Hello to all my Utah-astronomy friends, I'm back on the list! Despite better judgement, considering my AOL v3.0 browser (utterly contemptable crap; but hey, it's free for a while longer) viewing comet Ikeya-Zhang these past two nights has made me "homesick" for your company! Anybody else looking at this cute little comet? Chuck __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/
Is anybody interested in meeting me on Little Mountain tomorrow night (Sunday) for a possible photo session? My second choice would be on I-80, just south of the lake, by the second Grantsville exit. I'd prefer Little Mountain due to it's altitude. The comet is too low for any kind of a dark sky background, regardless of location. Other suggestions? Chuck BTW, I'd rate this comet as the fourth most-impressive I have ever seen. Number three is Hale-Bopp, number two is Hyakutake, number one is still comet West, which I saw as a high-schooler. In retrospect, I probably frightened my parents enormously, driving up to Little Mountain at three in the morning by myself with a driver's license still warm from the laminating machine! I hope I can see another one day as incredible as West. The textbook "Great Comet". Yes, I missed Ikeya-Seki thanks to "Star Trek" and the technological wonder of "color" TV.... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/
Chuck, I would rate Comet West as second to Comet Bennet. Ikeya Seki in my recollection was not as good as either, probably equivalent to Hyakutake. It was better than Ikeya Zhang, though, and the anti tail was pretty neat too. Brent --- Chuck Hards <chuckhards@yahoo.com> wrote:
Is anybody interested in meeting me on Little Mountain tomorrow night (Sunday) for a possible photo session?
My second choice would be on I-80, just south of the lake, by the second Grantsville exit.
I'd prefer Little Mountain due to it's altitude. The comet is too low for any kind of a dark sky background, regardless of location.
Other suggestions?
Chuck
BTW, I'd rate this comet as the fourth most-impressive I have ever seen. Number three is Hale-Bopp, number two is Hyakutake, number one is still comet West, which I saw as a high-schooler. In retrospect, I probably frightened my parents enormously, driving up to Little Mountain at three in the morning by myself with a driver's license still warm from the laminating machine! I hope I can see another one day as incredible as West. The textbook "Great Comet". Yes, I missed Ikeya-Seki thanks to "Star Trek" and the technological wonder of "color" TV....
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Good to hear from you again, Brent. Let's hope we can one day see one that blows them all away...I didn't see Bennet, darnit. From my sampling (smaller than yours), comet West would be hard to beat. Bennet must have been spectacular. Did you take any photos? It occured to me that Ikeya-Zhang is the first one (for me) that was bright enough to be well-seen from the city during mild weather! I've been using 15x70 & 8x40WA binos, also my 4.25", f/5 Newtonian on I-Z; so far I think the 15x70's have given the best overall view. The comet has been so poorly placed that high-powered views haven't revealed much, if any detail on or around the nucleus. Maybe a view from a higher elevation, or a more stable morning sky next week would pay high-powered dividends. Tonight I could JUST glimpse the nucleus naked-eye, though the glare of the bright orange star next to it made it an intermittant sighting. Chuck --- Brent Watson <brentjwatson@yahoo.com> wrote:
Chuck,
I would rate Comet West as second to Comet Bennet. Ikeya Seki in my recollection was not as good as either, probably equivalent to Hyakutake. It was better than Ikeya Zhang, though, and the anti tail was pretty neat too.
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Welcome back Chuck. I did get some photos of Comet Bennet. Siegfried and I took some from Little Mountain, and they were published in the Des News. I run across some prints of those photos sometimes. They were taken through a telescope, and were not wwell guided, but still there. I'll show them to you some time. Brent --- Chuck Hards <chuckhards@yahoo.com> wrote:
Good to hear from you again, Brent.
Let's hope we can one day see one that blows them all away...I didn't see Bennet, darnit. From my sampling (smaller than yours), comet West would be hard to beat. Bennet must have been spectacular. Did you take any photos?
It occured to me that Ikeya-Zhang is the first one (for me) that was bright enough to be well-seen from the city during mild weather!
I've been using 15x70 & 8x40WA binos, also my 4.25", f/5 Newtonian on I-Z; so far I think the 15x70's have given the best overall view. The comet has been so poorly placed that high-powered views haven't revealed much, if any detail on or around the nucleus. Maybe a view from a higher elevation, or a more stable morning sky next week would pay high-powered dividends.
