March 2013 - Utah-Astronomy - mailman.xmission.com

Re: [Utah-astronomy] Sunset Comet
by Thomas Sevcik 16 Mar '13

16 Mar '13

Chuck, Thanks! for the input! True, any similarity between West and PanSTARRS is going to be vague, but just for the fun of it I thought it might be interesting. If I remember correctly, that morning I took the picture of West, it was much easier to see in the morning twilight than it was to see PanSTARRS in the evening twilight. Tom Sevcik

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NASA's "Sunset Comet" video
by Thomas Sevcik 16 Mar '13

16 Mar '13

Here's a very interesting video on Comet PanSTARRS I received today from Science @ NASA. About 53 seconds into the video there's an neat photo of what appears to be Japan's Mt. Fuji with the comet. At 2:07 into the video there's a time-lapse of the comet winking in-and-out between clouds, although I could see the comet through the clouds here on Tuesday night with my 8 x 40 binos (gaps in between clouds allowed for a naked eye view). Finally, what almost could of been filmed in Utah is shot similar to my view of the crescent Moon and the comet as they appeared over the Oquirrh Mountains from near the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon. Good narration about the comet with the video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1cYfPrHoJw Tom Sevcik

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Tom Field OAS Spectroscopy Webinar
by Dale Hooper 16 Mar '13

16 Mar '13

I wanted to take a few lines and thank Craig Browne, the OAS Pres, for arranging the webinar with Tom Field this past Wed. Tom is the author of the RSpec Real-Time Spectroscopy software. His talk was very informative and there was no hard-sell of his products. Some of you may have read Tom's article in S&T about webinar speakers. If your club hasn't already tried to arrange a webinar with Tom you should speak to your club executives and have them arrange for him to speak. It would be well worth your time. Clear skies, Dale.

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Sunset Comet
by Thomas Sevcik 15 Mar '13

15 Mar '13

I almost forgot to mention that at 1:47 into the PanSTARRS video, there's a still photo of the comet that looks similar to Comet West. I'm going to go through my negatives and see if I can't find the picture I took of West at sunrise. Should be an interesting comparison. Tom Sevcik

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Upheaval Dome (Utah) | Ground Perspective
by Dave Gary 15 Mar '13

15 Mar '13

Brent, Here’s the only photo I could find in my current iPhoto collection. Pretty poor. You can at least tell it’s Upheaval Dome. Looks like I need to back out there the next time I’m in Moab. http://www.flickr.com/photos/78046474@N06/8559745369/in/photostream Dave

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Astrophotography in Red Butte Canyon?
by Joe Bauman 15 Mar '13

15 Mar '13

Hi Jacob, thank you for the note. It's a noble project and I wish you great success. I am reposting your request to the Utah Astronomy discussion list to give it wider dissemination. Thank you -- Joe Dear list members, could you please respond to Jacob if you can help? Also, members of the club want to be sure and welcome him to the SAS general meeting on Wednesday. Best wishes -- Joe ________________________________ From: Jacob Hansen <hansen.jacob.m(a)gmail.com> To: josephmbauman(a)yahoo.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 12:44 PM Subject: Astrophotography in Red Butte Canyon? Hello, My names is Jacob Hansen. I'm a graduate student at the UofU working on a community/research project in Red Butte Canyon just above the UofU. I'm looking for someone who has some skill in astrophotography to take some long exposure night shots of the sky from various points in Red Butte Canyon to show the effect of city lights in this protected canyon. The canyon is a Research Natural Area and is closed off to the public, it serves as an important baseline for the ecological health of the Wasatch Range. I'm working on getting access to the canyon confirmed in order to photodocument the canyon and the flow of the creek from source to sink. I think being able to communicate the impact of city lights on this canyon would be helpful. We'd travel all the way to the back of the canyon where it is the darkest and make our way back to the city taking shots along the way. I thought I'd contact you since you work with promoting SLAS to the public. My goal is to present my photos and astro-photos to the general public concerned about Red Butte Creek in early May. I'm hoping to pull this project off in April. If you know of anyone in the astronomical society who would be interested in a project like this please let me know. I also plan to attend the SLAS general meeting this coming Wednesday in the Warnock building. Thanks for any help you can provide. Jacob 801-703-4252

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Barringer
by jcarman6＠q.com 15 Mar '13

15 Mar '13

Brent, that picture is gorgeous. Far, far better than the Canyonlands "official" photo. They should replace their brochure photo with yours. Your photo shows what Shoemaker is talking about in his 1998 paper, at least from the air . After posting, my subconscious continued to work on the question of why so many impact craters back east and not in the west. Then there was a "duh" moment. The answer to the question is geological, at least in part. Roger and/or Don can respond on this.

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Barringer
by Joe Bauman 15 Mar '13

15 Mar '13

It has to be a meteorite crater and it is a beautiful image. -- Joe ------------------------------ On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 10:03 AM MDT Brent Watson wrote: >Found my photo. You can see it here: > >http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n534/brentjwatson/UpheavalDome.jpg > > >Maybe I'll submit it to epod. > >Brent >_______________________________________________ >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] Barringer
by Kelly Ricks 15 Mar '13

15 Mar '13

Beautiful photo! Definitely submit it to EPOD. ~Kelly > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:03:33 -0700 (PDT) > From: Brent Watson <brentjwatson(a)yahoo.com> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Barringer > Message-ID: > <1363363413.57227.YahooMailNeo(a)web140902.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Found my photo. ?You can see it here: > > http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n534/brentjwatson/UpheavalDome.jpg > > > Maybe I'll submit it to epod. > > Brent >

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Finally clear in northern Ohio
by Kelly Ricks 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

So, FINALLY after SO many days of gray, things out here in Ohio cleared up and I was able to catch a glimpse of tiny PanSTARRS. When it looked like the weather might cooperate, the Oberlin Physics Dept. opened up their observatory (which, as it is located on a 4th floor balcony, offers a great view of the western horizon). A good group of undergraduates and astro-club members gathered just after sunset, and several of the department's binoculars were distributed among the crowd. There were some thin clouds hovering over the horizon, but the little comet shone in and out of them, eventually growing bright enough to see naked eye...though quite faintly. After the first sighting, those who found it shouted directions to other searchers, "See that little string of 4 kind of blotchy clouds? It's sort of over the second one from the left..." etc. It was a good time. ~Kelly

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