Michael made it out there Wednesday night but his allergies got to him and he left soon afterwards. It was a glorious night again. However, I went into a coughing fit because of the dust and Jo Grahn thought she and Al would have to go running to my rescue. But I got over that pretty quickly. I couldn't help wondering what would have happened to our scopes if a good wind had kicked up. The dust was lunar! Still I had another truly great night with the telescope. Will write a blog soon once I recover from nights without much sleep. -- Joe ________________________________ From: opstall <opstall@math.utah.edu> To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 6:27 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 103, Issue 222 Sorry to have missed the fun on Monday night. Tonight looks second best, so I'll give Lakeside a try. If anyone's out there, I'll see you there. MvO Sent from Garminfone by T-Mobile. utah-astronomy-request@mailman.xmission.com wrote:
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Message: 1 Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:28:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] If you don't know who this is... Message-ID: <1317227282.96617.YahooMailNeo@web38905.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Snooki looks great, but who's that old dude on the left?
________________________________ From: "erikhansen@thebluezone.net" <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 8:41 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] If you don't know who this is...
Doesn't everyone know "Snooky"? He friend the "Situation" makes a hefty paycheck.
I think this will strike a chord with many of the folks here:
http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00003201
I'm happy to say I did know the one on the left and have no idea who that is on the right.
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Message: 2 Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:27:35 -0400 From: "Hutchings, Mat (H USA)" <mat.hutchings@siemens.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Outstanding observing session last night Message-ID: <F04316395058F74887D96A59052D99E5089FCBD9@USMLVV1EXCTV05.ww005.siemens.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
jcarman6, sorry I have not met you so I don't know your name. I made a lot of claims in my post, so I'm not sure exactly which you are referring to.
Mat
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of jcarman6@q.com Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 10:49 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Outstanding observing session last night
Interesting claim there :) Do you have any corroborating witnesses - ie, two???????
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mat Hutchings (H USA)" <mat.hutchings@siemens.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 4:32:48 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Outstanding observing session last night
Joe Bauman and I headed out to Lakeside for an observing session and it turned out to be one of the best of the year for me. The conditions were fantastic; no wind, no clouds, very transparent, and good seeing. I was motivated to "make hay while the sun shines", since conditions like this have been pretty rare this year it seems. Altogether I hit 60 objects of which the following were standouts: The Veil, NGC 246 (skull nebula) ; N. A. and Pelican nebulae; NGC 253, and NGC 1535 (little Eskimo, and the central star was plainly seen).
Stephan's quintet and the Fornax galaxy cluster were also looking pretty good. Although I have seen the Orion nebula looking better through my scope in the past, it was still filled with detail last night, it was just not high enough in the sky for the real stunning views. The air was steady enough to show very crisp images of Jupiter at 375 power. And Epsilon Lyrae was cleanly split at 104 power (16' dob with and without an off axis mask with a 6" aperture), but could not get it split at my next lower power (71).
Joe got some great images with his setup, and I hope he shares them soon!
Again this was a banner night, and it reaffirmed to me that we live in a great area because within 1.5 hours of where ever you live, you can be in really good, dark locations. I hope to take advantage of that more, weather permitting, during the next year. And I hope to see you all out there at some point or another!
Keep looking up.
Mat Hutchings
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Message: 3 Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:10:14 -0400 (EDT) From: jcarman6@q.com To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Outstanding observing session last night Message-ID: <1574898552.674356.1317237014380.JavaMail.root@md08.quartz.synacor.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
True, we haven't met, but I thought you were referring to my challenge for dobs to split epsilon lyrae at low magnifications. You made a herculean effort at 104 magnification. I was just hoping for corroboration of the event. I totally believe the rest of your post AND if you didn't catch it in my first reply :) :) :) aka smiley faces. This is all for fun.
Joan
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mat Hutchings (H USA)" <mat.hutchings@siemens.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 10:27:35 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Outstanding observing session last night
jcarman6, sorry I have not met you so I don't know your name. I made a lot of claims in my post, so I'm not sure exactly which you are referring to.
Mat
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of jcarman6@q.com Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 10:49 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Outstanding observing session last night
Interesting claim there :) Do you have any corroborating witnesses - ie, two???????
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mat Hutchings (H USA)" <mat.hutchings@siemens.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 4:32:48 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Outstanding observing session last night
Joe Bauman and I headed out to Lakeside for an observing session and it turned out to be one of the best of the year for me. The conditions were fantastic; no wind, no clouds, very transparent, and good seeing. I was motivated to "make hay while the sun shines", since conditions like this have been pretty rare this year it seems. Altogether I hit 60 objects of which the following were standouts: The Veil, NGC 246 (skull nebula) ; N. A. and Pelican nebulae; NGC 253, and NGC 1535 (little Eskimo, and the central star was plainly seen).
Stephan's quintet and the Fornax galaxy cluster were also looking pretty good. Although I have seen the Orion nebula looking better through my scope in the past, it was still filled with detail last night, it was just not high enough in the sky for the real stunning views. The air was steady enough to show very crisp images of Jupiter at 375 power. And Epsilon Lyrae was cleanly split at 104 power (16' dob with and without an off axis mask with a 6" aperture), but could not get it split at my next lower power (71).
Joe got some great images with his setup, and I hope he shares them soon!
Again this was a banner night, and it reaffirmed to me that we live in a great area because within 1.5 hours of where ever you live, you can be in really good, dark locations. I hope to take advantage of that more, weather permitting, during the next year. And I hope to see you all out there at some point or another!
Keep looking up.
Mat Hutchings
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