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Very Local Gamma Ray Bursts
by Ed 17 Dec '12

17 Dec '12

An interesting NASA video on lightning made gamma ray bursts: http://txchnologist.com/post/37400438242/nasa-sees-powerful-radio-bursts-co… Ed Stimpson

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Geminids
by Wiggins Patrick 16 Dec '12

16 Dec '12

I'm reading reports from all over of great Geminid displays. But here we have clouds. I did spot a nice one through clouds half hour ago. Must have been great sans clouds. patrick

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Why the World Didn't End Yesterday
by Wiggins Patrick 16 Dec '12

16 Dec '12

NASA is so sure the world won't come to an end on Dec. 21, 2012, they have already released this news item for the day after. http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/14dec_yesterday/ patrick

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 118, Issue 42
by Kelly Ricks 15 Dec '12

15 Dec '12

Ooo! I concur. Quite an impressive photo. That it has so many different elements (the trees, clouds, stars), almost suggests a narrative...the one that got through! great work! ~Kelly > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:05:18 -0700 > From: Wiggins Patrick <paw(a)wirelessbeehive.com> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Geminids > Message-ID: <AD86D9D9-3601-4500-B6F9-6282282CDB26(a)wirelessbeehive.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > -------- Original message -------- > > From: Dion Davidson <diondavidson(a)yahoo.com> > > Date: > > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Geminids > > > > I got one! The clouds discouraged me - I saw three beauties with my eyes > but packed it in around midnight when the clouds rolled in. I let the > camera keep vigil for a few more hours and it caught a nice Geminid through > the clouds: > > > > http://goo.gl/o3LOz > > Dion, what's say you submit that one to EPOD? > > Very nice. > > patrick > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php > > End of Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 118, Issue 42 > *********************************************** >

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Geminids
by Michael Wells 14 Dec '12

14 Dec '12

Wow, that's gorgeous. I really need to get a DSLR. Great shot. -------- Original message -------- From: Dion Davidson <diondavidson(a)yahoo.com> Date: To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Geminids I got one! The clouds discouraged me - I saw three beauties with my eyes but packed it in around midnight when the clouds rolled in. I let the camera keep vigil for a few more hours and it caught a nice Geminid through the clouds: http://goo.gl/o3LOz I'm glad I got at least one on the camera. Here is the 1-minute timelapse video covering the 2-hours the camera was keeping watch. Too bad the timer stopped when it did - it was starting to clear up! http://youtu.be/ZpK2VVt84pI Dion ________________________________ From: Wiggins Patrick <paw(a)wirelessbeehive.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 10:20 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Geminids I'm reading reports from all over of great Geminid displays. But here we have clouds. I did spot a nice one through clouds half hour ago. Must have been great sans clouds. 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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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Meteor - and other showers
by Kelly Ricks 14 Dec '12

14 Dec '12

While we're on the subject, here's a meteor drawing done by an astronomical artist whom I've recently become interested in. Trouvelot meteors<http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&stru…> It's a relatively well known image...maybe most of you are familiar with it. Reading accounts from those of you who've seen meteors "skipping" across the sky brought it to mind, as a few of the meteors he depicts are following some...unorthodox paths. Etienne Leopold Trouvelot is best known as the man who mistakenly introduced the gypsy moth to North America, but on a more positive note, his artistic abilities led to commissions by top institutions where he was given the opportunity to sit at their telescopes night after night and sketch. It's interesting and beautiful work: detailed and expressive...if occasionally a little inaccurate. Trouvelot: more drawings<http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?keyword=tr…> Enjoy the eye candy! ~Kelly

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Geminids
by Tyler Allred 14 Dec '12

14 Dec '12

Excellent shower here in Tremonton! Skies were clear and dark for the last hour. I saw a more or less steady display with occasional bursts of several at a time. Most were brief flashes, but many were very bright with great trails. One that was low in the southeast appeared to be a skipper. This last hour may be the best shower I have seen in my lifetime... certainly in the top few. Tyler Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID Kim Hyatt <kimharch(a)cut.net> wrote: >Just checked the sky here in Tropic - 100 percent cloud cover, with the >usual light "pollution" from Tropic and Ruby's Inn visible. Nothing to do >now but go to bed. > >Kim > >-----Original Message----- >From: utah-astronomy-bounces(a)mailman.xmission.com >[mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Michael >Wells >Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 10:53 PM >To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com >Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Geminids > >The summer is worked at the North Rim featured a great Perseid shower. I sat >out on the point and watched them for a couple of hours, but the coolest >part was one that skipped across the atmosphere. It was super bright really >big. It went across part of the sky then disappeared for a second and came >back again. I was telling someone about it the next day, and they had just >gotten done watching CNN talk about it. It's kind of cool to think how few >people probably caught that one, yet I was at the right place at the right >time. > >I also got to see a satellite burning up in the atmosphere, that was once in >a lifetime stuff, and I just got lucky, really lucky since I wasn't even >outside, I just happened to be walking by the door when my foster dad was >our back c >smoking and he called me. 30 seconds later there was nothing left to see. > >-------- Original message -------- >From: Wiggins Patrick <paw(a)wirelessbeehive.com> >Date: >To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> >Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Geminids > >I'm reading reports from all over of great Geminid displays. But here we >have clouds. > >I did spot a nice one through clouds half hour ago. Must have been great >sans clouds. > >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". > >----- >No virus found in this message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2634/5457 - Release Date: 12/13/12 > > >_______________________________________________ >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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Guv’s budget gives more for Utah education, especially science
by Wiggins Patrick 14 Dec '12

14 Dec '12

Guv’s budget gives more for Utah education, especially science http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/55451796-90/million-education-budget-… patrick

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Meteor - and other showers
by Kim Hyatt 14 Dec '12

14 Dec '12

It was cloudy at 2:00 when I went back to bed, but when I got up at 7:00 we had at least six inches of new snow, fallen since 2:00. It's still snowing. Winter finally found our corner of the world. Kim

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Geminids
by Michael Wells 13 Dec '12

13 Dec '12

The summer is worked at the North Rim featured a great Perseid shower. I sat out on the point and watched them for a couple of hours, but the coolest part was one that skipped across the atmosphere. It was super bright really big. It went across part of the sky then disappeared for a second and came back again. I was telling someone about it the next day, and they had just gotten done watching CNN talk about it. It's kind of cool to think how few people probably caught that one, yet I was at the right place at the right time. I also got to see a satellite burning up in the atmosphere, that was once in a lifetime stuff, and I just got lucky, really lucky since I wasn't even outside, I just happened to be walking by the door when my foster dad was our back c smoking and he called me. 30 seconds later there was nothing left to see. -------- Original message -------- From: Wiggins Patrick <paw(a)wirelessbeehive.com> Date: To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Geminids I'm reading reports from all over of great Geminid displays. But here we have clouds. I did spot a nice one through clouds half hour ago. Must have been great sans clouds. 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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