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

Re: [Utah-astronomy] Baader Solar Filters
by Chuck Hards 30 May '12

30 May '12

I buy a half-meter sheet every few years or so, just to make sure I have it on-hand when I need it. Supplier stocks tend to dry-up shortly before solar events. On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 1:50 PM, Seth Jarvis <SJarvis(a)slco.org> wrote: > Whew! > > We got the Baader solar filter stock late on Friday

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 111, Issue 193
by Ray Druian 30 May '12

30 May '12

It appears that *SLAS*, the *Planetarium*, and the *Natural History Museum*didn't bother to check the volunteer schedule at *No More Homeless Pets in Utah *before planning the *Transit of Venus*. Seems that on Tuesday afternoons I'm tied up cat-sitting so I may not be able to take part in the festivities next Tuesday; this after I've reserved *Baader* film sufficient to cover the mouth of my small scope and both my regular and long-focus camera lenses. Is there any chance you can reschedule the event? If not, I guess I'll just have to wait for the next one in 2117. Or maybe I can do the ayem shift instead and still come to the museum for the Transit. I guess we'll just have to see. I still don't understand why the Transit was scheduled for a Tuesday afternoon, when most people are working, instead of a weekend. I'll never understand why people always go around scheduling major events without asking if everyone in the group can make it. It also would have been helpful if the Transit had been scheduled for a couple of weeks later so that maybe we could discuss the event at the next monthly meeting. In the same vein, has anyone bothered to check and see if the end of the world has been scheduled to take place before or after the December meeting. It would sure be nice if we could plan the star party at that meeting rather than having it take place before the meeting. Also, has anyone bothered to check on when the stars will all go out? I'd sure hate to drag all my equipment down to the site for our very last star party, only to find that all the stars had gone out before we've even begun to set up. I'm warning you all right now, if that happens I'm going to move to impeach the SLAS president. This is far too important an event to leave seemingly small elements of it to chance. *Thanx,* *Ray*

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Telescope lift?
by Steve Fisher 30 May '12

30 May '12

Hey you old guys with big scopes! I saw this on KSL and I thought about it but I’m not quite ready “yet”. If you are you might be able to use this. http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad=20418087&cat=&lpid=7&search=telesco…

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Break Left (another small one passes us by)
by Jay Eads 29 May '12

29 May '12

JPL at this link: http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2012%20KT42;orb=1;cov=0;log=0;cad=1#c… reports that 2012 KT42, about the size of a mini-van or small bus will pass by planet Earth on May 29th at 07:00 UTC (03:00 Eastern US time). It will pass at around 14500 kilometers or 8900 miles, just slightly larger than the diameter of the Earth. This Italian Blog has an animation of the objects and some good info on it: http://remanzacco.blogspot.it/2012/05/2012-kt42-close-approach.html -- Jay Eads

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FYI -- L&O Subcommittee
by Ray Druian 28 May '12

28 May '12

A few days ago, I chanced to have dinner at *Johanna's Kitchen* 9725 State St Sandy UT 84070 801-566-1762 Menu and prices not terribly different from Left Fork Grill, only L&O comes in two different sizes, $7.50 and $9.50, for folk like me who can't eat as much sometimes. I'd recommend it for a change of pace, or just to try something different. BTW, when's our next meeting? -- Thanx, *Ray *

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Museum's Transit of Venus Watch PR
by Patrick Wiggins 28 May '12

28 May '12

Here's a copy of the mailer the museum just snail-mailed to something like 12,000 of its members and supporters: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/slas/transitmailer.pdf I'm told that in addition to the mailer, the U has also sent a news release about the event to all Utah radio, TV and print media and has added this page about the event to their website: http://nhmu.utah.edu/tov-2012 . Plus, I understand they'll have at least two radio stations broadcasting live from the event. I'm sure Steve would like me to add that he's still looking for additional folks to run telescopes and help in other ways with the event. To offer your services contact Steve at iotacass1(a)hotmail.com (remember that those helping out get themselves and their family members admitted the museum free that day). And just to rehash (in case you missed it the first time around) the public will not have to pay to look through the great majority of the scopes or to attend the many talks and demonstrations planned throughout the day. patrick

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Incoming!
by Patrick Wiggins 28 May '12

28 May '12

It's Memorial Day so putting "Incoming!" in the subject line seemed appropriate. But there actually is something headed our way as I enter this, an NEO designated 2012 KP24. I got 16 five second exposures of it earlier this morning. 15 seconds between each shot. Fun to watch the brightness change (fast rotator?). But quite a surprise when something passed it headed the other way. At the time I took the images just before 5 this morning MDT it was about 220,000 km out and moving a jaunty 230 arc seconds per minute. Closest approach will happen about 9 this morning at about 60,000 km and zipping along at nearly 2,600 arc seconds per minute. Zoom! I'll probably eventually move it to my album on the SLAS Gallery but it's getting late even by my standards so I've posted an animated GIF here for now and am turning in: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2012KP24.gif patrick

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] FYI -- L&O Subcommittee
by Joe Bauman 28 May '12

28 May '12

Agreed, the 9th sounds good. -- Joe ------------------------------ On Mon, May 28, 2012 12:42 PM MDT Mark Shelton wrote: >Sounds great to me. Count me in for the 9th, I will be gone the next weekend to Great Basin Star Party. > >Mark > >Mark Shelton >Indian Hill Middle School Tech Ed. Teacher >Salt Lake Astronomical Society Board Member >(School and Special Star Parties Coordinator) > > > > >________________________________ > From: Larry Holmes <larry(a)kijoda.com> >To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> >Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 12:19 PM >Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] FYI -- L&O Subcommittee > >How about June 9? Or the following week? Would that be enough time for >everyone to clear their calendars? I'm salivating already! > >73, lh > > >On 5/28/2012 6:53 AM, Chuck Hards wrote: >> Pick a Saturday and we'll see how many can commit to that day. Maybe a >> secondary date as well if the first is a wash. >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >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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Bailey’s Beads
by Dave Gary 27 May '12

27 May '12

Thanks, Chris. Dave

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Sequence of Bailey’s Beads--Annular Eclipse 20 May 2012
by Dave Gary 27 May '12

27 May '12

Joe, Go to the link below and view as a slideshow (look in the bottom left-hand corner to start slideshow). I think you can see Bailey’s Beads in this sequence. It’s not real clear, but I went back and looked at some of my photos after viewing the link to your photo. If you squint, turn your head sideways and wave your right hand over whichever side of your head is facing up you might see them. Then again, maybe not. Come to think of it, with my computer skills it’s a 50-50 chance the link will work. http://gallery.me.com/davegary#100052&bgcolor=black&view=grid Dave

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