Tonight I could JUST glimpse the nucleus naked-eye, though the glare of the bright orange star next to it made it an intermittant sighting.
Chuck
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Chuck,
I would rate Comet West as second to Comet Bennet.
Ikeya Seki in my recollection was not as good as either, probably equivalent to Hyakutake. It was better than Ikeya Zhang, though, and the anti tail was pretty neat too.
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Welcome back Chuck. I did get some photos of Comet Bennet. Siegfried and I took some from Little Mountain, and they were published in the Des News. I run across some prints of those photos sometimes. They were taken through a telescope, and were not wwell guided, but still there. I'll show them to you some time.
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Hi Chuck, it's good to see you're back on the list!! I was able to drag my wife and son out to Horseshoe Springs in Skull Valley Saturday night, and we had an absolutely spectacular view of the comet! I used my 15x70 Bear Bino's and the view was simply amazing, the nucleus sure looked bright tourqouise in color to me sitting as close as it was to that orange star, (anyone know which star that is?) and the tail kept getting longer and brighter, and a light blue by the minute. I first picked it up in the bino's around 7:20pm, and by the time I left around 8:30pm it had filled the entire FOV of the bino's, even my wife was impressed and it actually held the attention of my 3 yr old son for more than 2 seconds. I also had my camera set up on a tripod and I burned through an entire roll on the comet and the nice planetary lineup in no time and I ended up wishing that I had put another roll into the camera bag by the time I left because not only were the planets and comet putting on a great show but I saw the Zodiacal light for the first time and it was incredibly bright!! It extended well above the Pleiades, and next to Saturn, so maybe it'll show up on the wide angle shots I took. (knock on wood) I was so impressed at the views I got from a dark site, I had only seen the comet twice before Saturday, and both times were last week from the light drenched parking lot of my work, once in a small pair of 7x35 bino's, and last Wednesday in the 15x70's. I knew it would look better from the darker site, however I was not prepared for how much better it looked! I wasn't planning on seeing it on the 4th when it nears M-31, however I'm thinking that I just might take off an hour or two to run out west and get some shots of it. I personally have only seen two other naked eye comets, and Hyakutake was only glimpsed through light pollution, but Hale-Bopp is responsible for my interest in astronomy so that ranks as my favorite comet, although I never saw it through any scope or binocular. Ikeya-Zhang I'd rate as number 2 on my (short) all time list, and so far the best one I've seen in any optical instrument, it definitely beats any of the Linear comets! Whew, that was a long post!! Sorry but it was really exciting to be able to see that and share it with my family. Clear Skies Howard --- Chuck Hards <chuckhards@yahoo.com> wrote:
BTW, I'd rate this comet as the fourth most-impressive I have ever seen. Number three is Hale-Bopp, number two is Hyakutake, number one is still comet West, which I saw as a high-schooler. In retrospect, I probably frightened my parents enormously, driving up to Little Mountain at three in the morning by myself with a driver's license still warm from the laminating machine! I hope I can see another one day as incredible as West. The textbook "Great Comet". Yes, I missed Ikeya-Seki thanks to "Star Trek" and the technological wonder of "color" TV....
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Hi Chuck, it's good to see you're back on the list!!
Thanks, Howard. Good to be back. Anything good get posted while I was away?
I used my 15x70 Bear Bino's and the view was simply amazing, the nucleus sure looked bright tourqouise
I love those Bears. Glad I kept one pair, it is now my favorite binocular.
I also had my camera set up on a tripod and I burned through an entire roll on the comet and the nice planetary lineup in no time and I ended up wishing that I had put another roll into the camera bag by the time I left because not only were the planets and comet putting on a great show but I saw the Zodiacal light for the first time and it was incredibly bright!! It extended well above the Pleiades, and next to Saturn, so maybe it'll show up on the wide angle shots I took. (knock on wood)
I havnen't had my astrophotography mount up and running since Hale-Bopp, I'm going to get it all assembled and test-run this week. I've never tried the auto-guider on a comet, will probably use the guidescope again this time. Luckily, two or three minuite exposures will probably reach the sky-fog limit for this one.
