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Awesome Skies at Capitol Reef last night 7-27-19
by Sue Ellen Ebertz 28 Jul '19

28 Jul '19

Hi All, Just want to say that the skies were TOTALLY clear last night at Capitol Reef. And perhaps since we went down to celebrate my birthday a week and a half early, I was gratefully amazed by being able to find 7 objects (or more) in a row, when the past few years I struggled with finding anything!!! So I saw where it was on the map (S & T JUMBO Pocket Atlas and Turn Left at Orion) and bing bang bo.....I pushed manually to each one! It was a great celebration, and our air-conditioning in the truck broke on the way down, so you know coming back was something! Glad my border collie is alright! 8" Dob with 14 or 15 mm Plossl. M13, M12, M15, ducks nebula, lagoon nebula, Pinwheel(have to check more on whether we found it or not, lol) M54, Andromeda Galaxy, and something I drew and not sure what it was yet....gorgeous very bright open cluster. Just wanted to share excitement and happiness. Oh yes, and meteor showers:) All the best, Shoshana

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Local PST for sale
by Chuck Hards 24 Jul '19

24 Jul '19

Saw this on KSL, I am not affiliated with the seller. Good deal. https://classifieds.ksl.com/listing/56824733

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AAS to Acquire S&T
by Chuck Hards 09 Jul '19

09 Jul '19

The American Astronomical Society was the successful high bidder and is the new owner of S&T. This is very good news. https://aas.org/posts/news/2019/06/aas-acquires-sky-telescope

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C8 visual back?
by Chuck Hards 02 Jul '19

02 Jul '19

Does anyone have a spare visual back for a Celestron C8 that they would be willing to part with? I'm meeting Tim Parker in central Utah tomorrow, he forgot to bring his visual back with him from Los Angeles. I'm willing to pay for the visual back, Tim will reimburse me. I can pick it up this evening if you are anywhere in the Salt Lake area. Tim is the geologist assigned to the Mars Curiosity rover at JPL, some of you recall that he spoke at a SLAS meeting a couple of years ago. Thanks! Chuck

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Utahn to help with ambitious Titan probe
by Joe Bauman 28 Jun '19

28 Jun '19

Hi Friends, You might be interested in learning about a local connection to the amazing "Dragonfly" expedition to Titan that NASA announced yesterday. Thanks, Joe https://the-nightly-news.com/blog/looking-for-life

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Clouds 6-24 before sunset
by Sue Ellen Ebertz 26 Jun '19

26 Jun '19

Thanks, Chuck I saw them again yesterday evening, but not this morning. Working on photos. Thanks for thoughts on coronal hole. When we were in your parking lot we were looking at a hole. Did I use the wrong term? Best, Shoshana

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Photos of Noctilucent clouds over SLC coming
by Sue Ellen Ebertz 25 Jun '19

25 Jun '19

Hi Chuck Hi Chuck We are packing for Bryce, so I’ll work on editing the photos, and then put them up on my photography portfolio site with a link just to the cloud photos. Should be hopefully finished before we leave tomorrow am. Thanks for your offer!! Question re: solar viewing If the coronal hole (southern central location) isn’t visible on my small solar scope is that b/c it is facing earth? I couldn’t make it out yesterday. Thanks Best, Shoshana BTW Space Weather has a gallery of N. cloud photos from all over the world. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Unfortunately the list doesn't support attachments and pics. But you were looking at the same display, Shoshana. It would have been in the same location for Joe. Ron, probably more overhead to due west from your location.

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 196, Issue 4
by RON VANDERHULE 25 Jun '19

25 Jun '19

I have been watching in the late evenings for the last week. Are they a morning phenomena also? What time and direction did you observe this? ________________________________ From: Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy-bounces+deepsky100=msn.com(a)mailman.xmission.com> on behalf of utah-astronomy-request(a)mailman.xmission.com <utah-astronomy-request(a)mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2019 12:00:07 PM To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 196, Issue 4 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. Noctilucent clouds over SLC (Chuck Hards) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 11:28:20 -0600 From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Noctilucent clouds over SLC Message-ID: <CAHmuOYo=8o2G0rw8WNJttDN8_u7hCP8Lu7Dw2z+7RjXyroyu6Q(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Did anyone else notice the electric blue noctilucent clouds over SLC very early this morning? They are uncommon, here's a recent story from the S&T website about them: https://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/noctilucent-clouds-3/ I'm going to see if they come back tomorrow morning, this is only about the third time I've seen them in my life, and the first time over the Salt Lake Valley. If I had been more awake, I would have tried for pics. ------------------------------ 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 196, Issue 4 **********************************************

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Noctilucent Clouds
by Sue Ellen Ebertz 25 Jun '19

25 Jun '19

Yes, Chuck, I saw them! I happened to be up all night. Noticed them walking past the pantry window. I thought, "Could it be? Could it really be THEM?" I figured I would act like they were THEM and grabbed my cell and rushed out and took as many photos as I could. They were in RAW format so I'll edit and color balance and submit. What an experience! I had been watching and reading about them on Space Weather. What great opportunity....first time in my life seeing them 'live'. Best, Shoshana

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Noctilucent clouds over SLC
by Chuck Hards 24 Jun '19

24 Jun '19

Did anyone else notice the electric blue noctilucent clouds over SLC very early this morning? They are uncommon, here's a recent story from the S&T website about them: https://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/noctilucent-clouds-3/ I'm going to see if they come back tomorrow morning, this is only about the third time I've seen them in my life, and the first time over the Salt Lake Valley. If I had been more awake, I would have tried for pics.

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