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Beautiful green bolide Friday night, 11:29 pm.
by Richard Tenney 07 Jun '04

07 Jun '04

I witnessed a spectacular, bright (~mag -2?) green bolide Friday night at 11:29. It was traveling West out of Virgo, and really lit up the sky. I actually wasn't sure it was real, thinking in fact that it might be local fireworks (because of the distinct green color and how it faded) until my Sister in law that lives up in Heber confirmed yesterday that she saw it too. Anyone else on the list happen to be out at that time? Seems there has been a fair amount of meteor activity lately; my wife and I saw another fairly bright (~mag 0) meteor last night heading South-West out of Ursa Major about 10 pm or so. Rich __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/

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Green lasers for $50
by Patrick Wiggins 06 Jun '04

06 Jun '04

I just heard from OAS's Kay Hargis (n7kh(a)juno.com) that they can get green lasers for as little as $50 each if they buy enough of them all at once. If interested please contact Kay. Patrick

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Inexpensive binos
by Chuck Hards 05 Jun '04

05 Jun '04

Meade 12x50mm Stock #FX4X1-82959 Reg. $29.97 >> Now $24.97 << MSRP $80.00 Shipping extra FOV: 261'@ 1000 yds 11.5mm eye relief 27-1/2 oz. www.sportsmansguide.com 1-800-888-3006 order line 24/7 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/

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Fwd: Request assistance
by Richard Tenney 04 Jun '04

04 Jun '04

Let's try this again; somehow the message didn't get attached. Here it is: =============================== Hi, I'll be travelling to southern Utah (Bryce Canyon, Zion) in early August. I'm interested in renting a telescope when I get to Utah. I was wondering if you or anyone in your club might know where I might be able to do so. If you know of any other astronomy experiences to be had in the area I would like to hear about them. We live in North Carolina and I am looking forward to a real night sky; something that is scarce on the east coast. Thanks, R.Frachtling Chapel Hill, NC Note: forwarded message attached. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/

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here's the return address...
by Richard Tenney 04 Jun '04

04 Jun '04

Sorry for the multiple mails folks; seems either Yahoo or the mail list is being weird about this guy's message getting forwarded (I need to check the settings). Anyway, if you want to respond to him/her, here's the return address: rfrachtling(a)pol.net Thanks and sorry about this hassle, Rich __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/

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Fwd: Request assistance (this is not spam from Nigeria!)
by Richard Tenney 04 Jun '04

04 Jun '04

Anyone (especially folks down south like Debbie) want to show this guy some Utah hospitality? Rich Note: forwarded message attached. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] Daytime meteor trains
by Lambert, Aaron 03 Jun '04

03 Jun '04

It could have been an iridium flare. At www.heavens-above.com you can get predictions, etc for satellites and flares. I do not know if you can look at history, but it may be worth a try. Aaron > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Ratkowski [mailto:ratkwski@hawaii.rr.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 3:05 PM > To: Utah Astronomy > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Daytime meteor trains > > > Chuck > > Strange things happening in Utah also, good. I was shooting a > wedding Saturday and about an hr or so after sunset, I was looking at > the Big Dipper and Polaris when a bright starlike flash (mag -2 to > -4) appeared about 5 degrees away in the 2 o'clock position. At > first I thought it was a plane, but that was the only flash, no > plane, anyone hear of that flash on Saturday?? > > > Aloha > Rob > > www.RobRatkowski.com >

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Daytime meteor trains
by Chuck Hards 03 Jun '04

03 Jun '04

Has anyone ever seen a daylight meteor train? I have seen daylight meteors several times, but never one that left a visible train (in the daylight, that is) until yesterday. What I saw was a "streak" of what appeared to be contrail, except it was only about 10-degrees long. It looked just like a cosmic artist drew a quick "slash" of contrail. No bright light from the meteor itself, just the train, then it drifted and dissipated over the next 20 minutes. Looked just like a white, daytime version of what some of us have seen at night many times. Anyone else? C. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/

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NASA on Direct TV Round Dish
by Mark 02 Jun '04

02 Jun '04

For those of you with the old round single LNB Direct TV setup, like me, I wanted to pass along that they have moved NASA TV channel to the main or original satellite. And it is now on channel 376. Apparently they are moving some things around waking a new satellite up that was launched recently. Enjoy! -- 73! Ku7z, Mark in DN41 "Amateur radio operators do it with frequency. Ham radio operators do it till their GigaHertz."

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] Daytime meteor trains
by Michael Carnes 02 Jun '04

02 Jun '04

That must have been one bright meteor if you could see a trail in broad daylight. Got any means of estimating magnitude during the day? Michael -------------------------------------- In my case, I didn't see a flash of light, it was mid-afternoon. All I saw was a short contrail magically appear, much faster than a jet could have left it. Like a streak in a cloud chamber magnified millions of times.

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