I personally have only seen two other naked eye comets, and Hyakutake was only glimpsed through light pollution, but Hale-Bopp is responsible for my interest in astronomy so that ranks as my favorite comet,
You should have seen comet West. The image is still burned into my mind. The tail started rising at about 3:30 in the morning, and the nucleus wasn't up until an hour and a half later. The thing covered 1/4 of the sky, and was BRIGHT! I hope we get another like sometime soon! C. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/
Speaking of comets... One of my earliest astro-memories was my father waking me up in wee hours of the morning to view a rather impressive comet. This would have been sometime in the early 1960's -- I'm thinking 1961 or '62 (I was 5 or 6 at the time). Any ideas from some of the old timers what I might have been looking at back then? Rich __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/
Hi Rich: Ikeya-Seki was 65 or 66 I think, that's as far back as I go...Arend-Roland was 57 or 58. I was born in 58, so I don't remember that one. C. --- Richard Tenney <retenney@yahoo.com> wrote:
Speaking of comets...
One of my earliest astro-memories was my father waking me up in wee hours of the morning to view a rather impressive comet. This would have been sometime in the early 1960's -- I'm thinking 1961 or '62 (I was 5 or 6 at the time). Any ideas from some of the old timers what I might have been looking at back then?
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My recollection is that Ikeya Seki was about this time frame. Do you remember an antitail with the comet? If so, it was almost certainly Ikeya Seki. Brent --- Richard Tenney <retenney@yahoo.com> wrote:
Speaking of comets...
One of my earliest astro-memories was my father waking me up in wee hours of the morning to view a rather impressive comet. This would have been sometime in the early 1960's -- I'm thinking 1961 or '62 (I was 5 or 6 at the time). Any ideas from some of the old timers what I might have been looking at back then?
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One of my earliest astro-memories was my father waking me up in wee hours of the morning to view a rather impressive comet. This would have been sometime in the early 1960's -- I'm thinking 1961 or '62 (I was 5 or 6 at the time). Any ideas from some of the old timers what I might have been looking at back then?
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My memory of that night is very vague, and it very well could have been a year or two later; the years we lived in that particular house in So. Calif. was between were 1961-1966, and so that could include a number of good comets, but it was a pre-dawn spectacle (as best as I can remember), and no, I don't remember any specific details, other than it left a HUGE impression on my young mind that never went away... Thanks for the input -- I'm going to research this some more... Rich --- Brent Watson <brentjwatson@yahoo.com> wrote:
My recollection is that Ikeya Seki was about this time frame. Do you remember an antitail with the comet? If so, it was almost certainly Ikeya Seki.
Brent
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Rich, It's funny that you bring this up, because I remember an evening comet from around that period. Maybe it was the same one, but in its evening guise. Just a day or two ago I was wondering which comet it was. I was a student at the University of Utah (it must have been about 1965-67, I think). A group of people were standing on a knoll on campus around sunset but my recollection is that it was a little before sunset. I think they were looking to the S or SW, if that makes and sense, and I saw the comet. I was too ignorant about astronomical matters to be very impressed then, I'm afraid. Please let me know if you figure out anything. Thanks, Joe
Three cheers for the 'net (and some good search engines [my favorite at the moment is www.google.com])! I found the following VERY helpful page: http://encke.jpl.nasa.gov/bright_comet.html#recent After reading this it was either SEKI-LINES ('62), or IKEYA-SEKI ('65). I remember Kohoutek and West very well -- Comet West was amazing; even in very light polluted skies it was spectacular. Anyhow, enjoy, Rich __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/
Comet WILSON-HUBBARD ('61) is actually a more likely candidate for me than SEKI-LINES after a more careful reading, FWIW. Rich __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/
Hey, Rich, thanks for that great link! Funny you should mention Kohoutek...talk about being underwhelmed. I had actually forgotten about that one (about '74, yes?) because I was so disappointed after all the hype in the press failed to come true. For years afterwards, I remember that dim comets were referred to as another "Kohoutek"! Comet West was certainly a reward for having endured Kohoutek, and I'm sure it didn't get the press it deserved BECAUSE Lubos Kohoutek's comet was such a fizzle. I was also disappointed in Halley, although I knew it wasn't going to put on a great show this time around; my grandfather did see it as a boy in 1910, and my daughter has a chance of seeing it at it's next apparition. I hope she gets a grand show...from a window seat on a space-liner! ..and you all thought an eclipse cruise was neat! ;) Chuck --- Richard Tenney <retenney@yahoo.com> wrote:
I remember Kohoutek and West very well -- Comet West was amazing; even in very light polluted skies it was spectacular.
