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Meteor query
by Stephen Peterson 19 Nov '09

19 Nov '09

The meteor exploded at the Lat/Long indicated by seismic data relayed by Patrick at 27 km. Anyone have good direction of travel info? Was it a grazer or more or less straight down? Steve

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Location of this morning's burst
by Canopus56 19 Nov '09

19 Nov '09

Patrick wrote: > I just received the following from a seismologist on one of the listserves I am on: >> ====== >> I triangulated the terminal burst location based on 7 Utah seismic stations, and computed the >> following least-squares solution: > 40.286 N, -113.191 W, Alt. 27 km <snip> I have temporarily added this location to the Utah Astro Observing Site google map. Link via tiny url: http://tinyurl.com/ybds2rz - Kurt

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Location of this morning's burst
by stormcrow60＠xmission.com 19 Nov '09

19 Nov '09

Patrick, If your calculations state the fireball exploded over Dugway, I wonder what in the hell I saw over Lone Peak way to the east? It certainly was way high in the atmosphere and I have seen weather rockets that have exploded up in the atmosphere in Southern California. It looked very similar to a weather rocket, but when I heard on the news about the bolide, I figured it must have been what I had seen. I wonder if the remnants had wafted to the east by the time I saw it. Did anybody else see any strange atmospheric phenomena over Lone Peak early yesterday morning? Strange indeed... Jon

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What was that!!!???
by Patrick Wiggins 18 Nov '09

18 Nov '09

A few minutes ago at 00:07:45 =/- a few seconds there was a huge flash in the sky. Five minutes later, almost to the second, there was a low rumbling sound. That puts the explosion about 300 km away. I just spoke to Joe Bauman who is at the Wedge. He said he was facing away from it and it was so bright he thought a car was driving up with headlights on. He saw many pieces falling but heard no sound over the clatter of his generator. Wow! patrick

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] quick video
by darinc＠comcast.net 18 Nov '09

18 Nov '09

has anyone determined if the peculiar cloud formation this morning was actually the result of the meteor? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve FISHER" <sfisher01(a)msn.com> To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 2:45:05 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] quick video Excellent!!!!! > Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:04:12 -0500 > From: ilove2getspam(a)gmail.com > To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] quick video > > Found this link on The Trib > > http://www.physics.utah.edu/~springer/fpo/video/meteor_20091118_cam2.asf > > -Rich > > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Steve FISHER <sfisher01(a)msn.com> wrote: > > > > > Well here is a link to a short video taken of my car at 00:07 on 11/18/09. > > You can see the camera change from IR to daytime and the car changes from > > black and white to it's natural red. Doesn't last long does it? > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj4q3YIm8RU > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php > > 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://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php > 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://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] What Was That?
by stormcrow60＠xmission.com 18 Nov '09

18 Nov '09

When I was leaving my house this morning around 6:30am I looked to the east. Just over the south shoulder of Lone Peak was a huge iridescent smoke ring and a zig zag trail meandering off over the horizon. Right in the middle of the smoke ring was Saturn. I thought it was a weather rocket so I only took a moment to gaze at it before heading to work. If I had known it was the remnants of a bolide, I would have gone back and retrieved my camera and taken a picture of it. Dang the luck! Jon

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My fenceline
by Steve FISHER 18 Nov '09

18 Nov '09

I have a one hundred and one foot run of white vinyl fencing in West Valley that is the only white vinyl fence in West Valley that has not been tagged in five years. It is poor quality video except for someones face as they walk by but check out last night around midnight. About :38 seconds in. I wish it were better quality. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3KwaUCpbCQ

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OT panorama picture taking aid
by Canopus56 18 Nov '09

18 Nov '09

This is an inexpensive gizmo that I bought a couple of days ago to aid in aligning panorama pictures so they can easily be digitally stichted together. It has a built-in bubble level and 30 deg horizontal preset rotation points. It is off topic, but I thought that some here might be interested in it. Panamatic panorama alignment aid http://www.lenspen.com/?cPath=3&products_id=Pn-1&tpid=286 http://www.amazon.com/LensPen-LENPNK1-Panamatic-Stitching-Software/dp/B0013… - Kurt

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Frisco Peak observatory links from tonights SLAS meeting
by Canopus56 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

Frisco Peak Observatory Photos http://web.utah.edu/astro/FPOphotos.html Frisco Peak U of U Physics Page http://www.physics.utah.edu/fpo/ Renewing Small Telescopes for Astronomical Research http://www.noao.edu/system/restar/ Pre-build Milky Way photos from Frisco Peak http://web.utah.edu/astro/friscohome.html - Kurt

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Leonid obs rep
by Canopus56 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

While not up to Chris Petersen's level, here are images of two Leonids that I captured in 2 hours of recording at Little Mtn last night (with meteor recording setup detail): http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2677 For DSLR owners, I believe a setup similar to mine can be easily implemented using a Canon Digital Rebel. Over 2.5 hours, 14 Leonids were visually observed between mags 3.5 and -1.0. 2 were photographically captured. Missed captures tracked lower below 40 degs alt - which is not picked up by my setup. Chris Peterson's captures on the same night - http://www.cloudbait.com/science/leonid2009.html - Kurt

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