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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Perseid shower peak - Tues. 8-12 5:22am MDT (Kim A. Hyatt) 2. Re: Perseid shower peak - Tues. 8-12 5:22am MDT (Patrick Wiggins) 3. Re: OT: Giant water bugs (erikhansen@TheBlueZone.net) 4. Test message per Patrick (Lockman)
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Message: 1 Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:12:39 -0600 From: "Kim A. Hyatt" <kimharch@cut.net> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Perseid shower peak - Tues. 8-12 5:22am MDT To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Message-ID: <E1KRDiv-0005Qy-LZ@mx03.mta.xmission.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250"
BTW, Kurt - thanks for the information.
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Canopus56 Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 1:18 PM To: Utah Astronomy List Serv Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Perseid shower peak - Tues. 8-12 5:22am MDT
I. Tues. August 12, 2008 5:22am MDT - Max Perseid shower peak NASA Meteor Fluximator http://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/estimator.html
Predicted fluxes at 5:22am; Astronomical twilight begins 4:40am MDT; Civil twilight 6:06am MDT
Mountaintop: 110 zhr ~ 1 per 30 seconds Countryside: 74 zhr ~ 1 per 45 seconds Suburban: 35 zhr or ~ 1 per 1 3/4 minutes Downtown: 7.6 zhr or ~ 1 per 8 minutes
Predicted fluxes earlier in the evening at midnight Aug. 12, 2008
Mountaintop: 27.8 zhr Countryside: 19.9 zhr Suburban: 10.1 zhr Downtown: 2 zhr
Radiant in constellation Perseus first rises around 10pm on 8-11 and is at about 35 degs alt at 1am on 8-12.
II. NASA Science Perseid Meteor Shower Article http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/22jul_perseiddawn.htm
III. USNO SUnrise Sunset Data for 8/12/2008 ======== Sun and Moon Data for One Day The following information is provided for Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah (longitude W111.9, latitude N40.8):
Tuesday 12 August 2008 Mountain Daylight Time
SUN Begin civil twilight 6:06 a.m. Sunrise 6:35 a.m. Sun transit 1:32 p.m. Sunset 8:29 p.m. End civil twilight 8:58 p.m.
MOON Moonrise 5:25 p.m. on preceding day Moonset 2:08 a.m. Moonrise 6:12 p.m. Moon transit 10:37 p.m. Moonset 3:05 a.m. on following day
Phase of the Moon on 12 August: waxing gibbous with 84% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated.
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IV. Lunar impact observing oppportunity
Informally, the Geologic Lunar Research Group is organizing to video or web image the Moon to detect lunar flash impacts near the south pole of the Moon. With 84% of the disk illuminated and the Moon at 20 degs alt at 11pm on 8-11, this may prove difficult, but is a good opportunity to try your hand at lunar impact imaging and testing web cam imaging setups. The dark side of the terminator will be at Kepler and cover Oceanus Procellarum. Conversely, the ALPO Lunar Impact Project does not list the shower as a favorable window for imaging lunar flash impacts.
- Kurt
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Message: 2 Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 18:21:51 -0600 From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Perseid shower peak - Tues. 8-12 5:22am MDT To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Message-ID: <29AD7A60-2F84-4DC3-A659-34BFA1997925@wirelessbeehive.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes
On 07 Aug 2008, at 13:17, Canopus56 wrote:
I. Tues. August 12, 2008 5:22am MDT - Max Perseid shower peak NASA Meteor Fluximator http://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/estimator.html
I've already seen a few Persieds the past few nights. Hopefully a good omen for Tuesday morning.
patrick
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Message: 3 Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 18:54:02 -0600 (MDT) From: erikhansen@TheBlueZone.net Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] OT: Giant water bugs To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Message-ID: <45994.208.186.134.104.1218156842.squirrel@webmail.thebluezone.net> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1
Anybody read "The Hot Zone", it's the bugs you can't see.
Just for interest:
http://www.gedcasserley.saddleworth.net/html/megarachne_servinei.html
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of diveboss@xmission.com Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 1:02 PM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] OT: Giant water bugs
Again, this is not OT. What better way to see stars, than exposing ones self to the recoil of a 10 ga. If nothing else it will take your mind off the bugs. 'Til the bruise heals anyway. ;) And that is Astronomy related!
Quoting "Kim A. Hyatt" <kimharch@cut.net>:
Or dust off the 10-gauge.
Apparently, the big bugs were also at the top of the food chain. No spiders big enough to eat them. The largest fossil spider had a leg span of about 20 inches. Still about 100 times too big.
Kim
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 12:40 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] OT: Giant water bugs
On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Kim A. Hyatt <kimharch@cut.net> wrote:
- dragonflies the size of hawks
Now think of this:
What do dragonflies eat? Mosquitos. And I'm sure BIG dragonflies ate BIG mosquitos! Mosquitos the size of starlings!
The hell with DEET. Hand me a .357. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
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Message: 4 Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:21:56 -0700 From: Lockman <lockman@aznex.net> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Test message per Patrick To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Message-ID: <489C4874.8010007@aznex.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
Patrick asked me to send this test message.
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