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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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Jupiter spot - Hubble image
by Canopus56 04 Aug '09

04 Aug '09

Here's a July 23 Hubble image of the impact spot. http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2009/23/ Back here on Earth, I tried for the scar on July 28 2:38MDT with a 125mm Meade ETX. WinJOBS software was used to predict where the spot should be. Seeing was too poor from the valley floor so I made no detection. Decided it would take more aperature and a higher elevation to see the thing - perhaps in a moment of still air - a'la Joe's great pic It has been reported that the spot is evolving into a wider bi-lobbed shape - which appears consistent with the July 23 Hubble pic above. - Clear skies, Kurt

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U Scorpii Anyone Watching?
by JayLEads 03 Aug '09

03 Aug '09

Saw the article in S&T about this and also at AAVSO site at http:// www.aavso.org/publications/alerts/alert367.shtml and then the link mentioned in the article: http://www.aavso.org/news/usco.shtml U Scorpii is expected to have a nova flare up from the white dwarf that is its companion as the white dwarf is pulling hydrogen from the companion and when it builds up after 10 +/- 2 years the white dwarf lets off a reaction to let go of the hydrogen its built up. So sometime in the next year according to Dr. Bradley E. Schaefer at LSU this should happen. When it does S&T points out that U Scorpii goes from a 17.6 magnitude star to around an 8 or 9 magnitude star. Once captured and reported, the pro's will focus their scopes here on earth and up above on it to record their data. So just wondering if anyone is monitoring this now that it looks like good weather might be coming around for while? Jay

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] High tech astro undies (correction)
by Daniel Holmes 31 Jul '09

31 Jul '09

And I got in trouble for wearing my underwear more than one day as a kid. Astronauts are so lucky! Although I'd hate to see the skidmark. Dan ------Original Message------ From: Patrick Wiggins Sender: utah-astronomy-bounces(a)mailman.xmission.com To: Utah-astronomy ReplyTo: Utah-astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] High tech astro undies (correction) Sent: Jul 31, 2009 4:02 AM Sorry, that was the wrong URL. Here's the correct one: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-shuttle31-2009jul31,0,… patrick p.s. Star party this evening at Harmon's in Midvale. Fortunately there are no sprinklers (aka telescope washers) in the Harmons parking lot. _______________________________________________ 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 Sent from my BlackBerry. Please excuse any mispelings or typos.

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High tech astro undies
by Patrick Wiggins 31 Jul '09

31 Jul '09

Astronaut's underwear an endeavor of its own http://esciencenews.com/sources/la.times.science/2009/07/30/astronauts.unde… patrick :)

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Jupiter scar - SLC transit to 8-10
by Canopus56 31 Jul '09

31 Jul '09

WinJUPOS 8.0.4 (Jupiter), C.M. transit times, 2009/07/31 01:03 Object longitude: L2 = 216.0° + 0.0000°/d * (T - 2009 Jul 19.5) Time interval: 2009 Aug 01.0 ... 2009 Aug 11.0 Only if celestial body is visible Geographic longitude and latitude: -111 00, +42 00 Output format: Date UT (C.M. of System 2, Altitude) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2009 Aug 01 11:48 ( 216°, 17°) SLC Alt:+17°32' Az:+229°05' 2009 Aug 02 07:39 ( 216°, 32°) SLC Alt:+34°21' Az:+163°39' 2009 Aug 03* 03:30 ( 216°, 2°) SLC Alt:+02°39' Az:+111°44' 2009 Aug 04 09:17 ( 216°, 32°) SLC Alt:+34°33' Az:+195°07' 2009 Aug 05* 05:08 ( 216°, 19°) SLC Alt:+19°37' Az:+131°33' 2009 Aug 06 10:55 ( 216°, 21°) SLC Alt:+24°44' Az:+222°44' 2009 Aug 07 06:46 ( 216°, 30°) SLC Alt:+32°05' Az:+154°28' 2009 Aug 09 08:24 ( 216°, 33°) SLC Alt:+35°37' Az:+185°25' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SLC local alts and az are added. The observing window is about 1 hour on either side of the listed date-time. * - For UT times less than 06:00, the event occurs on the preceding calendar day in the MDT time system. Clear Skies - Kurt

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Hubble Space Telescope Sighting
by stormcrow60＠xmission.com 30 Jul '09

30 Jul '09

Hi All, I have seen ISS many times while observing the sky at night. Last night was the first time I saw the HST in the south. It was faint, but it was pretty cool to watch it, knowing that it is one of the greatest science missions ever created. Jon

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Sigh...
by robtaylor3661＠comcast.net 30 Jul '09

30 Jul '09

I heard and read other variations of this as well including substituting "Terrifying" and "Amazing" for horrifying. On Arthur’s old TV show he would use the variation of this phrase with the word Amazing. I'd like to think that is closer to his real thoughts. Personally I don't find anything horrible or terrifying about it, some how I doubt Arthur did either. The universe doesn't seem to stay in any one state for too long. If we are alone in this vast universe I'm sure other intelligent species would come along shortly after intelligent life on Earth blink’s out. Yes, I think there’s other life out there. That’s what I choose to believe, that’s my reality. Bob Taylor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Holmes" <danielh(a)holmesonics.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 4:05:28 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Sigh... Another thing I've often said was a quote from Arthur Clarke: either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Either possibility is horrifying. Dan ------Original Message------ From: stormcrow60(a)xmission.com Sender: utah-astronomy-bounces(a)mailman.xmission.com To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com ReplyTo: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Sigh... Sent: Jul 24, 2009 11:53 AM Richard quoted" "I'm pretty sure he represents a TINY minority of "believers"." I am not so sure about that...

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Fwd: Jupiter Impact Movie
by Patrick Wiggins 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

This just showed up on the C-14 group. Thought it might be of interest to some here. patrick Begin forwarded message: > http://home.roadrunner.com/~tbash/images/JupiterJuly26.gif > C14 @ f/11, Infinity 2-1M camera, True Technologies RGB filters. > > Clouds came in right when I shot the first image, and then I had to > wait 30 minutes before I could resume imaging. After that I shot a > set of RGB images every 10 minutes until the impact reached the > limb. Seeing varied during the sequence and was below average for > this site. > > Enjoy, > Tom

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Asteroid Alerts Come to Twitter
by Daniel Holmes 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

Now you can find out on Twitter when an asteroid will be near Earth, through NASA's new tweet alert system. http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/M3nRHCCU3GU/ -- This article was sent using my Viigo. For a free download, go to http://getviigo.com Sent from my BlackBerry. Please excuse any mispelings or typos.

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