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Impressive meteor over AZ
by Thomas Sevcik 12 Dec '13

12 Dec '13

Saw a clip this morning on HLN about an impressive meteor over Arizona on Tuesday. Interesting video and story about it on MSN today as well. While not associated with the Gemind meteor shower, it has gotten me excited about looking for meteors in the wee hours of the next two mornings. http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/1212/Arizona-meteor-Video-captures-br… Just a reminder, on January 1st there'll be a record-thin young crescent Moon. Looking at the U.S. Naval astronomical applications website, sunset occurs at 5:11 p.m. with civil twilight ending at 5:42 p.m. MST. Moonset occurs at 6:01 p.m. More info can be found on page 52 of Sky & Telescope's January issue. Tom Sevcik

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] SN (Was: The Big Freeze-9 December 2013)
by Joe Bauman 10 Dec '13

10 Dec '13

Yeah I had that happen to me with M-51 years ago. ------------------------------ On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 9:26 PM MST Wiggins Patrick wrote: >Yeah, I'm pretty much guaranteed a job for life. > >It is a bit frustrating to know that light from multiple supernovae are on their way from every one of those galaxies. I just have to hope I'm imaging when it arrives. > >Which reminds me of my "one that got away" story. In summer 2012 I'd been running my search program a few nights in a row but then came my monthly lecture at Bryce Canyon so no searching that night. As is my habit I drove home right after the talk and when I got home I found an email indicating that someone had found a bright SN in one of the galaxies I'd been working that week (M-33, IIRC). Ugh! > >And to make matters worse I exchanged emails with the discoverer and found that he'd found it much later in the night than I would have imaged it had I only been home. > >Oh well, maybe I'll get one tomorrow. :) > >patrick > > >On 10 Dec 2013, at 11:03, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Ah but are they still supernova-free? Better look again! >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 6:32 AM MST Wiggins Patrick wrote: >> >> Well, there's one handy thing about these cold temps. I run my camera at -10 year round. In July and August it sometimes has problems cooling down that far. But tonight I didn't even need to turn the cooling circuit on as ambient has been between around -14 all night. >> >> Sure is a dry cold too. I've been open for a bit shy of 11 hours tonight and there no frost on the scope. >> >> patrick >> >> p.s. I can certify at least 320 galaxies to be supernova free tonight... > >_______________________________________________ >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 > >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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Re: [Utah-astronomy] The Big Freeze-9 December 2013
by Joe Bauman 10 Dec '13

10 Dec '13

Ah but are they still supernova-free? Better look again! ------------------------------ On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 6:32 AM MST Wiggins Patrick wrote: >Well, there's one handy thing about these cold temps. I run my camera at -10 year round. In July and August it sometimes has problems cooling down that far. But tonight I didn't even need to turn the cooling circuit on as ambient has been between around -14 all night. > >Sure is a dry cold too. I've been open for a bit shy of 11 hours tonight and there no frost on the scope. > >patrick > >p.s. I can certify at least 320 galaxies to be supernova free tonight... > > >On 09 Dec 2013, at 11:34, Dave Gary <davegary(a)me.com> wrote: > >> Some snow pictures (can’t really say it’s winter) from St. George. I had to clear out the driveway observatory with a flat-head shovel. That was a real treat. I guess when area businesses get in another batch of snow shovels I’d better buy one. I was sure missing the snow thrower I used to have when I lived in Salt Lake City. It’s 11:26 MST (18:26 UTC for Patrick and Joe) and it’s 14°F (-10°C for Patrick and Joe) at my house. >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/78046474@N06/sets/72157638513931966/ >> >> >> Dave > >_______________________________________________ >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 > >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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Abandoned observatories
by Wiggins Patrick 10 Dec '13

10 Dec '13

This showed up on the Minor Planet Mailing List. Some of the pictures are hard really sad. http://io9.com/abandoned-space-observatories-are-monuments-to-science-14795… patrick

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The Big Freeze-9 December 2013
by Dave Gary 10 Dec '13

10 Dec '13

Some snow pictures (can’t really say it’s winter) from St. George. I had to clear out the driveway observatory with a flat-head shovel. That was a real treat. I guess when area businesses get in another batch of snow shovels I’d better buy one. I was sure missing the snow thrower I used to have when I lived in Salt Lake City. It’s 11:26 MST (18:26 UTC for Patrick and Joe) and it’s 14°F (-10°C for Patrick and Joe) at my house. http://www.flickr.com/photos/78046474@N06/sets/72157638513931966/ Dave

