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

Morning lineup
by Chuck Hards 25 Sep '15

25 Sep '15

There's a nice lineup in the morning sky right now. Jupiter, Mars, Regulus, and Venus formed a striking pattern when I ducked-out for a quick look this morning.

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Not bad
by Wiggins Patrick 23 Sep '15

23 Sep '15

I finished up my regular projects a bit early tonight so when I went out to close the observatory I just stood there a while and looked up at the sky. Sometimes I don't think I do that enough. It was fun to see the Pleiades over in the east with the Milky Way stretching across the sky and even M-31. Granted my skies here near SPOC are not in the same class as places like Bryce Canyon. But as long as I can see stuff like that naked eye I'm going to call them "not bad at all". BTW, something moved in a few of my images tonight that does not appear to be in the Minor Planet Center's database. No idea what it is so just reported it and will wait to see what they say. patrick

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Sherlock Holmes Astronomy
by astroshelton＠yahoo.com 23 Sep '15

23 Sep '15

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson went on a camping trip. As they lay down for the night, Holmes said, "Watson, look up into the sky and tell me what you see". Watson said, "I see millions and millions of stars" Holmes then asked, "And what does that tell you?" Watson replied, "Astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Theologically, it tells me that God is great and that we are small and insignificant. Meteorologically, it tells me that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you?" Holmes answered, "Somebody stole our tent." Have a great day Mark

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St. George astronomy
by Mark Shelton 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

Hi All, St. George Astronomy Group. (SGAG) Is having a eclipse party next Sunday evening. This will be held in the city of Ivins. If you would like more information check out our web pages. Please come if you can Mark Shelton Sent from my iPhone

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Herriman Star Party
by Matt 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

The school where I work would like to host a star party on 27 September 2015 from 5:45 pm to 9:45 pm. Their interest is in the lunar eclipse, solar observations, and other astronomical phenomena. I, unfortunately, will not be able to participate. Please let me know if any of you would be willing to help the school out, especially if you have a telescope that you would be willing to use. Please email me for further details at astromatt1 at yahoo.com. Clear skies, Matthew A. Turnbaugh, KG7KIX JPL/NASA Solar System Ambassador

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Great Basin National Park Observatory
by Jamie Bradley 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

Just in case you had not heard the news from the Great Basin National Park Astronomical Festival, They got permission to build and are going to build a research grade Observatory. * The observatory will be in the area near or off the road to the ranger housing. * The scope will be a 0.7 meter Planewave telescope with several other wide field scopes and cameras piggybacking. * Completion date August 2016 in celebration of the Thirtieth Anniversary of Great Basin National Park and the Centennial of the National Park Service. * The Great Basin National Park Foundation is the main contributor with several private contributors, with one contributor willing to match the last $350,000 in donation yet to be raised over the next year. http://www.greatbasinobservatory.org Jamie B "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." _______________________________________________ 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 <mailto:Utah-Astronomy@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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An additional eclipse watching location
by Seth Jarvis 21 Sep '15

21 Sep '15

FYI - Clark Planetarium and the Salt Lake City Public Library will be hosting an eclipse-watching party on the roof of the downtown city library this coming Sunday night. Sunset to ~10PM. Seth

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a request for stories
by Kate Magargal 20 Sep '15

20 Sep '15

To the astronomers of southern Utah, This year at the Heritage Star Fest in Torrey, UT, I'll be giving a talk. I thought it would be a fun idea to share people's stargazing stories as part of this event. I have enough of my own stories to fill an hour, but I thought it would be great to represent a wider breadth of the astronomy community. I'd love it if anyone else was willing to send me a story of their own that I could use as part of a compilation of experiences. I'm looking for any of the following: A short written description of an astronomy experience in S. Utah. As little as a sentence or two would be great. Images that illustrate the story. Astronomical images, images of people having fun, images of the setting of an event, etc. Some information about how you would like to be credited. This is a not-for-profit endeavor. I'd be happy to share the resulting presentation with anyone who wants it. It will be a powerpoint file that includes ample notes on each slide. Anyone and everyone is invited join us for the Heritage Starfest <http://www.heritagestarfest.com/> this year, Oct 9 & 10 in and around Capitol Reef National Park. Thanks and happy autumn! k -- ----------------------------------------- Kate Magargal PhD Student Anthropology Department University of Utah ------------------------------------------

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Much better view of Marley's image
by Wiggins Patrick 20 Sep '15

20 Sep '15

Many of us who attended last Wednesday's SLAS meeting were disappointed that the lights on the stage could not be dimmed which pretty much ruined the excellent image Marley Moo tried to display. So here's a much better view. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10207754494566166&set=gm.5058188362… patrick

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Request for help with a school star party in Herriman on the 27th
by Richard Tenney 18 Sep '15

18 Sep '15

Putting this out to the greater astro list, since Herriman isn't actually part of Utah County... Please make sure your response includes Mr. Turnbaugh, and not just a reply to the list. TIA,/R ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Matt via UVAA <uvaa(a)mailman.xmission.com> To: "uvaa(a)mailman.xmission.com" <uvaa(a)mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 1:18 PM Subject: [UVAA] Star Party in Herriman, Utah The school where I work would like to host a star party on 27 September 2015 from 5:45 pm to 9:45 pm. Their interest is in the lunar eclipse, solar observations, and other astronomical phenomena. I, unfortunately, will not be able to participate. Please let me know if any of you would be willing to help the school out, especially if you have a telescope that you would be willing to use. Please email me for further details. Clear skies, Matthew A. Turnbaugh, KG7KIX JPL/NASA Solar System Ambassador _______________________________________________ UVAA mailing list UVAA(a)mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uvaa

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