I was at SPOC for my refractor refresher last night but left at 6 when it became apparent that the horizon clouds were getting thicker. I made the right move. If the clouds give us a break tonight, the comet will be much further below the moon and the tail should be easier to spot. It will be north of a line drawn from the moon straight down to the horizon. I see that the story of dead fish in the Stansbury millpond is on the KSL website today. Patrick and I noticed an unusually large seagull flock on the lake yesterday and wondered why. The dead fish buffet explains it. On Mar 13, 2013 11:47 PM, "Joe Bauman" <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
Definitely a dud. For most of the folks at SPOC it was a no-show, even with binocs and telescopes. But Patrick caught it in the 200 mm. refractor so I think those in line before it went behind a cloud bank must have seen it.-- Joe
________________________________ From: Debbie <astrodeb@beyondbb.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 9:29 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Any luck? I see lots of facebook pics from everywhere else...
I finally found the comet between clouds low on the horizon. It was small and had a tail about a degree long. Kind of a dud if you ask me. I was looking for something bigger. Then it sank between power lines so I left. Went out to Ivins, Ut to see it.
Debbie
On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 9:22 PM, Dion Davidson <diondavidson@yahoo.com
wrote:
Chuck Thanks for the report. What time did it disappear behind the mountains? Was it directly below the moon tonight? I still can't figure out where/when to look. Thanks Dion
________________________________ From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 9:15 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Any luck? I see lots of facebook pics from everywhere else...
Oh yeah! I'm smack in the middle of the valley and saw a one-degree long tail (about two moon diameters). The lunar glare was bothersome in my wide field 70mm refractor at about 20x, but not overwhelming. On Mar 13, 2013 9:08 PM, "Chrismo" <djchrismo@gmail.com> wrote:
But nothing here in the valley. Anyone else? _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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