Re: RE: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Canyon Star Party June 1-4, 2005
It would be interesting if I could spot Omega Centauri from there. Debbie
From: "Don J. Colton" <djcolton@piol.com> Date: 2005/03/02 Wed PM 04:40:04 MST To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Canyon Star Party June 1-4, 2005
Yes
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+djcolton=piol.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+djcolton=piol.com@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of astrodeb@charter.net Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 4:03 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Canyon Star Party June 1-4, 2005
Would that be on the east side of the highway?
Debbie
From: "Don J. Colton" <djcolton@piol.com> Date: 2005/03/02 Wed PM 03:56:26 MST To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Canyon Star Party June 1-4, 2005
Anyone interested in attending the Bryce Canyon Star Party (June 1-4,
2005)
for at least two nights please contact me at djcolton@piol.com, if you haven't already. The Park will provide free camping at Sunset Campground and free admission if you help out with the public star party from 9:00-11:30 PM, after 11:30 PM it essentially becomes a private star party till dawn. The star party this year will be across the highway from the visitors center in a bigger parking lot than we had last year. It also provides a better southeast horizon. On Saturday night - Sunday morning Kevin Poe promises to have his bacon wrapped filets again for all participants.
We hope to have at least 50 scopes for the event. All participants must attend one volunteer orientation session. They will be held Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 5:30 PM (?).
Clear Skies Don Colton
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Saw Omega Centauri from my front yard last night, Spring is coming .............. Aloha Rob
astrodeb@charter.net wrote:
It would be interesting if I could spot Omega Centauri from there.
Debbie
Theoretically it can be seen from as far north as SLC but it only gets a bit over 1 degree above the southern horizon. It has been seen from Rush Valley. From Bryce (and St. George) it reaches about 5 degrees. In early June it transits about 2215 MDT. Patrick
I spotted it easily from Rush Valley last year in binos. Impressive big blob, I can only imagine how spectacular it must look at zenith from a truly southern (aka south of the equator) dark site in a big dob with a fat 2-inch eyepiece (oh, say, a 31 Nagler)! Has anyone on the list seen it like that? Rich --- Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net> wrote:
astrodeb@charter.net wrote:
It would be interesting if I could spot Omega Centauri from there.
Debbie
Theoretically it can be seen from as far north as SLC but it only gets a bit over 1 degree above the southern horizon.
It has been seen from Rush Valley.
From Bryce (and St. George) it reaches about 5 degrees.
In early June it transits about 2215 MDT.
Patrick
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I saw it almost overhead in Australia. It is a spectacular site as is 47 Tucanae and Eta Carinae. But nothing has come close to matching the Large Magelllanic Cloud as it rose in November 1994 from 10,000 feet in the Atacama Desert of Chile. In the cloud we could resolve numerous globulars with a 10 inch and the Tarantula Nebula is the most spectacular nebula in the sky. Clear Skies Don Colton -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+djcolton=piol.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+djcolton=piol.com@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Richard Tenney Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 6:19 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Omega Cen. I spotted it easily from Rush Valley last year in binos. Impressive big blob, I can only imagine how spectacular it must look at zenith from a truly southern (aka south of the equator) dark site in a big dob with a fat 2-inch eyepiece (oh, say, a 31 Nagler)! Has anyone on the list seen it like that? Rich --- Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net> wrote:
astrodeb@charter.net wrote:
It would be interesting if I could spot Omega Centauri from there.
Debbie
Theoretically it can be seen from as far north as SLC but it only gets a bit over 1 degree above the southern horizon.
It has been seen from Rush Valley.
From Bryce (and St. George) it reaches about 5 degrees.
In early June it transits about 2215 MDT.
Patrick
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