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

H-alpha sun
by Dunn, David 28 Jul '12

28 Jul '12

There are a lot of prominences this evening in my pst. The also appears to be a couple of sunspot groups. I haven't looked yet with the white filter. Dave

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Reminder: Star parties tonight, tomorrow
by Patrick Wiggins 27 Jul '12

27 Jul '12

Just a reminder about the star party tonight (Friday) at the Harmons in Midvale (7800 S 700 E) and tomorrow at SPOC. Both starting at dusk and running through 11ish. No doubt there will be Advanced Training (food) after. Clear skies! patrick Sent from my iPad

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R ide to SPOC
by D P Pierce 27 Jul '12

27 Jul '12

I still need a ride to SPOC. Deloy

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ISS at night
by Mark Shelton 27 Jul '12

27 Jul '12

http://vimeo.com/45878034 Mark Shelton Indian Hill Middle School Tech Ed. Teacher Salt Lake Astronomical Society Board Member (School and Special Star Parties Coordinator)

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Last night at Lakeside
by Joe Bauman 27 Jul '12

27 Jul '12

Three astro-folks showed up last night at Lakeside -- a fellow I'd met there once before, Jason; a member of SLAS, Van or Von, and myself. The night was so hot that my SBIG camera only dropped its temperature to freezing, which doesn't make for great astrophotography. The moon didn't set until around midnight and the night was too short to get much done. But I did make a view of NGC6140 in Draco, a complex barred spiral with a bright curving center. I posted it on the SLAS gallery. Thanks for taking a look -- Joe http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=5327

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Astronomy Fun and Adventure
by Mark Shelton 27 Jul '12

27 Jul '12

Hi all, I just came back from spending 2 weeks in the mountains of central utah. My wife and I had a very interesting time in the mountains. I tried my hand at astrophotography for the first time and boy was that a learning and experimenting time. I will be spending some time with photo shop with the photographs and then if I am brave I will let the list look as some of them. The big story was the BEAR. Wednesday night we were at a lake taking shots of the milky way and backdrop. We came back to camp at 12 midnight. My wife went to bed in our trailer (27 Foot Jayco important to the story) I proceded to take some star trails of the night sky from our camp. This lasted until 1am when I called it a night. Got in bed and that was it for the night. Never heard a thing all night. (C-PAP MACHINE) We work up in the morning and looked up at the vert over our bead and noticed it was broken. I was hoping for a meteorite or something interesting like that but such was not the case. I went out side and some of our stuff had been thrown around. Well, I started to look at things a bit closer and right under the vent in the kitchen area on the outside were some Bear prints going up the side of the trailer. They were muddy and very plain to see. That was a shock. Then I went around the back of my trailer and could see bear prints going from the spare tire up the side of the trailer and onto the roof. On the roof there are claw marks, holes in the roof and a torn in half hood vent. To make a long story short we had a bear trying to get in our trailer for a late night snack. The DWR came out with a state trapper and set up a bear trap in our camp space. WE WERE ASKED TO LEAVE AND CAMP SOMEWHERE ELSE. I wanted to STAY and see if we were going to catch a bear. I just could not talk my wife into staying another night (go Figure) The DWR estimate the bear at around 400 POUNDS. and full grown. Paw prints measured about 4.5 inches across at the palm. We have lots of photo's of the entire event. Astrophotography was a blast. Cant say that about the BEAR. Mark Mark Shelton Indian Hill Middle School Tech Ed. Teacher Salt Lake Astronomical Society Board Member (School and Special Star Parties Coordinator)

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Ride to SPOC
by D P Pierce 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

Guess what? I need a ride to SPOC Satturday. Deloy

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Sat 7/29 SPOC Operators
by Larry Holmes 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

Hey, Guys 'n Gals: That time again. Need one operator/helper for the Andy and the Grim. Any takers? Thanks very much. 73, lh

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Test Dive
by Steve Fisher 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

This is a test, this is only a test. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/07/25/daredevil-felix-baumgartner-survi…

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Look who made today's EPOD
by Patrick Wiggins 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Look who made today's EPOD: http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2012/07/sunset-over-the-great-salt-lake.html Kudos, Brent!

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