Awesome, Thanks.  Can you be a little more specific? I've been to this location http://goo.gl/maps/PT9U (40.78678,-111.681218) but I seem to remember a big mountain to the east. Dion ________________________________ From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, July 8, 2012 7:41 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Eastern view of the morning sky? Little Mountain. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".

Close, but you are still in the canyon.  Google Earth shows these coordinates for the Little Mountain parking lot: N 40 degrees 46 minutes 28.91 seconds,  W111 degrees 43 minutes 05.99 seconds   That puts you on top and you can walk up to the Cell site for an even better view. ________________________________ From: Dion Davidson <diondavidson@yahoo.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, July 8, 2012 7:56 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Eastern view of the morning sky? Awesome, Thanks.  Can you be a little more specific? I've been to this location http://goo.gl/maps/PT9U (40.78678,-111.681218) but I seem to remember a big mountain to the east. Dion

Agreed, I'm in WV also. I get up at 4 AM to go to work, and keep a binocular in the garage for some impromptu viewing before I head off on my commute. Been watching Venus and Jupiter climbing daily. On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 9:38 AM, M Wilson <astro_outwest@yahoo.com> wrote:

I've been getting good views of the event from my home in West Valley City. I'd say just head to the western side of the Salt Lake Valley.

If you can still go up Butterfield canyon on the West side, it would be a big help. Been many years since I drove back from Tooele that way. I heard somewhere that Kennecott had closed the road, but if it is open, you can get quite a ways up. Not necessarily a road for a small car; suv or hickemup would be better for ground clearance. But, from reading the other reports, looks like if you found a pullout on the road that runs from Magna, south along the mountains, any place should put you in fat city. 73, lh On 7/9/2012 9:38 AM, M Wilson wrote:

I've been getting good views of the event from my home in West Valley City. I'd say just head to the western side of the Salt Lake Valley.

I just shut down my observatory and looking to the east I had a great view of both planets (with Aldebaran next to Venus, if memory serves). patrick On 09 Jul 2012, at 13:59, Chuck Hards wrote:

Depending on one's starting point in the valley, that could be a longer drive than heading for Little Mountain. Plus, you've got the Salt Lake light dome between you and the east. Not a problem for the moon and planets.

It's been decades since I hiked to the peak of Mt. Olympus, and I never camped on that god-forsaken rock overnight, but it would sure be a heckuva view in either direction at night.

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 1:35 PM, Larry Holmes <larry@kijoda.com> wrote:

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If you can still go up Butterfield canyon on the West side, it would be a big help.

On 10 Jul 2012, at 07:58, Chuck Hards wrote:

It's too bad we'll have to miss the Jupiter occulation in a couple of days, in this hemisphere. I believe it's over before moonrise from our longitude.

There's a daytime occultation of Venus coming up on the 13th of next month. Weather permitting we in these parts will see both the ingress and egress. Details in the August S&T page 51. patrick