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

Museum sun party
by Chuck Hards 23 Mar '13

23 Mar '13

So, how'd that sun party work out today? I was on the east side of the valley around 2, and driving through light snow flurries. Totally clear over the rest of the valley.

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Comet ISON
by D P Pierce 23 Mar '13

23 Mar '13

This is what the media should be reporting. http://news.yahoo.com/why-predicting-comet-brightness-tough-211112583.html Deloy

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Meteor over upper East coast
by Thomas Sevcik 23 Mar '13

23 Mar '13

Got word on this recent sightinhg/recording of a meteor over Maryland. Some 300 reports on it. One guy reports hearing a hissing sound which reminds me in my early years of stargazing in Kansas (1958 - 1969) of hearing two meteors on separate occassions. Never have heard that hissing from a meteor since. I do remember I had my doubts even before my first "hissing meteor" when I read about other observers reporting such an occurrance in a Sky & Telescope magazine I believe somewhen around 1959 - 1961. Wish I still had that issue. http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/23/17421804-reports-about-east-c… Tom Sevcik

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East coast fireball
by D P Pierce 23 Mar '13

23 Mar '13

They had a good one last night. http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-flash-east-coast-sky-likely-meteor-041939030.html Deloy

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15x70mm astro binocular FOR SALE
by Chuck Hards 22 Mar '13

22 Mar '13

For Sale: Large *Galileo 15x70mm binocular*. CF, heavy-duty rubber armor, multi-coated optics. Tripod/parallelgram mountable or hand-held, they don't weigh a ton. These are optically identical to the same models marketed under the Celestron, Oberwerk, Orion, Barska brands and made by the same Asian factory, but with a much heavier rubber "armor". Soft case included. Molded dust covers for objectives and eyepieces. Bright, wide-field views. Be ready for comet ISON, as well as touring the sky this observing season. I have seen many objects with this bino. Some of the larger spiral galaxies are simply stunning from a dark sky. Some of you may have looked through this same bino at SPOC in the past. I've been using it for comet PanSTARRS with terrific views from my back yard. I upgraded recently thanks to a tax refund, and am selling these. They have been my favorite astro-binocular for some years now and are in excellent condition. This type of bino typically sells for between $70 to $150 plus shipping, depending on brand, rubber armor thickness, coatings, etc.; I'll let these go for $60 cash. Will deliver free to any location in Salt Lake county. I would prefer to not ship them. Thanks!

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Panstarrs
by Dave Gary 22 Mar '13

22 Mar '13

Had a good view in binoculars of Panstarrs. Looks as if the tail is diminishing, somewhat. I could see the comet naked-eye (tail and all) which surprised me. It was the best seeing, by far, that I have had for viewing. If the seeing approaches anything like last night I should be able to get some photos with the 6” ETX this weekend. Here’s to hoping. Dave

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ISON tonight (poorly), 2013 MAR 22
by Patrick Wiggins 21 Mar '13

21 Mar '13

Awful seeing this evening. It's there but just barely. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/C_2012_S1.2013MAR22.JPG patrick

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Comet tonight
by Chuck Hards 21 Mar '13

21 Mar '13

The sky is looking better by the minute.

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Comet watching lessons learned from PanSTARRS:
by Chuck Hards 21 Mar '13

21 Mar '13

High citrus will often reduce tail visibility. You might still see it with a few thin clods. If there's a building in the way, the baby's crib better have wheels.

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Article on the "Comet of the Century!?"
by Joe Bauman 20 Mar '13

20 Mar '13

Agreed. Patrick's are much better. But I'm beginning to worry that ISON will be another fizzle, since the tail that showed in his earlier pics seems to have disappeared. -- Joe ------------------------------ On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 7:01 AM MDT Kelly Ricks wrote: >Too bad they didn't use one of Patrick's recent pictures of ISON. I think >his are all better than the one featured in the article. > >I hope the optimistic predictions pan out. It must be something else to be >able to see a comet in the daytime sky. I try to picture how the moon looks >when it's up in the afternoon...kind of a translucent bluish gray...and >then mold it into the shape of a sweeping comet. It's a fun thought >experiment anyway... > >~Kelly > > >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:45:23 -0600 >> From: Thomas Sevcik <sfv1ts(a)hotmail.com> >> To: SLAS astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> >> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Article on the "Comet of the Century!?" >> Message-ID: <BAY159-W55EB31CC9814705597BBF79AE90(a)phx.gbl> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> >> Interesting article I came across about what's already being hyped as the >> "Comet of the Century!" Sounds like the armada of space telescopes planned >> to observe ISON will make this one of the most space vehicle watched comets >> that I can recall. I just hope that the public will not become so >> desensitized by all the media coverage (mind-blowing images from Hubble for >> example) that they don't get outside and take a look for themselves. >> >> http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/18/17361256-astronomers-gear-up-fo… >> Tom Sevcik >> >> >_______________________________________________ >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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