All, The exact start time of our imaging session has not been determined but we will be at the computer ready to get things set up at 9:00 PM MST which is about 1/2 hour before sun set in Hawaii. We will start imaging after sun set in Hawaii which will be about 10:00 PM MST. I am going to request three hours imaging time on the telescope. More details to come. Thanks Rodger C. Fry -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Wiggins Patrick Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 9:23 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Can someone check my calculations? Hi Dave, Thanks for double checking. I do wonder why they scheduled us to start so early. But maybe they think the 2100 start time was Hawaii time and not SLC time. I think Rodger Fry (this year's SLAS El Prez) is coordinating things so hopefully he'll post some thoughts. Rodger? Tchüss! patrick On 08 Jan 2013, at 19:12, Dave Bennett wrote:
Hey Patrick,
As Kurt has shown for Honolulu, sunset on Feb 8th isn't until 18:26 HAST. It's closer to 18:21 for Wailuku on Maui. According to timeanddate.com for Wailuku ( http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/astronomy.html?n=1084&month=2&year=201 3&obj=sun&afl=-1&day=1 ) the end of Nautical Twilight is at 19:10 HAST.
You actually may want to use your time imaging Jupiter (no joke) before astronomical twilight. Faulkes shows many examples of Jupiter pics.
As for the Hour Angle question, I get closer to RA 02h 49m and 05h 49m respectively but I think that is splitting hairs. (Or hares? Lepus is on the meridian at the end of your run!)
I'm not sure how far south in declination Faulkes can image but I've seen pics of the Great Barred Spiral in Fornax NGC 1365 and the Southern Ring Nebula in Vela NGC 3132 at -36 and -40 respectively.
Aloha and best of luck...I can't wait to see the results.
Dave Bennett Hilo, HI
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