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

Wanna buy a name?
by Patrick Wiggins 28 Dec '13

28 Dec '13

Those who have been on this list a very long time might remember that back in 2007 I spotted a little dot on one of my images that moved from picture to picture that turned out to be an unknown minor planet. I gave it the temporary name UOFU08 (for Univ. of Utah find #8). The Minor Planet Center checked and when they decided it was in fact a new find they called it K07V08N / 2007 VN8. Going through my correspondence from back then I saw I'd posted to this list that it would probably be a couple of years before I'd be able to name it. Turned out to be longer than that. However, a couple of hours ago I received my second cosmological birthday present (the first being the GRB) in the form of an email from MPC giving my little rock a number: 361690 So, what am I bid for naming rights? :) Just kidding as the rights were gone long ago. Some here might also remember that following my (with wife Holly) first find back on 03 November 1999 and my solo find a couple of weeks later I was thinking this was going to be easy. So easy that I gave naming rights to my next find to KCPW to auction off during one of their telethons. And from what I remember, they got a handsome sum. Little did the winner (or I) know that next find would be 8 years later. And that the ability to name it would come 6 years after that. So I just sent the winning bidder an email to the address I had for him in 2007. So far it has not bounced. I'm really interested to see how he'll respond. Clear skies, patrick

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Frontiers of Science tomorrow (plus Mayan & Bernson)
by Wiggins Patrick 15 Nov '13

15 Nov '13

Frontiers of Science talk tomorrow (Thursday) https://www.facebook.com/events/106708762820137/ Evidence that the Mayan calendar does not end this year: http://www.zazzle.com/the_2013_mayan_calendar-158713461120501542 And now we know where Dave Bernson arrived on Earth: http://nationexplorer.com/feature/1448512 Clear skies! patrick Sent from my iPad

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Interesting asterism
by Chuck Hards 23 Aug '13

23 Aug '13

This morning I noticed a huge, almost perfect "Y" in the eastern sky. With El Nath as the center, the legs of the Y were marked by Capella, Aldebaran, and Jupiter. It was like a giant Mercedes-Benz logo in the sky. The symmetry was striking. Not perfect, but close. It doesn't look symmetrical on a chart or screen because of projection distortions. Take a look before Jupiter moves out of place, and tell me if you see it.

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Great Basin National Park Astronomy Festival - September 5-7
by Carroll, Kelly 10 Aug '13

10 Aug '13

Hello all, I would like to invite everyone to visit and volunteer this year's Astronomy Festival at Great Basin National Park in Baker, NV. The festival will be Thursday September 5-7, 2013. We will have activities all day and a star party each night. We would love if you would attend, and even more, if you'd volunteer to set up your equipment for the public viewings each night. As in the past, we will have the astronomer's camp, where volunteers can tent camp on the star party field, so you do not have to set-up and take down your equipment each night. We will have our annual astronomer's "Thank you" dinner Saturday evening. Please let me know if you have any questions and thank you for your support of this program. http://www.nps.gov/grba/planyourvisit/greatbasinastronomyfestival.htm *Schedule of Events* *Thursday September 5, 2013* 12:00PM - 1:00PM - Astronomy 101: An Introduction to the Night Sky 1:00PM - 4:00PM - Sun Viewing with Solar Telescopes & Solar Braclet Making 3:00PM - 3:30PM - Learn to Use a Planisphere with Dark Ranger Steve 7:00PM - 8:00PM - Ranger Talent Show 8:00PM - Kid's Deep Sky Certificate 8:00PM - Star Gaze with Astronomers and Telescopes *Friday September 6, 2013* 12:00PM - 1:00PM - Astronomy 101: An Introduction to the Night Sky 1:00PM - 4:00PM - Sun Viewing with Solar Telescopes & Solar Braclet Making 2:00PM - 3:00PM - Astronomy Presentation 3:00PM - 3:30PM - Learn to Use a Planisphere with Dark Ranger Steve 7:00PM - 8:00PM - Keynote Speaker Wally Pacholka Presentation 8:00PM - Kid's Deep Sky Certificate 8:00PM - Star Gaze with Astronomers and Telescopes *Saturday September 7, 2013* 12:00PM - 1:00PM - Astronomy 101: An Introduction to the Night Sky 1:00PM - 4:00PM - Sun Viewing with Solar Telescopes & Solar Braclet Making 2:00PM - 3:00PM - Astronomy Presentation 2:00PM - 3:00PM - Kid's Program - Discovering Light: Life in the Infrared! 3:00PM - 3:30PM - Learn to Use a Planisphere with Dark Ranger Steve 7:00PM - 8:00PM - The City Dark Film and premiere of "Great Basin Astronomy" Ranger Minute 8:00PM - Kid's Deep Sky Certificate 8:00PM - Star Gaze with Astronomers and Telescopes Kelly Carroll Park Ranger Great Basin National Park 775-234-7513 www.nps.gov/grba Experience your America Great Basin National Park Astronomy Festival - September 5-7, 2013<http://www.nps.gov/grba/planyourvisit/greatbasinastronomyfestival.htm>

