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Last Call, Bryce pictures
by Naz & David 25 Jun '05

25 Jun '05

Mike, I grabbed a couple of the wide shots. The one shot of me and my kit was out of focus :) If you don't object, I'm going to put three in my gallery for family and friends to view. Cheers David

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Last Call, Bryce pictures
by Michael Carnes 25 Jun '05

25 Jun '05

If anyone is interested in copies of any snaps from the Bryce start party, here's your last chance. I'll be taking these pictures down soon. http://home.earthlink.net/~moogiebird/Bryce05/Bryce05.html Michael Carnes MichaelCarnes(a)earthlink.net home.earthlink.net/~MichaelCarnes

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Ultima 2000 for sale
by Tyler Allred 24 Jun '05

24 Jun '05

Hi all. Thanks to the arrival of a Takahashi CN-212, I will be offering my Celestron Ultima 2000 8" SCT for sale. It is an excellent scope with really nice optics, and I have taken many nice images with it. Here is a link to my ad on Astromart, which describes everything about the scope and its condition: http://www.astromart.com/classifieds/details.asp?classified_id=360253 I am asking $1350 OBO for the whole setup. Someone will be very happy with this scope. Cheers, Tyler PS - If you are interested, call me at 801-426-6188 or 801-358-1868, or come by and see the scope. I live in Orem.

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Finder charts for Deep Impact Comet 9P/Tempel 1
by Canopus56 23 Jun '05

23 Jun '05

Using Cartes de Ciel, I have generated courtesy finder charts for these last days before the Deep Impact experiment using a topocentric position of Salt Lake City, Utah - RA/Dec Chart: http://members.csolutions.net/fisherka/astronote/finder/Comet9PFinder.gif Alt-Az Chart (for 111 W, 41 N): http://members.csolutions.net/fisherka/astronote/finder/Comet9PFinderAltAz.… Bill Ferris, in another newsgroup, has been pointed to the detailed finders at Astrosite Groningen. These charts have stellar magnitudes plotted: http://www.shopplaza.nl/astro/comets/9pcharts/comets.htm see - http://www.shopplaza.nl/astro/comets/9pcharts/9PCH11.png http://www.shopplaza.nl/astro/comets/9pcharts/9PCH12.png The "official" Deep Impact site finder chart is at: http://deepimpact.umd.edu/gallery/Finder_Charts.html Positions for Comet 9P plotted in my two finder charts are: Positions for: Comet 9P/Tempel 1 Seen from: Salt Lake City, UT 111Â°53'27.6''W, 40Â°45'23.0''N Generated from: JPL Horizons Ephemeris Generator http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eph Date UTC Position J2000.0 20050624 0400 J132109.18 -053442.3 20050626 0400 J132412.66 -062210.8 20050628 0400 J132723.90 -070942.1 20050630 0400 J133042.74 -075713.3 20050702 0400 J133409.04 -084441.2 20050704 0600 J133751.52 -093400.5 20050706 0400 J134123.45 -101914.7 On day of impact: Date UTC Position J2000.0 Altitude Azimuth 20050704 0530 J133749.29 -093331.1 233.1103 22.7732 20050704 0540 J133750.03 -093340.9 235.1920 21.2337 20050704 0550 J133750.78 -093350.7 237.2182 19.6555 20050704 0600 J133751.52 -093400.5 239.1921 18.0415 20050704 0610 J133752.26 -093410.3 241.1175 16.3945 20050704 0620 J133753.01 -093420.1 242.9977 14.7170 20050704 0630 J133753.75 -093429.9 244.8362 13.0117 20050704 0640 J133754.50 -093439.7 246.6367 11.2807 20050704 0650 J133755.25 -093449.5 248.4026 09.5264 20050704 0700 J133755.99 -093459.3 250.1373 07.7508 Enjoy - Canopus56 (Kurt) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Another Image Added - M104
by Tyler Allred 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

I added another image to my gallery... M104. I have decided to post this one as luminance only, since I can't seem to find time to add color data. Sooner or later I will get around to it, but in the meantime, here is the black and white version. http://www.utahastronomy.com/album16/Utah_Astronomy_M104?full=1 Cheers, Tyler

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9P/Temple
by Patrick Wiggins 21 Jun '05

21 Jun '05

Following last week's discussion here about visually catching sight of the comet that will run into Deep Impact, I posted to the Minor Planet Mailing List (a group of amateurs and professionals that discover and monitor comets and minor planets). Having read their posts I no longer feel bad about not seeing the comet. Here are a few of their comments: +++ I tried looking for it a week ago in a .7m dob and had the same impression. I hadn't checked the magnitude estimates beforehand and when I got to where it should have been, there was only a tiny barely visible speck. There was no moon that night, but even with the considerable haze what I saw looked no brighter than about a 12th or 13th magnitude galaxy. +++ Current lists of visual estimations show the comet in a range of 10-11 mag, with a coma diameter of 3-4' +++ The brightest pixels in the coma are only about 7% above the background. The coma size at the 7% above background was only about 15 arc seconds. So it is a difficult target at best. +++ So, apparently it's not too hard to take a CCD image of 9P/Temple but actually seeing it using just an eyeball and scope is tough. Of course, there's always that small chance of seeing it after the collision when it may brighten significantly. Patrick

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Solstice
by Patrick Wiggins 21 Jun '05

21 Jun '05

Happy Solstice! 12:47 am MDT

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Roads in Uintas
by Michael Carnes 19 Jun '05

19 Jun '05

Hey all. Thanks for the help. Jo, that's a good idea about Timpanogas, hadn't thought about that as an alternative. Still haven't gotten used to this high mountain snow business. Back in N.E. the big thing was "ice-out" a space of a few days in which all of the ice disappears from lakes and ponds. This generally coincides with "mud season", which is immediately followed by "black fly season". The week after THAT is called summer, and then it's autumn again.

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RE: Forbidden Planet one Last Point)
by John Peterson 17 Jun '05

17 Jun '05

Forbidden Planet has always been high on my list of favorite SicFi films. A nice trivia point is that the "special effects" (i.e., the id monster) were done by Walt Disney and company. Once you know this, it becomes obvious the next time you see the film. I still get chills as those decade power meters start climbing and the giant safety door begins to get red hot. John R. Peterson

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Roads in Uintas
by Michael Carnes 16 Jun '05

16 Jun '05

Hi gang, I've got some friends coming out for a visit in a few days. I was thinking about driving up into the Uintas. As of a week or so ago, someone told me a lot of the roads were still blocked with snow. Does anyone know current status, or more importantly, is there a way I can find out without bugging people on the list? Michael

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