Erik, You might be right on that one but unless they discover more than one it can't be confirmed as a find. Heaven forbid that there are two Patricks out there. Rodger ps Patrick, No offense intended ---- Original Message ----- From: <erikhansen@TheBlueZone.net> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 6:37 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Moon, Neptune, Uranus
Rodger,
Isn't Patrick proof enough of extra-terrestrial life? Erik Daniel, The five year old just announced that he had observed numerous
examples of extra-terrestrial life! But no one must have followed up on it.
Rodger Fry ----- Original Message ----- From: "daniel turner" <outwest112@yahoo.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Moon, Neptune, Uranus
Jim:
Your spell checker has substitured "creator" for "crater" which gives your post a biblical slant. Last month at a Harmon's party I had an excited five year old telling everyone about the "critters on the moon" that he had seen.
DT
--- On Mon, 7/13/09, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Moon, Neptune, Uranus To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 1:42 PM Thanks for the nice report, Jim. -- Joe
--- On Mon, 7/13/09, jim Gibson <jimgibson0@gmail.com> wrote:
From: jim Gibson <jimgibson0@gmail.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Moon, Neptune, Uranus To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 4:24 AM
Chuck,
I happened to wake up a little early and remembered your heads-up about the 13th. I got out on my back porch with my little Meade at 3am. I noticed some cloud cover obscuring the moon but could tell it would clear soon. So I checked out Jupiter. I am glad I did because IO and Europa were 18â? apart.
Using my standard 25mm Orion Plossl that I use with the 4â? Meade I could make out the dark bands. So while the sky was clearing in the area of the moon I took time to plop in one of my favorite eyepieces, the 13mm Nagler (Type 6). What a treat! The moons of Jupiter were sharp and the dark bands were quite evident.
Ganaymede and Callisto were on opposite sides with IO and Europa on the Callisto side. I could see Mu Cap which led me to Neptune.
When the moon came out from behind the clouds, I checked it out with the Nagler and it filled the eyepiece and gave me a black-eye (seeing wise) so I went back to the 25mm. I noticed in my software that Uranus was near the moon â?" about 4d 38â?T 38â? away. I could see something out there, but I am not sure I can say it was Uranus. It was the only star-like object near the moon that wasnâ?Tt washed out.
The terminator was passing through Serenitatis with the peaks of the creator Bassel well lighted inside the terminator â?" cool. Also the creator Arzachel further south was just on the terminator with the peaks nicely lit and the creator floor dark with the central peak lit up like a Christmas tree standing out in contrast.
I donâ?Tt really have a good place to do photo work from this new house so I am in somewhat of a quandary as what to do. If I use the back porch I canâ?Tt see the North Star. I guess I could just use the drift method without polar aligning.
It is 4:30 am. Donâ?Tt know if I should go back to bed or just play. Ok. I will play some more.
Cheers
Jim _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
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