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Liver & Onions Subcommittee Meeting
by Chuck Hards 03 Aug '13

03 Aug '13

Reminder: This coming Saturday, August 3rd. Noon Left Fork Grill 69 West 3900 South Salt Lake City I will call them early and get our long table reserved. Please join myself (El Presidente Grande), Sub-director Bau, and General Secretary Larry for yet another gathering of reasonably-intelligent life forms, as we discuss a broad array of timely scientific and philosophical issues as well as gossip, hearsay, and rumors. Bring something for show-and-tell if you like. A new eyepiece, ATM part, book, anything you think others might find interesting. Hope to see you there!

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comic - why Twinkies are smaller
by D P Pierce 03 Aug '13

03 Aug '13

http://www.gocomics.com/brewsterrockit/2013/07/30 Deloy

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Good-Bye Dark Skies in Eastern and Southern Utah
by Kelly Ricks 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '13

As another example of this issue, check out what happened to North Dakota as demonstrated in a blog by Robert Krulwich: http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/01/16/169511949/a-mysterious-patch-o… My grandparents live right in the middle of this in (what used to be) the little town of Tioga, and it's not only the natural darkness they've lost: the whole region is now just one big messy sprawl of man-camps and traffic-clogged country roads. There's hardly a spare hotel room within 200 miles...unless you don't mind dealing with bed bugs. ~Kelly ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 18:37:44 -0600 > From: Jay Eads <jayleads(a)gmail.com> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Good-Bye Dark Skies in Eastern and Southern > Utah > Message-ID: > < > CANCdW8d5aODF6M5pk+Dg9_JVK2HE2xLdL2SbxsGXUaPky9w5MA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > There is a good discussion over on Cloudy Nights on light pollution from > fracking. Here on this map on this link: > > http://www.eia.gov/oil_gas/rpd/shale_gas.pdf > > The map prepared by the U.S. Energy Information Agency, delineates the > extent of recoverable shale plays in the continental United States; > anywhere in a shaded area will more than likely experience increase light > pollution in the near future. > > In this link if you look at pictures 10 and 14 you can see what a well is > like at night: > > http://www.uppergreen.org/interactive-map-pinedale-anticline.html > > As stated by a friend from the forum: > > "Elsewhere notice the fleet of Halliburton trucks serving one fracking rig. > Note other structures, such as the stations to reinsert toxic water; it > cannot be used for cattle. The groundwater is contaminated and some > companies now provide citizens with bottled drinking water. The ozone > concentrations are higher than those in L.A. There are about 7,000 wells > (gas) with 3,500 more on the way. > > This is only the tip of one iceberg. The Upper Green is at the top of what > some call the Unita Basin, an area said (again, by some) to contain four > time as much oil as Saudi Arabia--not what they have left, but what they > had. As I've noted here before, all of eastern Utah is heading into The > Great White Light, and that includes all our beloved red rock country with > its many national parks. Anyone still want to retire to the Four Corners > with their 36' dob? > > In your mind's eye, extrapolate what you see in the photos to an area all > the way down to northern New Mexico and you can see why some of us are so > concerned. Bloomberg reports that in five to seven years we will surpass > Saudi Arabia in oil production. It's called the New American Gas and Oil > Revolution. It will go on for a long time, folks, and will...well, you know > what it will do to visual astronomy." > > Look at the images for the Jonah Field . . . image those stretching from > the Uinta Basin to southern Utah . . . > > http://www.uppergreen.org/interactive-map-jonah-fields.html > > Here is a link to the interactive map to the Upper Green (river) in > Wyoming. > > http://www.uppergreen.org/interactive-map.html > > In Utah this will kill visual and imaging in the areas it is going to > happen. > > >

