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ISON recovered, still lackluster
by Chuck Hards 14 Aug '13

14 Aug '13

One prediction states that it may not even break the naked-eye threshold. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/Comet-ISON-Recovered-and-Not-Looki…

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Comic
by D P Pierce 13 Aug '13

13 Aug '13

http://www.gocomics.com/theargylesweater Deloy

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THIS is the information we were missing!
by Josephine Grahn 13 Aug '13

13 Aug '13

http://xkcd.com/1249/ No wonder the shower didn't impress those of us looking up!

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Easily Distracted
by D P Pierce 13 Aug '13

13 Aug '13

Hi, I saw a coffee mug with "Easily distracted by bright objects" on it. That certainly applies to most of us! Deloy

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The Cave Tapes
by Chuck Hards 13 Aug '13

13 Aug '13

Tom Terleski, "Mr. Cave" from the Cloudy Nights forum, has posted the first of several hours worth of recorded interviews with the late Tom Cave. In this first installment, Cave talks about the early days of Cave Optical. http://www.cave-astrola.com/history/page29/index.html

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Patch Springs fire
by Chuck Hards 13 Aug '13

13 Aug '13

6300 acres and spreading, looks like it's reached the peak of the Stansbury mountains and may be moving down the other side toward Hickman. http://www.utahfireinfo.gov/ The plume is now moving ENE and is bisecting the SL valley at high altitude. I can smell smoke, but it's not as strong as one would expect. Patrick (or anyone else in or near Tooele or Grantsville), what's the situation over there? Looks pretty bleak from this side of the Oquirrhs. I'm wondering if this fire could actually make it to Grantsville... No sun viewing for me this afternoon.

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Perseids
by Patrick Wiggins 13 Aug '13

13 Aug '13

The International Meteor Organization showed a peak in activity yesterday followed by a sharp drop off. So sharp I thought we'd missed it. But I just checked again and they are showing that as of 0150 UT (about 4 hours ago) the zenith hourly rate had increased to about 50 per hour =/- 6. From here in Stansbury the smoke is clearly evident but happily thin enough that I'm able to spot Polaris naked eye. NWS is calling for the wind to shift to out of the SE tonight so hopefully by prime meteor observing time that will have happened and the smoke will go away. Fingers crossed, patrick

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SCTs
by Joe Bauman 12 Aug '13

12 Aug '13

Re. our discussion of the relative merits of different telescope configurations, the group may find this note enlightening. It was posted in the LX200GPS discussion group, of which I'm a member: -- Joe Hi all, I was looking at NASA's New Horizons spacecraft which is currently on the way to Pluto and found that it's major imager is a 10 inch SCT telescope with a F10 focal length and a 1024x1024 CCD camera. I doubt that it's Meade (couldn't find out) but for those of us with the 10inch LX200 I'm sure you can relate. Just thought it was interesting... Larry

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Perseids popping
by Patrick Wiggins 12 Aug '13

12 Aug '13

As of a few minutes ago the IMO is reporting Perseids at ZHR of 136 ±15. patrick

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Patch Springs Fire Photos from Sunday Night
by Joe Bauman 12 Aug '13

12 Aug '13

Thanks, Jay. ------------------------------ On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 3:46 PM MDT Jay Eads wrote: >Just in case some are interested here. Here are the shots I took both on >the way out and at the observing site. You can see the smoke cloud is >moving to the north and had no bearing on observing. Unless you waited for >Ursa Major to get down near the horizon and you wanted to observe M81/82, >M101 etc. Then the smoke would have interfered. Oh, forgot to mention. >Mizar and Alcor were an easy visual split last light. I'm also working on >a list that Brian Skill at Lowell keeps on visual naked eye observations. I >posted the list on my Google Docs and you need the link to see it. It is >here: > >Naked Eye Observing List > >https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bz7NMp82LdUbVHpxSkx6R1VBRzQ/edit?usp=sharing > > >I have seen M6, M7, M8, M11, M13, M15, M16, M17, M16, M17, M20, M24, M31, >M33, M35, M36, (I haven't tried for M37 or M38), M41, M42, M44, M45, M46, >M47, M48, M81 I am not sure 100% so I don't count it but others have seen >it; NGC 1499 California Nebula with a UHC or H-Beta filter held to the eye. >H-Beta was the better view for me; NGC 2244 Rosette Open Cluster, need the >UHC or OIII Filter to see the nebula naked eye; NGC 5139 Omega Cen.; NGC >869 & 884. That's enough for now. More to do. > >>From the Observing Site Patch Springs Fire Photo's > >http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f203/ArathornJax/2013-08-11202536_zps2ab6… > >http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f203/ArathornJax/2013-08-11202532_zpsdfb6… > >http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f203/ArathornJax/2013-08-11202523_zps2530… > >>From the Pony Express Marker at Faust > >http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f203/ArathornJax/2013-08-11195905_zpsdfd4… >_______________________________________________ >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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