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Fwd: astrophotography activity + star party
by Richard Tenney 01 Jun '08

01 Jun '08

Anyone on either list want to respond to Denise as far as volunteering to coming down to BYU and talk about astrophotography? Denise, I think we should have some local interest in a joint star party on July 25 (I'll probably be there). Please reply to all if you can help with either event. Thanks, Rich --- Denise Stephens <denise_stephens(a)byu.edu> wrote: > Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 10:20:00 -0600 > From: Denise Stephens <denise_stephens(a)byu.edu> > To: retenney(a)yahoo.com > Subject: astrophotography activity > > Rich, > > I'm the faculty advisor for the Astronomy club over > at BYU, and we were > wondering if there was anyone in the Utah Valley > Astronomy Association > that knows something about astrophotography and > would be willing to come > and talk to our group during an activity sometime in > August. We'd like > to learn about the kind of equipment you need, basic > techniques, see it > in action if weather permits, and just general > information. We don't > have any definite dates yet, and are quite flexible. > We can work around > the guest's schedule. We'd like to try out some of > the techniques, so > we'll probably plan on having them speak to us in > the evening and then > we would head for a dark sky site for a star party. > If there is > interest within your group, we could combine > together to make this a > joint event. If you don't have anyone within your > group or know of > anyone locally, then I'll trying writing to the Salt > Lake Astronomical > Society next. > > We are also planning to hold a public star party in > the valley on July > 25th. We just set the date yesterday, so it's still > in the relative > planning stages, but this would also be a great > event for our two groups > to team up together to host a star party for the > public if any of your > members are interested. > > Sincerely, > - Denise Stephens

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Porrima split - documentation pic 20080531 Ealing
by Canopus56 31 May '08

31 May '08

>We looked at Porrima last night on Grim, split well with about > 150x. We didn't see the A and B split however. - Erik A good time was had by all. It was nice to get out for once under a clear sky, considering this is one of those years with a late season start due to a heavy water year climate pattern. - Kurt

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Saturn planetary filter note
by Canopus56 31 May '08

31 May '08

Observed Saturn last night with the Ealing 16", trying a series of planetary filters - orange 21, yellow, blue 80A and green. Orange 21 appeared to best sharpen a cloud band on the disk in the southern hemisphere and Cassini's Division. the two WOS (world orbiting storms) in the southern hemisphere were not detected visually but could have been on the planet's backside. - Kurt P.S. - Misc test with Ealing for planetary imaging at low alt ~35 degs and poor seeing. - http://gallery.utahastronomy.com/main.php?g2_itemId=11380

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