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Good-Bye Dark Skies in Eastern and Southern Utah
by Jay Eads 31 Jul '13

31 Jul '13

There is a good discussion over on Cloudy Nights on light pollution from fracking. Here on this map on this link: http://www.eia.gov/oil_gas/rpd/shale_gas.pdf The map prepared by the U.S. Energy Information Agency, delineates the extent of recoverable shale plays in the continental United States; anywhere in a shaded area will more than likely experience increase light pollution in the near future. In this link if you look at pictures 10 and 14 you can see what a well is like at night: http://www.uppergreen.org/interactive-map-pinedale-anticline.html As stated by a friend from the forum: "Elsewhere notice the fleet of Halliburton trucks serving one fracking rig. Note other structures, such as the stations to reinsert toxic water; it cannot be used for cattle. The groundwater is contaminated and some companies now provide citizens with bottled drinking water. The ozone concentrations are higher than those in L.A. There are about 7,000 wells (gas) with 3,500 more on the way. This is only the tip of one iceberg. The Upper Green is at the top of what some call the Unita Basin, an area said (again, by some) to contain four time as much oil as Saudi Arabia--not what they have left, but what they had. As I've noted here before, all of eastern Utah is heading into The Great White Light, and that includes all our beloved red rock country with its many national parks. Anyone still want to retire to the Four Corners with their 36' dob? In your mind's eye, extrapolate what you see in the photos to an area all the way down to northern New Mexico and you can see why some of us are so concerned. Bloomberg reports that in five to seven years we will surpass Saudi Arabia in oil production. It's called the New American Gas and Oil Revolution. It will go on for a long time, folks, and will...well, you know what it will do to visual astronomy." Look at the images for the Jonah Field . . . image those stretching from the Uinta Basin to southern Utah . . . http://www.uppergreen.org/interactive-map-jonah-fields.html Here is a link to the interactive map to the Upper Green (river) in Wyoming. http://www.uppergreen.org/interactive-map.html In Utah this will kill visual and imaging in the areas it is going to happen.

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Interesting asterism
by Darin Christensen 31 Jul '13

31 Jul '13

Oops... butt messaging Sent from my Star Trek Communicator :-P Darin Christensen <darinc(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > >Sent from my Star Trek Communicator :-P > >Joe Bauman <josephmbauman(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> >> >> >> >>The marbles are almost gone from my bottle. >>------------------------------ >>On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 9:01 AM MDT Chuck Hards wrote: >> >>>I have to admit that I have no idea what the bottle with marbles is about, >>>Brent. Right over my head. >>> >>>It struck me this morning that the sky is much darker at 6:00 AM than it >>>was just 5 weeks ago. A few more weeks and we'll see red, orange and >>>yellow highlighting the mountains. >>> >>>On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Brent Watson <brentjwatson(a)yahoo.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Have you prepared the bottle with marbles in it yet? We're too youung to >>>> think about that. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>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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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Interesting asterism
by Darin Christensen 31 Jul '13

31 Jul '13

Sent from my Star Trek Communicator :-P Joe Bauman <josephmbauman(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > >The marbles are almost gone from my bottle. >------------------------------ >On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 9:01 AM MDT Chuck Hards wrote: > >>I have to admit that I have no idea what the bottle with marbles is about, >>Brent. Right over my head. >> >>It struck me this morning that the sky is much darker at 6:00 AM than it >>was just 5 weeks ago. A few more weeks and we'll see red, orange and >>yellow highlighting the mountains. >> >>On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Brent Watson <brentjwatson(a)yahoo.com>wrote: >> >>> Have you prepared the bottle with marbles in it yet? We're too youung to >>> think about that. >>> >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>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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