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Shadow of Contrail Near Whispering Pines Lodge Near Moab Utah
by jcarman6＠q.com 30 Jul '13

30 Jul '13

Glad to know I'm not blind - yet. Hope you have a chance to post those images, would love to see it. Sounds like it would be very difficult to get a photo of, no matter what the equipment. Also particularly glad to know it wasn't an after effect of the evening's events - which you confessed too lol.

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Cosmos Rebooted
by jcarman6＠q.com 30 Jul '13

30 Jul '13

Will look for James Burke Connections. I very much enjoy programs like that. Making history come alive. While on the subject of PBS series - "Mechanical Universe." It was a series of college lectures, probably a physics class, definitely not Astronomy 101. Don't know how many episodes, perhaps 13 or so. H ave only a few on them onVHS tape (and yes I still have a system that will show it. Its a system that plays both VHS and CDs. Pat on the back for me when I bought it :))

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Shadow of Contrail from Whispering Pines Oak Lodge near Moab
by jcarman6＠q.com 30 Jul '13

30 Jul '13

I don't see a shadow on the ground. The contrail was sun lit from the right side of the photo so any shadow should show to the left of the image. The left side of the contrail is dark because the sun light is coming from the right in the image. The lower part of the contrail is all dark, probably because of mountains, clouds or something blocking the sun light. Nevertheless, a great picture of the contrail.

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Perseid watch?
by Chuck Hards 30 Jul '13

30 Jul '13

Is there any interest in a Persied watch from SPOC on the night of the 11th/morning of the 12th? SPOC is dark enough to catch most of the dim ones, it's close to home for many of us, and the trump card is- there's a bathroom. If I can get the 12th off work, I may go for this. Bring a scope to putter around with once-in-a-while, or maybe reserve one of the observatory scopes if available. The moon will set before the radiant rises, so conditions will be ideal if the weather cooperates. If there were several of us, we could breakfast at Denny's or someplace afterwards.

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Shadow of Contrail From Whispering Oaks Lodge-Near Moab, Utah
by Dave Gary 30 Jul '13

30 Jul '13

Have any of you seen this effect before. This is a photo of the shadow of a contrail you could see from the porch of Whispering Oaks Lodge near Moab, Utah on the morning of July 27th. The shadow of the contrail was very prominent. I’ve never seen this effect before and thought it was very interesting. The shadow lasted about 20 minutes and became wider and more turbulent-looking as the contrail broke up. http://www.flickr.com/photos/78046474@N06/9396674461/

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet ISON already a dud?
by Joe Bauman 30 Jul '13

30 Jul '13

Which is why I refuse to get excited about comets until they actually put on a good display. -- Joe ------------------------------ On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 9:22 PM MDT Thomas Sevcik wrote: >Just saw this minutes ago. It doesn't look good for Comet ISON to be the, "Comet of the Century." Hopefully some surprisingly "good" news will come out soon! >http://www.nbcnews.com/science/comet-century-already-may-have-fizzled-6C107… >Tom Sevcik >_______________________________________________ >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] Cosmos re-booted.
by Ed 30 Jul '13

30 Jul '13

Speaking of PBS series: Does anyone remember James Burke's documentary series "Connections" back in 1979 or either of the two sequel series in 1994 and 1997? In each of those shows he documented a thread connecting seemingly unrelated events and DIYers of the day that lead to an important discovery, invention or development of modern times. What has this to do with astronomy? Those early amateur (and only) astronomers were involved in such connections both before and as they became famous for their particular contribution to the understanding of the universe. Wikipedia has a complete treatise on the series and the 40 episodes that were eventually produced under the article title "Connections." I do not know if all the shows are available for viewing on the internet, but many are. James Burke gave a fascinating, standing-room-only lecture in the new Salt Lake City Library some years back that I was lucky enough to attend. Did any of you catch his lecture? I hated all the dull history in high school, but Mr. Burke makes it come alive by putting it together in a fascinating way. And touche' Chrismo, Kodak does indeed still make and sell fine digital cameras. Ed

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Comet ISON already a dud?
by Thomas Sevcik 29 Jul '13

29 Jul '13

Just saw this minutes ago. It doesn't look good for Comet ISON to be the, "Comet of the Century." Hopefully some surprisingly "good" news will come out soon! http://www.nbcnews.com/science/comet-century-already-may-have-fizzled-6C107… Tom Sevcik

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Cosmos re-booted.
by Ed 29 Jul '13

29 Jul '13

Jo, In case you haven't already, I found them by searching YouTube for James Burke Connections. Ed ------------------------ On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 20:06:12 -0600 [08:06:12 PM MDT] Josephine Grahn <jograhn(a)gmail.com> wrote: That series was one of the best I have ever seen! I would love to see it again.... Jo

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Utah Star Party
by Jay Eads 29 Jul '13

29 Jul '13

Sorry, I sent out the link I use to login. Here is the link for the Utah Star Party. It is under the More Tab. Thanks, Jay http://darkskyastronomyinutah.webs.com/

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