Hi all. Long time no write. Life has been, well, interesting the past few months, but I find I need more astronomy than the little observing I’m able to do. So, you get to hear from me – again. I just had to share an observing experience that I had last night. Went to the local drive-in theater to see Toy Story 3 and afterwards drove up to Skyline Drive on U-31 (elevation about 9,000 feet). Transparency and seeing were excellent. After we had been there awhile, I noticed that the zodiacal band was visible, very bright and narrow, from horizon to horizon. It was as easy to pick out as the Milky Way, but by the time I set up a camera to try to photograph it some high cirrus had arrived and it wasn’t as dramatic. It almost looked like a second Milky Way that intersected the “real” Milky Way at right angles. The Gegenschein was lost in the Milky Way itself. Great sight. BTW, Toy Story 3 was a lot of fun and I recommend it. Kim Kim A. Hyatt Architect P.O. Box 124 Mt. Pleasant, Utah 84647 Tel: 435.462.9207 Fax: 435.462.5013 Mobile: 801.631.5228 kimharch@cut.net Architectural Design ▪ Historic Preservation
Nice to hear from you again, Kim, and it was great to see you and your boy at Bryce. He certainly knows astronomy! Best wishes, Joe --- On Thu, 7/15/10, Kim <kimharch@cut.net> wrote: From: Kim <kimharch@cut.net> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] I'm baaaack. To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Date: Thursday, July 15, 2010, 12:53 PM Hi all. Long time no write. Life has been, well, interesting the past few months, but I find I need more astronomy than the little observing I’m able to do. So, you get to hear from me – again. I just had to share an observing experience that I had last night. Went to the local drive-in theater to see Toy Story 3 and afterwards drove up to Skyline Drive on U-31 (elevation about 9,000 feet). Transparency and seeing were excellent. After we had been there awhile, I noticed that the zodiacal band was visible, very bright and narrow, from horizon to horizon. It was as easy to pick out as the Milky Way, but by the time I set up a camera to try to photograph it some high cirrus had arrived and it wasn’t as dramatic. It almost looked like a second Milky Way that intersected the “real” Milky Way at right angles. The Gegenschein was lost in the Milky Way itself. Great sight. BTW, Toy Story 3 was a lot of fun and I recommend it. Kim Kim A. Hyatt Architect P.O. Box 124 Mt. Pleasant, Utah 84647 Tel: 435.462.9207 Fax: 435.462.5013 Mobile: 801.631.5228 kimharch@cut.net Architectural Design ▪ Historic Preservation _______________________________________________ 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
Kim, you have been singularly missed. Welcome back, bro! I agree, TS3 was another masterpiece from the good people at PIXAR. A fitting conclusion to the TS trilogy. Yes, I wept. Dangit. On 7/15/10, Kim <kimharch@cut.net> wrote:
Hi all. Long time no write. Life has been, well, interesting the past few months, but I find I need more astronomy than the little observing I’m able to do. So, you get to hear from me – again.
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