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M57 +73PSW-3
by daniel turner 27 Mar '13

27 Mar '13

Mark your calendar for early evening May 7. Their will be a close encounter between the Ring nebula and periodic comet 73P. The comet will be close to earth so its exact position in the sky will depend stongly on your location on the globe. Go to spaceweather.com and use the link at the bottom of the page for "Observable Comets". 73p is in the list and includes orbital elements and a link for daily ephemerides. DT __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Cynthia report "All fixed"
by Patrick Wiggins 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

I just heard from Cynthia that she has fixed the UA Gallery's recent woes. Yeah Cynthia! patrick p.s. In order to make sure the problem with posting new images had been fixed Cynthia posted a picture to my album showing two of her latest acquisitions: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com/main.php?g2_itemId=20446 That makes 1 van and 6 furry critters.

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] No sunspots
by Canopus56 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

Joe wrote: > I just viewed the impressive h-alpha pic, . . . Okay, after the spammer bs. The revised Basic PST imaging slideshow - http://members.csolutions.net/fisherka/astronote/astrophoto/setups/PSTDiskS… The final Ha image (nothing to write home about) http://members.csolutions.net/fisherka/astronote/astrophoto/setups/PSTDiskS… The final Ca image (also nothing to write home about) http://members.csolutions.net/fisherka/astronote/astrophoto/setups/PSTDiskS… Joe, if you already have a TeleVue Powermate and a digital SLR, go that route. To image prominences with a DSLR, it appears you use the counterintuitive technique of intentionally overexposing the disk - since the prominences are relatively fainter than the disk. - Kurt

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] No sunspots
by Canopus56 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

20080823 CaK Sol image with PST-CaK - quiescent, two small faculae http://gallery.utahastronomy.com/main.php?g2_itemId=14562 - Kurt

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] U.S Presidential Candidates Release Space Policies
by diveboss＠xmission.com 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

So what, a fighter pilot none-the-less. At least he served. In some capacity. Guts trump academics. Quoting erikhansen(a)TheBlueZone.net: >> > > Was a fighter pilot, squeaked through academics at Annapolis, perhaps his > admiral father pulled strings to keep him in the USNA. He does have > intelligence but has promised deep cuts in spending (billions), seems > improbable that NASA will escape these spending cuts. > > > > I'm pretty sure McCain has a grasp on most things space related. The >> guy is a fighter pilot which requires a certain amount of >> intelligence. Of course he isn't a park ranger... His loss I suppose. >> >> >> >> Quoting erikhansen(a)TheBlueZone.net: >> >>>> McCain does not use the newfangled internet. >>> >>> >>> >>> I'll get you his email address. >>>> >>>> >>>> Quoting Kevin Poe <iamthedarkranger(a)gmail.com>: >>>> >>>>> Not much meat in McCain's plans. And somebody should tell him its >>>>> probably >>>>> a bad idea to "fly into the stars" better to go around them I think. >>>>> I >>>>> wonder if he knows we have nothing in our wildest dreams capable of >>>>> interstellar travel assuming that's what he meant....? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 4:16 AM, Patrick Wiggins >>>>> <paw(a)wirelessbeehive.com>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> U.S Presidential Candidates Release Space Policies >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.planetary.org/news/2008/0818_US_Presidential_Candidates_Release.… >>>>>> >>>>>> patrick >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Utah-Astronomy mailing list >>>>>> Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com >>>>>> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >>>>>> Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com >>>>>> Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Utah-Astronomy mailing list >>>>> Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com >>>>> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >>>>> Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com >>>>> Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Utah-Astronomy mailing list >>>> Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com >>>> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >>>> Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com >>>> Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Utah-Astronomy mailing list >>> Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com >>> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >>> Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com >>> Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Utah-Astronomy mailing list >> Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com >> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >> Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com >> Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com > Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com >

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U.S Presidential Candidates Release Space Policies
by Patrick Wiggins 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

U.S Presidential Candidates Release Space Policies http://www.planetary.org/news/2008/0818_US_Presidential_Candidates_Release.… patrick

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] No sunspots (Gallery being spammed)
by Canopus56 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

> Did this just start last night / this morning? I made a few > other access changes then that might have messed things up... > :( Let me know and if that's the case I'll go back and > reset those options. patrick I tried to add an image for the first time in about two or three weeks last night around 10pm. That is when I first noticed it. But it may just be me. I would have someone else try to add a photo and see if they have the same problem. >> Second spam attack in two months? > There was another one? I don't remember that one. Wasn't there one one or two months ago - the first time you said that you were turning the gallery comments off. Fraking spammer-cracker scum. Bring back an exception for the death penalty for em. Adopt Shia law and cut-off their fingers. That way they'll have to peck the keyboard with their noses. -:) > someone has come up with a spambot that can do that. 500 plus messages has got to be a spambot. Thanks for doing the sysop stuff. - Kurt

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] No sunspots (Gallery being spammed)
by Canopus56 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

Joe wrote: > Kurt, Someone posted some awful ads for p**n-type stuff on your > aurora pic -- I just viewed the impressive h-alpha pic, and the > tumbnail for your aurora photo was there, and I clicked on it -- bad > stuff. Take care, Joe Unfortunate occurence. Second spam attack in two months? Patrick, I seem to be unable to post any new photos with thumbnails. Although the base photo will load, whenever there is a request to also create a thumbnail, the load process errors out and locks up the album. Don't know if it is just me. - Kurt

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PST Ha and CaK basic disk imaging with Meade EE
by Canopus56 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

This weekend I worked through taking basic solar disk images using a PST CaK and Ha using the Meade Electronic Eyepiece (MEE) and a fixed tripod. The images are not high-end stuff, but provide a how-to guide for owners of a PST Ha or CaK how want to try their hand at doing simple, basic documentation style imaging of the solar disk. This setup cannot be used for imaging prominences. A how-to slide show is at: http://members.csolutions.net/fisherka/astronote/astrophoto/setups/PSTDiskS… The MEE is a low resolution (320x240 or approx. 4.6 arcsecs per pixel) S-video capture device, now outdated. Meade ships the MEE with PST CaKs. The virtue of the MEE is that it has a chip that can be positioned low above the top of the PST eyepiece holder. One drawback of the PSTs is that their prime focal plane is only 3 or 4mm above the top of the PST eyepiece holder. This means that a typical astrocamera, that have 11-15mm between the camera body and the chip cannot reach down to the prime focal plane of a PST. Typically, positive projection is used to move the PST prime focal plane up to a CDD chip. The MEE avoids that complicating factor but has very low resolution. I'm doing a separate set of how-to notes on capturing prominences with the PST Ha. With a quiescent solar disk, this is a good time to practice the skill of basic disk imaging so you will be ready for solar max in two or three years. The quiescent disk is more difficult to image because there are no or fewer surface features to focus on. If you can focus on a quiescent disk, you'll have no problems solar imaging when the spots pick up next year. - Kurt

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] No sunspots
by Canopus56 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

20080824 19:30UT - Sol PST Ha test - dark filament http://gallery.utahastronomy.com/main.php?g2_itemId=14961 - Kurt

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