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Request for search of security cams for possible SLC UT fireball 20100311 9_43pm MST
by Canopus56 14 Mar '10

14 Mar '10

My radio meteor recording setup may have captured a trace of a fireball on 20100311 9_43pm MST (20100312 4:43UT). See spectrograph at url: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3153 I did not have a video meteor camera running. If list members in the Salt Lake area had a home security camera running would you please check your available captures for any indication of a sky brightening at that time. Reply to this list or via email to c a n o p u s 5 6 at y a h o o dot c o m Thanks, Kurt

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Messier Marathon 2010 - secondary date
by JayLEads 14 Mar '10

14 Mar '10

Thanks Joe. To clarify my post, the bill never made it out of committee so the House and Senate never voted on it: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700009999/Utah-Legislature-Bill- dropping-daylight-saving-time-stays-in-the-dark.html Still, it should have made it out of committee. 2010-03-14 17:58, Joe Bauman wrote: > I thoroughly agree, Jay. I think we should shack up with Arizona and do away with what Patrick calls Daylight Silly Time. -- Joe > > > > > > > As an FYI in case anyone is interested, if weather is good I'm planning on a trip next Friday and probably Saturday to Pit n Pole (not SLAS related, no secret password required) and anyone can come. Email me if interested. I need a site a little darker than SLAS for the galaxies I'm going after. I MAY try getting out there on Tuesday night as I need to spend so time on those galaxies. Too bad Daylight Savings came back today . . . I wish that bill had passed the Utah House and Senate to have us match AZ. > > > On 2010-03-14 10:38, Patrick Wiggins wrote: > > On 13 Mar 2010, at 23:16, Canopus56 wrote: > > > > > There is a secondary Messier Marathon window on 3-20 and 3-21 - Clear Skies, Kurt > > > > > > http://seds.org/MESSIER/xtra/marathon/mm2010.html > > > > The SLAS board decided last week to hold Messier Marathons next Friday and Saturday at SPOC. > > > > Hopefully the weather will be better. > > > > patrick > > > > > >

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New observatory
by Dale Wilson 14 Mar '10

14 Mar '10

Hi all, I've been working on a remodel of my observatory here at home and thought I would show the latest rendering of the project to be started soon. I'll post pics of the progress. Say no to sucker holes, Dale http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3150

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Messier Marathon 2010 - secondary date
by Canopus56 14 Mar '10

14 Mar '10

There is a secondary Messier Marathon window on 3-20 and 3-21 - Clear Skies, Kurt http://seds.org/MESSIER/xtra/marathon/mm2010.html

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Solar "bino"
by Patrick Wiggins 13 Mar '10

13 Mar '10

Ok, so not a real bino but it does allow one to see a white light image of the Sun with one eye and H-Alpha with the other. Since both scopes have the same focal length and I'm using matching eyepieces the images are the same size. http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=68&g2_page=4 patrick

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Pit n Pole Conditions Weather and Dirt
by Jay Eads 13 Mar '10

13 Mar '10

We arrived at Pit n Pole at 6:00p.m. tonight, a friend and his two brothers and I and set up. The sky was partly to mostly cloudy. By 7:30p.m. the clouds had parted except to the north and we have a wonderful view of the south-east, sourthern and south-west to western sky. We didn't do a Messier but all of us ended up bagging a wide assortment of emission nebulas, open clusters, galaxies and I got a couple of PN's. Dion a member of SLAS arrived around 9:00p.m. and I believe he was able to check off about 12 to 15 Messier but I'll let him speak to that. I have pictures. Highlights from the night: M1 Looked pretty well out there M42 More wonderful in a darker sky The Flame Nebula The Horsehead with a H Beta Filter (we saw the notch or C as my friend called it) Thor's Helmet (visible without a filter with more detail with averted vision, OIII enhanced it) NGC 2903 Spiral Galaxy which gave a wonderful and bright view NGC 2968 a Galaxy in Leo Minor and NGC 2964 a Spiral Galaxy in Leo Minor. Great views NGC 2859 another Galaxy in Leo Minor. NGC 3003 another Galaxy in Leo Minor. NGC 2683 an pretty edge on galaxy in Lynx The Leo Triplet was terrific and NGC 3628 stood right out, no problem see that one in the FOV. M108 and M97 showed easily in the scopes tonight. I also completed about 10 other Herschel 400's with some sketches including some more galaxies. Around 11:40p.m. we looked up and the clouds had come in so we packed it up and at 12:15a.m. or so we came home. So it wasn't a lost for a night and we enjoyed ourselves. Sounds like everyone else did also. Jay On 2010-03-13 06:01, Joe Bauman wrote: > That's great, Jay. Nice and dry. I had some worried myself this morning about driving out to the western desert to look for trilobites and their relatives, but the desert was nice and dry. There were patches of snow in a very few places, and the north face of a nearby foothill was covered with snow, but the road and the place I went were dry. Best wishes, Joe > > > > > > Here is a link to the pictures I took this evening from Pit n Pole or Rush Valley. > > http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3103 > > > > >

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Pit n Pole Conditions Weather and Dirt
by Jay Eads 13 Mar '10

13 Mar '10

Yes Erik, there is a secret password to the site and if you don't give it, well, lets just not say what happens. Actually, if your wondering to go I am heading out as the forecast for that area is partly cloudy to clear so if you call me by 5:30p.m. or 6:00p.m. I'll be there and can tell you what the skies are like. Clear Sky Clock shows mostly clear until around 4:00a.m. so I'm going to give it a shot. AcuWeather shows partly cloudy at Cedar Fort for tonight so why not. On 2010-03-12 15:18, erikhansen wrote: > >Is there a gang sign or secret password? > > > > Oh, and though a SLAS party for members and invited guests, if you > > contact me, I'll invite you ou to Pit n Pole. > > > > Again, I won't be at the LDS Church Parking lot at Cedar Fort (think > > I got that right, just woke up) until 5:30p.m. I'll be at the > > Maverick at Bluffdale at 5:00p.m. Or you can use the maps posted in > > an early thread to get there. > > > > On 2010-03-12 05:23, Jay Eads wrote: > > > Here is a link to the pictures I took this evening from Pit n Pole or > > > Rush Valley. > > > > > > http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3103 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________Ye > > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > > Utah-Astronomy@??? > > 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] Pit n Pole Conditions Weather and Dirt
by Jay Eads 12 Mar '10

12 Mar '10

Here is a link to the pictures I took this evening from Pit n Pole or Rush Valley. http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3103

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Pit n Pole Conditions Weather and Dirt
by JayLEads 12 Mar '10

12 Mar '10

Oh, and though a SLAS party for members and invited guests, if you contact me, I'll invite you ou to Pit n Pole. Again, I won't be at the LDS Church Parking lot at Cedar Fort (think I got that right, just woke up) until 5:30p.m. I'll be at the Maverick at Bluffdale at 5:00p.m. Or you can use the maps posted in an early thread to get there. On 2010-03-12 05:23, Jay Eads wrote: > Here is a link to the pictures I took this evening from Pit n Pole or > Rush Valley. > > http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3103 > >

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Directions to Pit N Pole for non-SL Valley folks
by Brent Johnson 12 Mar '10

12 Mar '10

First of all, want to thank those that have made available the site, and given directions to Pit N Pole. I live in Tooele and have never been to PNP. Dont' think I want to drive to Lehi and follow the directions. Are there any directions to the location from the Tooele side? I am guessing it is close to the Utah Rocketry Club launch site (for those of you that are real Space Cadets :) _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469229/direct/01/

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