October 2012 - Utah-Astronomy - mailman.xmission.com

Re: [Utah-astronomy] Salt Lake County streetlights
by Joe Bauman 21 Oct '12

21 Oct '12

That's wonderful! ------------------------------ On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 7:52 PM MDT Josephine Grahn wrote: >The County replaced the streetlights in our neighborhood recently, and we are really impressed! The new lights are full cut-off, somewhat dimmer, but still bright enough to do the job. We live on a corner, and one side of the light has a darkened panel so that it won't interfere with the vision of people coming down the steep hill from that direction. How nice to see an upgrade that is really "an upgrade"…. Wish I knew who to thank! > >Jo >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > >Send messages to the list to >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > >The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. > >To unsubscribe go to: >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".

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Skies are OK here in St. George
by Dave Gary 20 Oct '12

20 Oct '12

Found the comet, tonight. Don’t know what the problem was a day or two back. It is getting dimmer. Ran a few RTGUI scripts and looked at some galaxies, carbon stars and Messier objects before calling it a night. The schizophrenic next door was outside having a conversation with himself and howling, just for good measure, during the whole viewing session. I guess he’s talking to the neighborhood dogs when he does the howling portion of his program. Good thing astronomy's a visual affair or I’d be in Gray Rock Hotel for shooting the mentally ill. I think it’s supposed to be cloudy here after tomorrow night. Dave

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Tonights SPOC Weather
by D P Pierce 20 Oct '12

20 Oct '12

Per the Weather Channel it will be clear tonight at SPOC. http://www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/graph/Stansbury+park+UT+USUT0360:… Deloy

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SPOC Wx: Who is right?
by Jay Eads 20 Oct '12

20 Oct '12

Patrick, I usually use a combination. I find Clear Sky Clock gives a decent view, but is often not updated enough. I don't think they've updated their maps recently. Check it again later today. One sight that I and I know others use that really does tend to be more accurate is Skippy Sky Astronomy. http://www.skippysky.com.au/NorthAmerica/ Click on the NorthWest in the upper left and scrolls through the +6, +9, +12 to see the forecast (it defaults to total cloud cover; you can click on what you want to see i.e. seeing, transparency etc.). Remember the time is UTC so back off the 6 hours from the listed time. A little more complicated but much more accurate. Then with the NWS a lot of us use the Activity Planner: http://forecast.weather.gov/wxplanner.php?site=slc I usually set it for Temperature, Relative Humidity and Cloud Cover and set it from 0 to 100. Once the criteria is set with the location I hit submit under the town (or nearest town) and then you will get some colored line, in this case I got red for temperature, Green for Relative Humidity and Blue for Cloud Cover: http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?b0=t&b0mn=0&b0mx=80&b1=rh&b1mn=0&b… After that I simply scroll the mouse along the one I want to view and the 3 will change by the hour. This is what I got from the tool for Stansbury Park: The temp goes from 70 degrees at 5pm to 60 degrees by 8pm to 54 degrees F by 11:00pm The Sky Cover goes from 42% at 5pm to 47% at 6pm and stays at 47% from 6pm til 11:00pm So based on what I see in Skippy and with the Activity Planner SPOC should have partly cloudy skies with about 40% to 50% coverage. For me this works with about a 90% accuracy but as with anything weather related, it can surely be wrong. Accu Weather matches the Activity Planner with a 45% cloud layer during the day and they rate viewing tonight as a 6/10 since there will be some clouds in the area. Hope it helps. http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/stansbury-park-ut/84074/hourly-weather-for…

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Dark Sky Observing This Friday
by Joe Bauman 20 Oct '12

