of lunar imaging season
by Kurt Fisher 26 Sep '07

26 Sep '07

Tonight (9-25-2007) and coinciding with the first full Moon nearest the autumnal equinox, we have entered a harvest full moon window with an unusual 100 hours where there will always be light. Either the Sun or the Moon will illuminate the sky through the Moon reaching perigee on the 28th and continuing through the 30th. These near full Moon nights also will be unusually bright, as the Moon is near perigree. This unusual timing effect is the result of the rapid change in the length of the day near the equinox combined with the Moon's precession of about 50 minutes per night. This period of 100 hours of light also marks the beginning of the fall lunar imaging and observing season. Throughout the summer the Moon only has a few days each month at which it is at a high altitude above the local horizon in the northern hemisphere - usually near the third quarter phase in the early morning hours. The autumnal equinox marks the beginning of the fall lunar imaging season, where the Moon will more frequently rise at high altitudes favorable for astrophotography. Coincidentally, Venus also reached its greatest brillance in the early morning on Sept. 25th. >From my op, the number of hours that the Sun will be below the horizon and the Moon will be at an altitude higher than 50 degrees suitable for imaging are: 2007 10 52 11 61 12 64 2008 1 54 2 42 3 32 - Kurt _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net

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Photoshop Class
by Robert Taylor 25 Sep '07

25 Sep '07

If there are any Astro-photographers, or regular photographers for that matter, that are looking for an inexpensive but good Photoshop class the Granite school district is running one starting on 9 Oct. Tuesdays. Contact information is below. Adobe Photoshop CS2: Mastering Photoshop, Anne Kane, ann.kane(a)granite.k12.ut.us, 801-646-5447

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Gallery address
by Patrick Wiggins 24 Sep '07

24 Sep '07

Oops, that last message reporting the U-A Gallery is up and running again was supposed to include the gallery's URL. The URL is: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com patrick

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