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Another Jupiter impact
by Patrick Wiggins 11 Sep '12

11 Sep '12

Spaceweather.com is reporting yet another impact on Jupiter has been observed. It must have been pretty bright as this one was first reported by someone who saw it while observing Jupiter with a telescope. Another person caught it on video. http://spaceweather.com patrick

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Meade Wedge
by Robert Taylor 11 Sep '12

11 Sep '12

Gotta start somewhere and this scope I picked up came with a Meade DSI Pro Mono Camera and some filters. I have spent quite a few nights out this past month so now it is time to add to the collection of stuff as my wife calls it so I am curious as to if anyone has a Meade Wedge sitting around not being used and would be willing to part with it. I have an 8" LX90 and want to set it up in eq mode for picture taking. I do understand that the standard wedge needs a plate to work with the LX90 but those can be gotten or fabricated. If you have one shoot me a price and I will let you know if I am interested or not. Also am looking for a 1 1/4" illuminated reticle eyepiece, a meade 1 1/4" flip mirror and any thing else one might be needing for getting started in AP. Either way if through someone local or on the net these items will be gotten in the next month along with some better eye pieces and a better diagonal. Thanks, Mike Taylor -- Such a long long time to be gone, such a short time to be there.

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Anyone to Lakeside lately?
by Erwin Van Hook 10 Sep '12

10 Sep '12

Road to Lakeside site is much better, recent rains and traffic have packed down the loose soil, is much easier to navigate the dirt road, and to cross the ditch when heading for the berm.-Van

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SPOC Tonight
by Chuck Hards 10 Sep '12

10 Sep '12

I've been up since 4:30 am. Everyone who can make it to SPOC, have fun. I'll be asleep by 8:30. :-(

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Jupiter: 9 September 2012 ~ 06:00 MDT
by Dave Gary 09 Sep '12

09 Sep '12

Took a couple of quick shots of Jupiter this morning. Focus could be better, but I didn’t use the computer. Just focused with the little screen on the camera. It’s a little cloudy down here in St. George and I was lucky to get these photos. Maybe next weekend will be better. I don’t think I’ll have a chance to shoot anything tomorrow morning. The weather is supposed to be worse. http://www.flickr.com/photos/78046474@N06/sets/72157631479832892/

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OT: The Pet Diet
by Chuck Hards 09 Sep '12

09 Sep '12

My normally well-behaved cat Isoroku suddenly had the urge to leap up to my lap, and then on the table, walking right through my chili Verde burrito lunch. He tracked beans, salsa and sour cream all over the table. Well, so much for lunch. I'm not a fan of litter-box enhanced burritos. It went in the trash. He knew he was in trouble, but all I could do was look at him sternly and say, "What's WRONG with you?" as he licked the sour cream off his paws.

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Far OT -- my books
by Joe Bauman 09 Sep '12

09 Sep '12

A fine, learned writer on the American Revolution, J.L. Bell, has just cited my Revolutionary War books on his blog! This is the most excitement I've had since I thought a car was about to kill me and it turned out to be a meteor lighting up the night! Thanks, Joe http://boston1775.blogspot.com/

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Venus occultation (Was: Moon has a visitor this morning)
by Joe Bauman 08 Sep '12

08 Sep '12

I did -- got a few photos. ------------------------------ On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 10:21 AM MDT Siegfried Jachmann wrote: >I did >On Sep 8, 2012 7:18 AM, "Chuck Hards" <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> I think Siegfried did, IIRC. >> On Sep 8, 2012 7:08 AM, "Patrick Wiggins" <paw(a)wirelessbeehive.com> wrote: >> >> > AUGH! Chuck is right. No occultation. >> > >> > Thanks for catching that Chuck. that's what I get for being up past my >> > bedtime. >> > >> > Now as long as we're talking about it, did anyone here see it? >> > >> > patrick >> > >> > >> > On 08 Sep 2012, at 07:02, Chuck Hards wrote: >> > >> > > And it was last month. >> > > On Sep 8, 2012 6:58 AM, "Patrick Wiggins" <paw(a)wirelessbeehive.com> >> > wrote: >> > > >> > > Actually that one is going to be a daytime occultation: >> > > >> > > Occultation predictions of Venus Magnitude -4.4 >> > > Date 2012 Aug 13 >> > > U.T. Sun Moon >> > > Location h m s Alt Alt Az >> > > Disappearance >> > > Salt Lake City Ut 20 28 57 61 34 268 >> > > >> > > Reappearance >> > > Salt Lake City Ut 21 39 3 52 21 279 >> > > >> > > Source: >> > > http://www.lunar-occultations.com/iota/planets/0813venus.htm >> > > >> > > patrick >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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". >> >_______________________________________________ >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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Moon has a visitor this morning
by Patrick Wiggins 08 Sep '12

08 Sep '12

The Moon and Venus make a nice pair this morning. patrick Sent from my iPad

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The Sun 9-8-2012
by Chuck Hards 08 Sep '12

08 Sep '12

The daytime seeing was very good this morning. I was able to push the magnification higher on the PST than I typically can in late afternoon. No large prominences, but quite a few small ones scattered along the entire solar limb. The higher power allowed me to see delicate details in even these smallish ones. Some really nice forms. Surface detail was outstanding. Much better resolution than I'm used to later in the day.

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