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Sunspots
by Chuck Hards 12 Jul '05

12 Jul '05

There is a large sunspot group just about to rotate out of view on the Sun's westward (leading) limb. Two smaller spots nearer center, one is about earth-sized. Using a home-made 50mm f/9 refractor & Baader filter at 16x from my office in North Salt Lake. C. ____________________________________________________ Sell on Yahoo! Auctions Â no fees. Bid on great items. http://auctions.yahoo.com/

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Weekend observing - new nova in Sagittarius
by Canopus56 11 Jul '05

11 Jul '05

The AAVSO reported a new galatic nova - AAVSO 1811-30N Sgr 05#2 - that currently is last reported on July 7 (J.D. 3559) bewteen mags 8.1 - 8.4. The nova is located between del and gam Sgr, the top of the spout of Sgr. Like Comet 9P, this nova low to the horizon around midnight and may suffer from high extinction at our 41N latitude. But this nova is bright enough to warrant taking a look see. AAVSO 1811-30N Sgr 05#2 is at - R.A. = 18h 17m 50.77s Decl. = -30o 26' 31.2" (equinox 2000.0) Nearby reference stars - del Sgr v2.7 J 18 20 59.64 -29 49 41.2 gam Sgr v2.9 J 18 05 48.49 -30 25 26.7 AAVSO Notice on AAVSO 1811-30N Sgr 05#2 - http://www.aavso.org/publications/alerts/alert320.shtml AAVSO detail chart (object is at center of chart) http://www.aavso.org/cgi-bin/shrinkwrap.pl?path=/charts/SGR/NSGR05_2/NSGR05… Light-curve (link at bottom of) http://www.aavso.org/cgi-bin/searchcharts3.pl?name=n%20sgr%2005%232 Enjoy - Canopus56 (Kurt) P.S. - You may have to chart this one in your planetarium program to find it and to orient the AAVSO detail chart. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: Re: [Utah-astronomy] My M51 photos -- SN?
by astrodeb＠charter.net 10 Jul '05

10 Jul '05

Joe, I clearly see a spot in the spiral arm where it was discovered. You got it! I guess it teaches us to be more observant with our photos. I'm taking my 4" refractor out tonight. It would be interesting to see if I can see it in a 4" scope. Keep up those astrophotos, Debbie > > From: Chuck Hards <chuckhards(a)yahoo.com> > Date: 2005/07/06 Wed PM 03:33:35 MDT > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] My M51 photos -- SN? > > Joe, on both of your photos there does seem to be a > bright object at the location of the supernova, to my > eye at least. > > C. > > --- Joe Bauman <bau(a)desnews.com> wrote: > > > I'm resending this because, as pointed out, the > > previous heading sounded > > like one of those Internet scams. > > > > ____________________________________________________ > Sell on Yahoo! Auctions no fees. Bid on great items. > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com >

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Re: Re: [Utah-astronomy] OT: War of the Worlds (2005)
by astrodeb＠charter.net 10 Jul '05

10 Jul '05

I agree with Chuck. I'll save this one for the dollar movie. I would much rather spend my money on movies based on true stories such as "The Aviator". Debbie > > From: Chuck Hards <chuckhards(a)yahoo.com> > Date: 2005/07/08 Fri PM 03:14:31 MDT > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] OT: War of the Worlds (2005) > > Please, no-one discuss this movie yet- I'm not > planning to see it for a few weeks. If you do, drop > me a note first and tell me, and I'll delete any > postings with this subject line- or stick them in a > folder for reading after I've seen it. > > I have misgivings. I've never enjoyed a Cruise > performance to date, don't think much of his views as > expressed in public, so he's not really a draw for me. > Too, Rich's is the only overall good review I've > heard yet- most go something like "excellent special > effects, but that's about all it has going for it". > The story's premise of the alien's strategy seems > farfetched. > > But I guess I'll find out for myself soon enough. > > Thanks, Rich! > > C. > > --- Richard Tenney <retenney(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > [I posted this yesterday but it somehow never made > > it > > to the list; apologies if you however get this > > twice.] > > > > Saw the new movie Wed. night; very much enjoyed it, > > and the feel stays close to the (50's? 60's?) > > classic, > > with one big storyline variation that I thought was > > somewhat > > inconsistent/flawed (but I'll not spoil it for you; > > contact me off-list if you want to know/discuss > > that). > > > > The look is of course state of the art -- CGI > > effects > > that sometimes make the hair stand up on the back of > > your neck. Very intense. Decent acting job by > > Cruise > > and especially Dakota (she's an amazing small > > person). > > > > Kudos (again) to Spielberg. > > > > Rich > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > > Visit the Photo Gallery: > > http://www.utahastronomy.com > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com >

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M-51 SN picture
by Patrick Wiggins 10 Jul '05

10 Jul '05

With the sky being so nice tonight (and having a strong desire to think about something other the barbaric events in London) I decided to try and get a picture of the supernova in M51. So I rolled the roof off of my observatory and used the C-14/ST-10XME to shoot this unguided 60" exposure of M-51 at f/5.5: http://www.trilobyte.net/paw/temp/M51SN001.JPG That's a stretched version and the SN (arrowed) seems to show up pretty well. Looking at the raw image, however, showed me why we've been having so much trouble eyeballing it through a telescope. The SN is located right in the middle of a very dense and bright part of one of the spiral arms. It was only after stretching the image to tone down the background that the SN seems to be visible. I say "seems" as the on line image I found shows a fairly bright star right next to the SN so I guess the only way to tell if my suspect is the SN for sure will be to take another image in a few weeks after the SN has subsided. Patrick

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Anyone get News today?
by Patrick Wiggins 09 Jul '05

09 Jul '05

I've tried twice to issue news today. Once at 3:30 this morning and once at 1:30 this afternoon. Neither, however, seem to have gone out. If you DID receive either issue of today's News please let me know off list (paw(a)trilobyte.net) If you did NOT receive either issue, there is no need to reply. Thank you, Patrick

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Nevermind...
by Patrick Wiggins 08 Jul '05

08 Jul '05

Please disregard my earlier post asking if anyone had received News. The distribution problem has been fixed and News should have gone out this afternoon. Thanks, Patrick

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] OT: War of the Worlds (2005)
by Michael Carnes 08 Jul '05

08 Jul '05

>I have misgivings. I've never enjoyed a Cruise >performance to date, Whaddaya mean, Chuck. If he had two more legs, he could play a table!

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Observing Friday Night
by Robert Taylor 08 Jul '05

08 Jul '05

Looks like a great night to get out under the stars, I know of at least a few people who are heading up to Wolf Creek tonight, I'll be joining them, always more welcome. Hope to see you up there. Bob Taylor

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] For weekend observing - new supernova in M51
by Michael Carnes 07 Jul '05

07 Jul '05

>>If I ever see you in buckled shoes, I will lay off the Lord Calvert. ;) Maybe both of you should...

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