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More dithering. I now think the Wedge faces the wrong direction, with the Wasatch Plateau looming to the WNW where we'd like to see the comet. So probably the Wedge is out of the question. Regarding the headlights of Skull Valley: How about the road to the north toward Lakeside? Before the Utah Test and Training Range, probably there's a good spot. Anyway, looking at the map, that seems possible. The closeness of the Great Salt Lake brings up a concern that I have, which might be ridiculous, so I would like the group's opinion on this. But living in the middle of the Pacific (I went to high school on Kwajalein, Marshall Islands), we were acutely conscious of the corrosive effects of salt spray. Is there any such worry about astronomical equipment in proximity to the Great Salt Lake? Is vapor from the lake going to degrade the view? Even west of the lake, like the route to Lakeside, there are big muddy salt flats that contribute moisture to the atmosphere. Just wondering if anyone has thoughts on these notions. Thanks, Joe
Joe, I have observed (Comet Hale-Bopp) from the road towards Lakeside. I set up my astrograph on the side of the road. The road travels along the east side of Puddle Valley, and there is a range of mountains on the west side of that valley. They are not very high, and are several miles away. The skies are very dark, and the road sees very little traffic. There is a significant amount of air traffic - airliners coming fromt the west - that passes overhead with lights blazing. This is more prevalent when they are landing towards the south at Salt Lake. I-80 was also visible, although it was towards the south and not a problem. The west side of Antellope Island is a pretty good location. Many people around the world observe on shorelines because of the clear skies it offers. Antellope's west shore points directly at Amax Minerals, a set of stacks that are the biggest polluters in the state by far. Sometimes they produce quite a bit of smoke and other times not so much. They are also lit by some pretty intense strobe lights. Overall I would choose the road to Eagle Range. It is west of Amax and has some pretty nice skies. Of course, you could drive all the way to Lakeside and get away from all of the above problems. Just one person's opinion. Brent --- Joe Bauman <bau@desnews.com> wrote:
More dithering. I now think the Wedge faces the wrong direction, with the Wasatch Plateau looming to the WNW where we'd like to see the comet. So probably the Wedge is out of the question. Regarding the headlights of Skull Valley: How about the road to the north toward Lakeside? Before the Utah Test and Training Range, probably there's a good spot. Anyway, looking at the map, that seems possible.
The closeness of the Great Salt Lake brings up a concern that I have, which might be ridiculous, so I would like the group's opinion on this. But living in the middle of the Pacific (I went to high school on Kwajalein, Marshall Islands), we were acutely conscious of the corrosive effects of salt spray. Is there any such worry about astronomical equipment in proximity to the Great Salt Lake? Is vapor from the lake going to degrade the view? Even west of the lake, like the route to Lakeside, there are big muddy salt flats that contribute moisture to the atmosphere.
Just wondering if anyone has thoughts on these notions.
Thanks, Joe
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Thanks, Brent. I think I'll make a trial run to the Lakeside road tonight, and I'll tell the group how it went tomorrow. I've been there too in the past and I recall that right off the freeway, it edges into some hills that might give good elevation. I remember a lot of military aircraft traffic once when I was there but probably that won't be a problem for the short time I'm trying to photograph the comet. -- Joe
Is this Lakeside location anywhere near Aragonite? I shot some photos of Hale-Bopp from near the second Grantsville exit, and the magnesium (?) plant was a handicap from that location, both in terms of particulates and light pollution. Isn't the plant SOUTH of due west, from Antelope Island? Whereas from anywhere near I-80, it might be much more directly beneath the comet. What about Cedar Valley? Much closer (for me) than all the other sites discussed so far. Chuck __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://http://taxes.yahoo.com/
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Is this Lakeside location anywhere near Aragonite?
Aragonite is south of I-80, but along the same valley. It offers no interference for the Lakeside road.
I shot some photos of Hale-Bopp from near the second Grantsville exit, and the magnesium (?) plant was a handicap from that location, both in terms of particulates and light pollution.
Isn't the plant SOUTH of due west, from Antelope Island? Whereas from anywhere near I-80, it might be much more directly beneath the comet.
Yes, it is a bit south, but not much. South winds could carry the pollution to the area of the comet as seen from Antelope Is. The plant is east of the Lakeside road.
What about Cedar Valley? Much closer (for me) than all the other sites discussed so far.