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10 year old discovers Supernova in Draco
by Jay Eads 10 Dec '13

10 Dec '13

Both articles from Universe Today but I think this is AWESOME that a 10 year old discovers a SN! http://www.universetoday.com/105963/10-year-old-boy-discovers-a-600-million… Not only did this 10 year old (you may know his older sister who was the youngest person to discover a SN until her brother did it, Kathryn Gray) but it is designated as a Type II pec (peculiar) and more like SN 1998s. Here is that link. http://www.universetoday.com/107085/young-boys-discovery-confirmed-as-a-pec…

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landing on a comet
by daniel turner 10 Dec '13

10 Dec '13

OK so we have at least 11 months to learn how to pronounce this thing. http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/12/10/esa-sets-date-for-1st-comet-landi… DT

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Landing on a comet
by daniel turner 10 Dec '13

10 Dec '13

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Goldstone seeking data (correction)
by Wiggins Patrick 09 Dec '13

09 Dec '13

Augh! Thanks for catching that John. Yes, I should have said subtract 7 hours now that we're off Daylight Silly Time. And so we see a great example of why I don't like to post conversions. Henceforth I'm going to leave conversions up to the reader (and to missionaries... <g> ) patrick On 09 Dec 2013, at 17:35, JMosley <jmosley2(a)mac.com> wrote: > Hi Patrick > > Is that 6 hours to MST, or 7? > > This is a good site: http://www.timebie.com > > - John > > > On Dec 9, 2013, at 4:28 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw(a)getbeehive.net> wrote: > >> Date UT* R.A. (J2000) Decl. V "/min Alt >> 2013 12 10 020000 04 29 26.0 +10 37 07 15.3 48.09 +22 >> 2013 12 10 030000 04 32 42.9 +10 42 57 15.2 49.35 +32 >> 2013 12 10 040000 04 36 05.3 +10 48 48 15.1 50.78 +42 >> 2013 12 10 050000 04 39 34.0 +10 54 39 15.1 52.43 +51 >> 2013 12 10 060000 04 43 10.2 +11 00 26 15.0 54.34 +58 >> 2013 12 10 070000 04 46 54.9 +11 06 06 14.9 56.55 +61 >> 2013 12 10 080000 04 50 49.4 +11 11 40 14.9 59.08 +58 >> 2013 12 10 090000 04 54 55.1 +11 17 04 14.8 61.96 +52 >> 2013 12 10 100000 04 59 13.4 +11 22 17 14.8 65.17 +43 >> 2013 12 10 110000 05 03 45.7 +11 27 20 14.7 68.70 +33 >> >> *Subtract 6 hours to covert to MST

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Goldstone seeking data
by Wiggins Patrick 09 Dec '13

09 Dec '13

A NEO called 2013 XY8 is closing on Earth and the folks at Goldstone are asking for amateurs to get astrometry on it tonight so they'll know more precisely where it is when they try to hit it with radar. It's to be well placed for we in Utah tonight and pretty bright at magnitude 15ish. Note the speed across the sky increasing tonight from 45 arc seconds per minute to nearly 70 so short exposures will probably be needed to keep the target from trailing. If anyone on the list gets some good images tonight please let me know and I'll help with measuring and submitting. Here is a cut and paste from the Minor Planet Ephemeris Service showing hourly positions as calculated for my observatory. For more precise ephemerides for other locations go to http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/MPEph/MPEph.html and enter "2013 XY8" in the object box and your long/lat/alt where indicated. Date UT* R.A. (J2000) Decl. V "/min Alt 2013 12 10 020000 04 29 26.0 +10 37 07 15.3 48.09 +22 2013 12 10 030000 04 32 42.9 +10 42 57 15.2 49.35 +32 2013 12 10 040000 04 36 05.3 +10 48 48 15.1 50.78 +42 2013 12 10 050000 04 39 34.0 +10 54 39 15.1 52.43 +51 2013 12 10 060000 04 43 10.2 +11 00 26 15.0 54.34 +58 2013 12 10 070000 04 46 54.9 +11 06 06 14.9 56.55 +61 2013 12 10 080000 04 50 49.4 +11 11 40 14.9 59.08 +58 2013 12 10 090000 04 54 55.1 +11 17 04 14.8 61.96 +52 2013 12 10 100000 04 59 13.4 +11 22 17 14.8 65.17 +43 2013 12 10 110000 05 03 45.7 +11 27 20 14.7 68.70 +33 *Subtract 6 hours to covert to MST

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