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Re: [Utah-astronomy] ISS to cross the Sun
by Joe Bauman 17 Oct '13

17 Oct '13

Is it still going to be visible from SPOC? Cory and I want to give it a try. Is anyone planning to get together for it? Thanks, Joe ------------------------------ On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 6:19 PM MDT Brent Watson wrote: >Has the path shifted to the south? The way I see it, Calsky now says the transit will cross over downtown Salt Lake City, a few miles south of Bountiful. What is the latest you have, Patrick? > > > >On Wednesday, October 16, 2013 7:49 AM, Brent Watson <brentjwatson(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >Wow! The path centerline is only a few hundred feet from my house! Gotta watch this. > > >From: Wiggins Patrick <paw(a)getbeehive.net> >To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> >Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 1:12 AM >Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] ISS to cross the Sun > > >Hi Brent and Siegfried (and anyone else interested), > >I'm not sure if I'll be home Friday afternoon but if I am I'll try to image it from my place which is about 1 km off the centerline but CalSky says the path is a bit over 14 km wide so I should be ok there. Of bigger concern for me is that the Sun will only be about 19 degrees above the horizon which could be too low for my observatory. > >Here's is a map showing the centerline and some other details for the Bountiful area: > >http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/iss2013oct18.jpg > >Note that the time has changed .73s since Monday's prediction (16h52m43.57s to 16h52m44.30s for my place) so I'm guessing it may change a bit more by Friday. > >Good luck, > >patrick > >On 15 Oct 2013, at 19:44, Brent Watson wrote: > >> Do you have a map of the path? I may attempt to see it. >> >> Thanks, >> Brent > > > >On 15 Oct 2013, at 09:23, Siegfried Jachmann wrote: > >> Is that the center line? Are you setting up for it? >> >> On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 8:33 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw(a)getbeehive.net> wrote: >> >> I just received a message from CalSky indicating ISS will transit the Sun >> this coming Friday at 16h52m43s MDT as seen from along a line stretching >> from here at SPOC, across the north end of Salt Lake International and on >> into the south end of Bountiful. >> >> Duration is predicted to be only 2.91s so don't blink. >> >> 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". >_______________________________________________ >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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Laws of Physics anyone?
by Erik Hansen 17 Oct '13

17 Oct '13

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-boslough/global-warming-is-as-unde_b_409… Yes, there is the Uncertianity Principle.

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LATEST NEWS ON COMENT ISOM FROM FERRIN
by jcarman6＠q.com 17 Oct '13

17 Oct '13

It's not surprising that ISON is not living up to expectations. What is surprising is that it is failing so spect act ularly . Now it is being suggested it isn't even going to be naked eye. ISON is supposed to be a first timer, and they usually perform better (i.e, more tail, more coma, etc). The studies suggest it is much more dust than ice. Do astronomers need to re-evaluate the comet models? On the other hand, the predicted meteor shower in January (as the earth passes through the debris field of Coment ISON might be worth seeing!!!

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I saw Comet ISON 2013
by Dion Davidson 17 Oct '13

17 Oct '13

I saw it! Perfect morning for it. I used Stellarium to help me find it. I saw very faint nebulosity at 69x right where it should have been (Meade 10" SCT 36mm 2" eyepiece). So I put my Nikon DSLR (D7000) on the telescope and got a few images. None of which are very compelling. Here's one: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/O8oNarfyfZAixnUpw_Rbft6uuN3FAlh2ZQMTG… (single image, 15 seconds, ISO 12,800, adjusted RAW image in Lightroom) If you use your imagination you can just make out the ghostly greenness just right of center. I'm going to try and stack a few to see what happens. What surprised me is how long the tail appeared. There is a little asterism of three stars above 37 Leo that pointed the way to ISON this morning. See this stellarium screen shot: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/9qLi_U5b7ynEFkr87kEJc96uuN3FAlh2ZQMTG… I think I need a t-shirt: "I saw comet ISON 2013" Dion

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Calvin and Hobbs
by Bruce Hugo 17 Oct '13

17 Oct '13

Calvin has it right... http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2013/10/17 Hehheeeee! Bruce

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Russian Meteor Update
by jcarman6＠q.com 16 Oct '13

16 Oct '13

They found it!! Well- part/most of it - a 1200 pound hunk of meteor rock at the bottom of the lake. They hauled it up and its on land now. 1600 injur ed, severe damage to some buildings. The explosion overshadowed the Hiroshima bomb for effective power.

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More from that Russian meteorite
by Chrismo 16 Oct '13

16 Oct '13

Just caught this a few minutes ago, good read... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24550941

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Comet Ison sighting?
by Enid Norton 16 Oct '13

16 Oct '13

so I was up early this morning with binoculars and saw something on the north side of Mars. blurry and elongated could this have been Ison or a fluke of vision?

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Newly released video of Baumgartner's freefall
by Wiggins Patrick 16 Oct '13

16 Oct '13

And here I was feeling pretty pleased at making it to 194 on a jump this past weekend... I've got a long way to go to match Fearless Felix's speed. :) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2460772 Video resolution isn't that great. If anyone finds a better copy please post it here. patrick

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New Image from Nocturne Observatory - NGC7331 Galaxy
by Tyler Allred 15 Oct '13

15 Oct '13

Hi All, I have been very busy lately and have had very little time for imaging, but I got one good evening last week and got some decent results. I targeted NGC7331, part of the Deer Lick Group of galaxies. Here is a link: <http://www.allred-astro.com/viewer.php?id=140&cat=1&sub=104> http://www.allred-astro.com//viewer.php?id=140&cat=1&sub=104 Be sure to click the images a few times to get to the full version. There are loads of galaxies scattered around the image. Enjoy! Cheers, Tyler

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