Could be another possibility, but in spite of its location, it is very damp.
Chuck
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I was on the Lakeside road last night to see the comet. But a dust storm forced a hasty retreat. The lights visible out there (when the dust is blowing) are SLC glow to the east and some from the industries at Aragonite to the south. The north and north west are fine. The road is pretty much in the bottom of the valley, with dirt spurs to the east and west. I think one marked Well Pass goes up and over to Lakeside. This is dusty country; how would people would feel about setting up scopes on dusty dirt roads? Did get to see the comet from the second Grantsville exit. Fun to see the comet and M31 in one binocular field of view. If the weather's good I'll probably be on the Lakeside road tonight. Bill Biesele
Does anyone have the orbital elements for the comet? I'd like to put them into The Sky. Brent __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://http://taxes.yahoo.com/
Hi Brent, Here are the data I copied into TheSky at SPOC: 0.9900510 0.5070600 28.12170 93.36720 34.67300 2000 0.0 0.0 3 18.980 2002 Patrick Brent Watson wrote:
Does anyone have the orbital elements for the comet? I'd like to put them into The Sky.
Brent
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Thanks, Patrick --- Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net> wrote:
Hi Brent,
Here are the data I copied into TheSky at SPOC: 0.9900510 0.5070600 28.12170 93.36720 34.67300 2000 0.0 0.0 3 18.980 2002
Patrick
Brent Watson wrote:
Does anyone have the orbital elements for the
comet?
I'd like to put them into The Sky.
Brent
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Patrick, What is the epoch of perihelion? Brent --- Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net> wrote:
Hi Brent,
Here are the data I copied into TheSky at SPOC: 0.9900510 0.5070600 28.12170 93.36720 34.67300 2000 0.0 0.0 3 18.980 2002
Patrick
Brent Watson wrote:
Does anyone have the orbital elements for the
comet?
I'd like to put them into The Sky.
Brent
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Hi Brent, Brent Watson wrote:
What is the epoch of perihelion?
Sorry but since neither of my astronomy programs need that bit of data, I didn't bother to get it. FYI, the place I get my elements is http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/MPEph/MPEph.html . Patrick
Patrick, ALL orbital calculations require the perihelion epoch. I believe it is also called the arguement of perihelion. It is the data point that tells where the comet is in its orbit - a boundary condition. It was the last three entries you sent. My confusion was that my version of TheSky asked for them first. After I recognized them, things worked great. Thanks for the URL for elements. Brent --- Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net> wrote:
Hi Brent,
Brent Watson wrote:
What is the epoch of perihelion?
Sorry but since neither of my astronomy programs need that bit of data, I didn't bother to get it.
FYI, the place I get my elements is http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/MPEph/MPEph.html .
Patrick
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Hi Brent, Brent Watson wrote:
ALL orbital calculations require the perihelion epoch. I believe it is also called the arguement of perihelion.
Ok, now I understand. Had not heard of perihelion epoch but have heard of argument of perihelion. In the case of I-Z it's 34.673 degrees. Cheers! Patrick
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I am planning to photograph it this week. I thought the Skull Valley road to Dugway would be a good place, even though I was unable to see it the last time I went there and looked (too late in the evening and too hazy, probably). -- Joe
Is anybody interested in meeting me on Little Mountain tomorrow night (Sunday) for a possible photo session?
My second choice would be on I-80, just south of the lake, by the second Grantsville exit.
I'd prefer Little Mountain due to it's altitude. The comet is too low for any kind of a dark sky background, regardless of location.
Other suggestions?
Chuck
BTW, I'd rate this comet as the fourth most-impressive I have ever seen. Number three is Hale-Bopp, number two is Hyakutake, number one is still comet West, which I saw as a high-schooler. In retrospect, I probably frightened my parents enormously, driving up to Little Mountain at three in the morning by myself with a driver's license still warm from the laminating machine! I hope I can see another one day as incredible as West. The textbook "Great Comet". Yes, I missed Ikeya-Seki thanks to "Star Trek" and the technological wonder of "color" TV....
