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2-Meter Mike
by Jay Eads 21 Oct '13

21 Oct '13

I would recommend gathering a series of questions from locals and people nationally perhaps over at Cloudy Nights, then film a Q&A with Mike and put it on YouTube publically for all to watch who have an interest. Easy to do and let me know if Mike would be interested and if anyone is interested in helping putting it together. It would be cool say to set up next Saturday afternoon a Q&A and then at the end as night falls, have observing at the scope for those who don't mind climbing a ladder.

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ISON this morning
by Wiggins Patrick 20 Oct '13

20 Oct '13

I was finally able to image ISON this morning. But between my roof and the neighbor's tree I could only get partial aperture. Glaring Moon and haze did not help, really washing it out. But what I did get shows it is sporting a nice tail. Certainly better than most comets. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/ison2013oct19.JPG FOV is 18 x 26 arc minutes. patrick

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10/19/13 SLAS Sun Party
by Bruce Hugo 20 Oct '13

20 Oct '13

I took a couple photos of the Sun Party Saturday. They are located here. http://www.flickr.com/photos/22238456@N04/ Had a good turn out! Bruce

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] 2-Meter Mike
by Bruce Hugo 20 Oct '13

20 Oct '13

How cool! Thanks for posting the link! Bruce

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My Kind of Periodic Table
by Dave Gary 20 Oct '13

20 Oct '13

I asked Chuck about a week ago if he had an old periodic table lying around that he could lend to me. He found this one in a box in the basement and said I could have it. Told me he was using the “updated” version and no longer needed this one. So simple to use, too. http://www.flickr.com/photos/78046474@N06/10367797084/lightbox/

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My Kind of Periodic Table
by jcarman6＠q.com 19 Oct '13

19 Oct '13

lol I suspect some Utah schools still use it, especially in Hilldale.

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ISS pass across the sun
by Joe Bauman 19 Oct '13

19 Oct '13

Hi all, this is a set of pics showing my view of the ISS passing across the face of the sun. I took it yesterday at North Canyon Park, when Kurt, Siegfried, George and Brent were also observing the passage. The first view is Kurt's estimate of where he saw the crossing, his diagram overlying a view of the sun provided by CalSky for that time and location. The next is my overview image, cropped and rotated so that the sunspots are oriented the same as in the view Kurt provided. The third is a blow-up of the ISS portion of my photo. Adding to the proof, no sunspot shows up at that place in the SOHO image of the sun at that time, and that spot doesn't show up in any of my other views taken at the time. Best wishes, Joe First image: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=5737 Second: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=5740 Third: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=5743

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Star party at Tintic HS in Eureka on evening of 24th
by John M. Craig 19 Oct '13

19 Oct '13

Hi Folks, I've arranged with Greg Thornock (science teacher in Eureka) to take some telescopes to Tintic High School in Eureka for a star party on the evening of the 24th (so far the weather forecasts look promising). I know it's a long way for many of you in SL County, but if anyone else would care to come, I'd be delighted to have you. Greg expressed some particular interest in galaxies and we should have easy views of M31 and M33--beyond that, come along and show off your favorite October objects! At this point, I'm planning to take my 4" refractor. I might have my 10" RC Cass, that I'm in the process of assembling, ready for an inaugural substantial observing session, but I'm not counting on having the time to finish it up between now and then. Depending upon whether others would like to join me or not, I may try to take my 6" f/8 reflector and its piece-of-junk mount just to have another eyepiece. If some of you will join me, I will leave the 6" at home and *might* have room for another person and some gear in my minivan (we'd have to try a test load before the trip unless your gear if very compact). I'm in central Orem and could drive north a bit to pick someone up, if that would help. My plan is to arrive some time between 6:30 & 7 pm (I expect it'll take an hour to drive there). We (see, I'm hopeful others will come) will be setting up near the school (exactly where TBD that evening--no prior experience to fall back on as far as best places to avoid glare). Greg reports that the sky is dark there (no surprise) so we'll just see what the situation is when we get there. The school is at 55 E Main (US highway 6) and looks to be very easy to find. If you'd like to join me, please let me know by contacting me off the list and we can coordinate. (Weather looks great for observing this evening and I might not have to work till 10 pm!) John

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] ISON this morning
by Joe Bauman 19 Oct '13

19 Oct '13

NICE! ------------------------------ On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 6:28 AM MDT Wiggins Patrick wrote: >I was finally able to image ISON this morning. But between my roof and the neighbor's tree I could only get partial aperture. Glaring Moon and haze did not help, really washing it out. > >But what I did get shows it is sporting a nice tail. Certainly better than most comets. > >http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/ison2013oct19.JPG > >FOV is 18 x 26 arc minutes. > >patrick >_______________________________________________ >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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60 Minutes piece on the Cheyabinsk impact
by Wiggins Patrick 19 Oct '13

19 Oct '13

60 Minutes story on the Cheyabinsk impact: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50156579n patrick

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