August 2015 - Utah-Astronomy - mailman.xmission.com

Need Ride to SPOC Sat
by D P Pierce 18 Aug '15

18 Aug '15

Hi, I need a ride to SPOC Saturday night. My 40 lb wheelchair folds up and fits in most trunks and hatchbacks and in some back seats and all pu truck beds. I live near 6200 South and Bangerter. Deloy Pierce

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Great Basin / Capitol Reef - Call for Volunteers
by Linton Rohr 17 Aug '15

17 Aug '15

Sounds like a great event. I may try to make it this year. We made a point of shifting our 6th annual Heritage Starfest back a month, to October 9 & 10, to allow astronomy enthusiasts to participate in both. Events will be held in both Capitol Reef N.P. and neighboring Torrey. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Heritage-Starfest/141072762580865 We're especially excited to be celebrating our IDA designation, earlier this year, as a Dark Sky Park. http://tinyurl.com/CapReefIDSP Let me know if you have questions, or would like to provide a scope for the public viewing sessions. Please plan to join us in October. Clear - and dark - skies, Linton Rohr Capitol Reef volunteer -----Original Message----- From: Carroll, Kelly Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2015 12:15 PM To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Great Basin National Park Astronomy Festival -Call for Volunteers Hello everyone, Great Basin will be having its 6th Annual Astronomy Festival is this September 10-12 and we are looking for volunteers for our night sky observing events. As always, camping is provided (with your gear) and a catered Thank You dinner will be given for all volunteers. Details of festival can be found at www.BestNightSky.com Additional volunteer information can be found at http://www.nps.gov/grba/planyourvisit/astrovip.htm Please let me know if there is anything I can do to answer questions or facilitate your visit. We'd love if you could spread the word. Thank you, and we hope to see you this September. Kelly Carroll Supervisory Park Ranger Great Basin National Park 775-234-7513 www.nps.gov/grba Experience your America Great Basin National Park Astronomy Festival - September 10-12, 2015 <http://www.nps.gov/grba/planyourvisit/greatbasinastronomyfestival.htm> _______________________________________________ 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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Strange solar phenomenon
by Jared Smith 17 Aug '15

17 Aug '15

A friend of mine took the attached set of sunset photos from near Mt. Baker, Washington at an elevation of ~5000'. There's a distinct reflection below the sun that seems to split into dual reflections. There is open water in that direction, but Bellingham Bay is about 30 miles and the Pacific 100+ miles. He thought the spots were above the horizon and water. I can't seem to find anything that would suggest what this phenomenon is. It's not subsun which would be vertically oriented. I thought maybe it was a lower tangent arc (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_and_lower_tangent_arcs) and perhaps a quite rare lower Parry arc (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parry_arc) though these don't seem right because they seem to maintain elevation or even ascend as the sun descends. These arcs would coincide with the 22° halo. Any thoughts? Thanks, Jared

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Vernon is Awesome
by Jay 15 Aug '15

15 Aug '15

At Vernon and it is great and clear. If you come I am not at the usual site. Come up FR006 past the usual site and over the cattle guard. There is a turn off right after the guard and go right. Drive in a little, watch the bump and Zi am back there. It is my favorite site here and Mat and Daniel Tobserved here with me last fall. Come on out no impact from the fire up near Vernon Reservoir Jay Sent from my iPhone

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Vernon
by Jay 15 Aug '15

15 Aug '15

I put a black sketching paper with silver writing on a reflective sign at the cattle guard so one knows where to turn. If you come back watch the dip not the hole. If you go slow a normal car can gett over it easily Jay Sent from my iPhone

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Observing Tonight
by Jay inUT 15 Aug '15

15 Aug '15

I am going to head out to Vernon but I expect that the observing sites will have campers in them this weekend (I expect it to be worse up at Wolf Creek since the bow hunt opened today). IF I cannot find a spot at Vernon I will be heading out to Pit n Pole (if the weather allows). Best to call me or text me if you want to know where I am at. -- Thanks! Jay

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Selling my Souped - Up Atlas EQ-G
by David 15 Aug '15

15 Aug '15

Would prefer someone local, in Utah at least. Let me know if you're interested. Looking to upgrade to the EQ8. http://www.cloudynights.com/classifieds/item/59954-souped-up-atlas-eq-g/ Shes got a lot of upgrades. Cheers, David

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Aurora
by Ann House 14 Aug '15

14 Aug '15

Does anyone know if there is a chance of seeing an aurora tonight? A

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Persieds
by Wiggins Patrick 14 Aug '15

14 Aug '15

I'm not sure what happened but it looks like the weather Goddess decided we needed clear skies tonight. When the clouds first cleared around 10 I figured it was just a sucker hole. But here it is 4 hours later and the skies here near SPOC a completely clear. Seeing the Milky Way straight overhead is just an added treat. I can't say tonight's shower is the best I've seen but there have been some nice meteors. A couple leaving trains that lasted a few seconds. Plus I got to examine another 300 or so galaxies, all of which I'm sorry to say are supernova free... patrick

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 150, Issue 17
by Marlene Egger 13 Aug '15