20 Oct '12

My marine battery is charging so slowly that I doubt I'll go tonight. I wish I could. ------------------------------ On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 12:23 PM MDT Joe Bauman wrcould> > >Jay, I think I'll join you guys! -- Joe > > >------------------------------ >On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 11:44 AM MDT Jay Eads wrote: > >>To follow up. Based on schedules and stuff those that can go would prefer >>to go to the Pit n Pole Location. Here are the directions from Lehi to the >>Pit. >> >>http://goo.gl/maps/Yv7Sj >> >>IF the Pit is occupied then we will go to the link in this location which >>is just south of the Pit. >> >>http://goo.gl/maps/EGtl4 >> >>The reason for the change is clouds come in by 1:00a.m. to 2:00a.m., this >>is only 40 minutes from home (for me) and closer for those who live farther >>away, still offering decent dark skies at Blue under the improved LP maps >>and it makes sense for more people. >> >>I will state that on my property south-east of Vernon the night was >>OUTSTANDING! One of those rare nights during the year and yep, one of those >>2 nights after the storm that I have found is so true (2 nights after a >>storm we tend to have a great night in the fall and winter where >>transparency and seeing are outstanding). >>_______________________________________________ >>Utah-Astronomy mailing list >>http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >> >>Send messages to the list to >>Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com >> >>The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. >> >>To unsubscribe go to: >>http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >>Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options". > > >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > >Send messages to the list to >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > >The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. > >To unsubscribe go to: >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Skies are OK here in St. George
by Joe Bauman 19 Oct '12

19 Oct '12

Sounds wonderful, Dave! I should have gone tonight after all. Thanks, Joe ------------------------------ On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 10:35 PM MDT Dave Gary wrote: >Found the comet, tonight. Don’t know what the problem was a day or two back. It Dis getting dimmer. Ran a few RTGUI scripts and looked at some galaxies, carbon stars and Messier objects before calling it a night. The schizophrenic next door was outside having a conversation with himself and howling, just for good measure, during the whole viewing session. I guess he’s talking to the neighborhood dogs when he does the howling portion of his program. Good thing astronomy's a visual affair or I’d be in Gray Rock Hotel for shooting the mentally ill. > >I think it’s supposed to be cloudy here after tomorrow night. > >Dave >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > >Send messages to the list to >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > >The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. > >To unsubscribe go to: >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".

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Dark Sky Observing This Friday
by Jay Eads 19 Oct '12

19 Oct '12

Well, now we have canceled tonight's trip out to Pit n Pole. The Cloud Curse of new mirror and new equipment has hit. Now we wait for new moon in November for those brave enough to join us then!

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Dark Sky Observing This Friday
by Joe Bauman 19 Oct '12

19 Oct '12

Jay, I think I'll join you guys! -- Joe ------------------------------ On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 11:44 AM MDT Jay Eads wrote: >To follow up. Based on schedules and stuff those that can go would prefer >to go to the Pit n Pole Location. Here are the directions from Lehi to the >Pit. > >http://goo.gl/maps/Yv7Sj > >IF the Pit is occupied then we will go to the link in this location which >is just south of the Pit. > >http://goo.gl/maps/EGtl4 > >The reason for the change is clouds come in by 1:00a.m. to 2:00a.m., this >is only 40 minutes from home (for me) and closer for those who live farther >away, still offering decent dark skies at Blue under the improved LP maps >and it makes sense for more people. > >I will state that on my property south-east of Vernon the night was >OUTSTANDING! One of those rare nights during the year and yep, one of those >2 nights after the storm that I have found is so true (2 nights after a >storm we tend to have a great night in the fall and winter where >transparency and seeing are outstanding). >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > >Send messages to the list to >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > >The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. > >To unsubscribe go to: >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".

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Dark Sky Observing This Friday
by Jay Eads 19 Oct '12

19 Oct '12

To follow up. Based on schedules and stuff those that can go would prefer to go to the Pit n Pole Location. Here are the directions from Lehi to the Pit. http://goo.gl/maps/Yv7Sj IF the Pit is occupied then we will go to the link in this location which is just south of the Pit. http://goo.gl/maps/EGtl4 The reason for the change is clouds come in by 1:00a.m. to 2:00a.m., this is only 40 minutes from home (for me) and closer for those who live farther away, still offering decent dark skies at Blue under the improved LP maps and it makes sense for more people. I will state that on my property south-east of Vernon the night was OUTSTANDING! One of those rare nights during the year and yep, one of those 2 nights after the storm that I have found is so true (2 nights after a storm we tend to have a great night in the fall and winter where transparency and seeing are outstanding).

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Dave Bernson
by Chuck Hards 19 Oct '12

19 Oct '12

Is the Gene Bernson who just passed away Dave's father? :-(

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