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Low altitude locations will suffer from excessive extinction. I'm still trying to find a high-altitude spot to shoot it. Barring that, maybe the west side of Antelope Island, where at least the view will be over water, and light pollution will be at a minimum toward the west. Thinking of Thursday night myself. C. --- Joe Bauman <bau@desnews.com> wrote:
I am planning to photograph it this week. I thought the Skull Valley road to Dugway would be a good place, even though I was unable to see it the last time I went there and looked (too late in the evening and too hazy, probably). -- Joe
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What about the Wedge? Would that be a good vantage? I'm halfway thinking about that. -- Joe
I've never been to the wedge. The criteria would be a LOW northwestern horizon, and NO light pollution in that direction. Is it clear of snow this time of year? C. --- Joe Bauman <bau@desnews.com> wrote:
What about the Wedge? Would that be a good vantage? I'm halfway thinking about that. -- Joe
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Down there it's almost always clear of snow, but of course as soon as I say that it'll turn out to be one of those oddball times when it does snow. It's in the San Rafael Swell and I think it should be OK. -- Joe
The problem for me is distance. I have to be at work on Friday morning, and be capable of running tools without inflicting bodily harm! C. --- Joe Bauman <bau@desnews.com> wrote:
Down there it's almost always clear of snow, but of course as soon as I say that it'll turn out to be one of those oddball times when it does snow. It's in the San Rafael Swell and I think it should be OK. -- Joe
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Hi all, Thought this interesting news tidbit would have some sweeping and wide-ranging technology implications for the near future... http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/03/29/science.solar.reut/index.html Rich __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/
I hope the fossil-fuel industry doesn't bury this one. We need it! Thanks, Rich. C. --- Richard Tenney <retenney@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi all,
Thought this interesting news tidbit would have some sweeping and wide-ranging technology implications for the near future...
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/03/29/science.solar.reut/index.html
Rich
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Welcome back Chuck, hope all is well. I have viewed the comet several times and it is spectacular. The skies have been less than ideal, in fact they have been moonlit and hazy. It takes a pretty good comet to peek through all those adverse conditions. My 15X70 binos are doing a fine job though. I need to get to darker skies but many things tugging at me right now including a new grandson... B) Good to hear from you again friend, Tnx es 73 de n7zi Gary Liptrot -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-admin@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-admin@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 9:01 PM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] I'm baaaack! Hello to all my Utah-astronomy friends, I'm back on the list! Despite better judgement, considering my AOL v3.0 browser (utterly contemptable crap; but hey, it's free for a while longer) viewing comet Ikeya-Zhang these past two nights has made me "homesick" for your company! Anybody else looking at this cute little comet? Chuck __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Utah-astronomy mailing list Utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
Hi Gary: Thanks for the welcome, it's good to be back. The moon shouldn't be a problem for a few days now, at least until it swings into the morning sky in a coupla' days, it's mostly the darned low elevation. By the time it's really dark, the comet's set. Congrats on the new grandson! I never would have believed it myself before my own daughter was born, but its true that the most amazing thing in the universe doesn't require a telescope to see! Chuck --- Gary Liptrot <n7zi@attbi.com> wrote:
Welcome back Chuck, hope all is well.
I have viewed the comet several times and it is spectacular. The skies have been less than ideal, in fact they have been moonlit and hazy. It takes a pretty good comet to peek through all those adverse conditions. My 15X70 binos are doing a fine job though. I need to get to darker skies but many things tugging at me right now including a new grandson... B)
Good to hear from you again friend,
Tnx es 73 de n7zi Gary Liptrot
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-admin@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-admin@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 9:01 PM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] I'm baaaack!
Hello to all my Utah-astronomy friends, I'm back on the list!
Despite better judgement, considering my AOL v3.0 browser (utterly contemptable crap; but hey, it's free for a while longer) viewing comet Ikeya-Zhang these past two nights has made me "homesick" for your company!
Anybody else looking at this cute little comet?
Chuck
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Hi Chuck, Welcome back.My health is greatly improved , and with some surgery I expect to be a very vigorous old geezer. When you get a chance I'd appreciate an up date on you and your company. Regards, Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hards" <chuckhards@yahoo.com> To: <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 9:01 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] I'm baaaack!
Hello to all my Utah-astronomy friends, I'm back on the list!
Despite better judgement, considering my AOL v3.0 browser (utterly contemptable crap; but hey, it's free for a while longer) viewing comet Ikeya-Zhang these past two nights has made me "homesick" for your company!
Anybody else looking at this cute little comet?
Chuck
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Cory and I and others saw it Thrusday night at Stansbury. It's truly a beautiful comet, very distinct in binocs. -- Joe
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