13 Aug '15

I was at home inCottonwood Heights and saw 10 between 2:30 am and 4:15 and then I stopped counting. I could only see part of the sky due to lights and trees, and they were most visible near cygnus, though it was plausible that they originated near perseus.... Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 13, 2015, at 1:14 PM, utah-astronomy-request(a)mailman.xmission.com wrote: > > Send Utah-Astronomy mailing list submissions to > utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > utah-astronomy-request(a)mailman.xmission.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > utah-astronomy-owner(a)mailman.xmission.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Utah-Astronomy digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Persieds (Joan Carman) > 2. Re: Persieds (Joe Bauman) > 3. Persieds (Joan Carman) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 14:12:39 -0400 (EDT) > From: Joan Carman <jcarman6(a)q.com> > To: Dion Davidson <diondavidson(a)yahoo.com>, Utah Astronomy > <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Persieds > Message-ID: > <1673161409.481113.1439489559524.JavaMail.root(a)md30.quartz.synacor.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Great image Dion. Wow, getting four in 15 seconds, impressive. I "stole" it to share with others, but you will get full credit. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dion Davidson via Utah-Astronomy" <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 10:42:04 AM > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Persieds > > I too went to Little Mountain around 4am. One of my best meteor showers - 66 in about 75 minutes. I was at 57 at the one-hour mark so averaging about 1/min.Here is a photo composite (4 images) taken with my 35mm lens. Instead of a wide angle lens to capture more meteors, I went with a larger aperture to capture more detail of one section of the sky. I got lucky and caught 6 or 7 meteors in the frame, 4 of which were good enough for this composition.https://www.dropbox.com/s/2kq9jjk9iz056vn/perseids-2015.jpg?dl=0 > Streaky stars are from a 15 second exposure on a fixed tripod. > Question - was that the zodiacal light I saw in the east, roughly pointing between Pollux and the Pleiades? It fit the description. I don't know if I have ever seen it so distinctly. > Dion > > > On Thursday, August 13, 2015 10:26 AM, Joe Bauman via Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> wrote: > > > It's always great to get out. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Aug 13, 2015, at 9:47 AM, Richard Tenney via Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> wrote: >> >> From my light polluted back yard down in Lindon, with fair-poor seeing, I counted 8 between 11:30 and 12:40 last night (when I wasn't looking through my scope), one of which streaked through the eyepiece while hunting M33 in the 90mm in last night's soup (I found it, barely).? It was nice to be out alone, in the quiet with the crickets, and the stars overhead. >> /R >> _______________________________________________ >> 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". > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 18:32:34 +0000 (UTC) > From: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman(a)yahoo.com> > To: Richard Tenney <retenney(a)yahoo.com>, Utah Astronomy > <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Persieds > Message-ID: > <1877536102.4348712.1439490754489.JavaMail.yahoo(a)mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > I can't see it, Rich. Could you send the URL in a clickable form? Thanks, Joe > > From: Richard Tenney via Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > To: Richard Tenney <retenney(a)yahoo.com>; Dion Davidson <diondavidson(a)yahoo.com>; Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com>; Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 11:49 AM > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Persieds > > scratch that, I just tried again, with success. ?Lovely image!/R > ? ? ? From: Richard Tenney via Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > To: Dion Davidson <diondavidson(a)yahoo.com>; Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 11:45 AM > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Persieds > ? > Dion, the link didn't work for me (I'd love to see your image)./R > ? ? ? From: Dion Davidson via Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 10:42 AM > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Persieds > ? > I too went to Little Mountain around 4am. One of my best meteor showers - 66 in about 75 minutes. I was at 57 at the one-hour mark so averaging about 1/min.Here is a photo composite (4 images) taken with my 35mm lens. Instead of a wide angle lens to capture more meteors, I went with a larger aperture to capture more detail of one section of the sky. I got lucky and caught 6 or 7 meteors in the frame, 4 of which were good enough for this composition.https://www.dropbox.com/s/2kq9jjk9iz056vn/perseids-2015.jpg?dl=0 > Streaky stars are from a 15 second exposure on a fixed tripod. > Question - was that the zodiacal light I saw in the east, roughly pointing between Pollux and the Pleiades? It fit the description. I don't know if I have ever seen it so distinctly. > Dion > > > ? ? On Thursday, August 13, 2015 10:26 AM, Joe Bauman via Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> wrote: > ? > > It's always great to get out. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Aug 13, 2015, at 9:47 AM, Richard Tenney via Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> wrote: >> >> From my light polluted back yard down in Lindon, with fair-poor seeing, I counted 8 between 11:30 and 12:40 last night (when I wasn't looking through my scope), one of which streaked through the eyepiece while hunting M33 in the 90mm in last night's soup (I found it, barely).? It was nice to be out alone, in the quiet with the crickets, and the stars overhead. >> /R >> _______________________________________________ >> 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". > > ? > _______________________________________________ > 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". > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 15:14:45 -0400 (EDT) > From: Joan Carman <jcarman6(a)q.com> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Persieds > Message-ID: > <315659289.482279.1439493285827.JavaMail.root(a)md30.quartz.synacor.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Make sure Dion's entire link is highlighted Joe.? I had a problem the first time too, the second time I make sure everything was highlighted and it worked. > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php > > ------------------------------ > > End of Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 150, Issue 17 > ***********************************************

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