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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Barringer
by Kelly Ricks 15 Mar '13

15 Mar '13

Beautiful photo! Definitely submit it to EPOD. ~Kelly > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:03:33 -0700 (PDT) > From: Brent Watson <brentjwatson(a)yahoo.com> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Barringer > Message-ID: > <1363363413.57227.YahooMailNeo(a)web140902.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Found my photo. ?You can see it here: > > http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n534/brentjwatson/UpheavalDome.jpg > > > Maybe I'll submit it to epod. > > Brent >

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Finally clear in northern Ohio
by Kelly Ricks 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

So, FINALLY after SO many days of gray, things out here in Ohio cleared up and I was able to catch a glimpse of tiny PanSTARRS. When it looked like the weather might cooperate, the Oberlin Physics Dept. opened up their observatory (which, as it is located on a 4th floor balcony, offers a great view of the western horizon). A good group of undergraduates and astro-club members gathered just after sunset, and several of the department's binoculars were distributed among the crowd. There were some thin clouds hovering over the horizon, but the little comet shone in and out of them, eventually growing bright enough to see naked eye...though quite faintly. After the first sighting, those who found it shouted directions to other searchers, "See that little string of 4 kind of blotchy clouds? It's sort of over the second one from the left..." etc. It was a good time. ~Kelly

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Comet NoSHOW
by Chuck Hards 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

Clouds, again. Why am I not surprised? Another few nights of this, and there won't be anything worth looking at. The forecast isn't looking good, with a storm front moving over in the next 48-72 hours. At least I got to see a vaguely comet-like smudge and faint tail, a whopping degree long. No, not a good comet at all.

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Double Treat
by Joe Bauman 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

Agreed, Chuck. Social media helps yo keep me from turning antisocial. After all, I don't pretend to be a scientist and I couldn't be all business if I had to. Let the buddy chatter roll! ------------------------------ On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 8:56 AM MDT Chuck Hards wrote: >The buddy chatter is the only thing that keeps me here. ;-) > > >On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 10:28 AM, daniel turner <outwest112(a)yahoo.com>wrote: > >> This is the resource I use for current comet estimates. It's from data >> collected world wide. >> >> http://www.aerith.net/comet/weekly/current.html >> >> Also if you're into email discussion groups I can recommend 3 Yahoo groups >> that are very high quality. Focused, no flame wars, very little buddy >> chatter. >> >> >_______________________________________________ >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] Double Treat
by Joe Bauman 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

Same here. ------------------------------ On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 9:11 AM MDT Richard Tenney wrote: >Clouds were continuously too heavy to see anything down my way except the thin crescent of the moon shining through, darn it. > > > >________________________________ > From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> >To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> >Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 8:56 AM >Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Double Treat > >The buddy chatter is the only thing that keeps me here. ;-) > > >On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 10:28 AM, daniel turner <outwest112(a)yahoo.com>wrote: > >> This is the resource I use for current comet estimates. It's from data >> collected world wide. >> >> http://www.aerith.net/comet/weekly/current.html >> >> Also if you're into email discussion groups I can recommend 3 Yahoo groups >> that are very high quality. Focused, no flame wars, very little buddy >> chatter. >> >> >_______________________________________________ >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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Comet watching?
by Chrismo 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

I see the moon in my binoculars, but no comet. Anyone?

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Any luck? I see lots of facebook pics from everywhere else...
by Chrismo 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

But nothing here in the valley. Anyone else?

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PanSTARRS
by Chuck Hards 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

Seeing about a degree-long tail, through gaps in the citrus. From my back yard in Granger.

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Fox 13
by Joe Bauman 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

A fellow from Fox 13 dropped around my house to interview me about Pan-STARRS. It should be on tonight at 9 and possibly this afternoon at 5 also. Thanks, Joe

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Pan-STARRS / ISON tonight, 2013 MAR 14
by Patrick Wiggins 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

Pan-STARRS managed to stay hidden from viewers at SPOC this evening but could you believe the number of public that showed up? That had to be one of the biggest turnouts we've had at a SPOC event in a long time. And it was nice to see how happy the crowd seemed to be. Even if the comet was a no show the public seemed happy to see Jupiter and the Moon. And let's not forget Dave Bernson's magical mystery laser light tour of the skies that had large parts of the crowd enthralled. Yeah, we didn't see the comet tonight but it was still be very nice night. As for ISON, here's my latest stereo pair showing it looking like Pan-STARRS will probably be looking later this year as it near the north celestial pole: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/C_2012_S1.2013MAR14.JPG patrick

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