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Now, that's cool! Thanks, Rodger! On 9/8/10, Rodger C. Fry <rcfry@comcast.net> wrote:
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It's almost unreal! --- On Wed, 9/8/10, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Interesting Spiral Nebula Imaged by Hubble To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 6:10 PM Now, that's cool! Thanks, Rodger!
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Agreed Joe. That was my first thought when I saw it. If something like that showed up in one of my images I'd think it was an artifact of the imager. patrick On 08 Sep 2010, at 19:06, Joe Bauman wrote:
It's almost unreal!
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Hi Friends, David Rankin and I are considering heading out for some astroimaging Saturday evening. I am fond of Lakeside because it's pretty dark and it's only an hour from SLC. Do any of you old hands like Jay Eads have an opinion about whether it'll be muddy or humid then? We've had rain recently and I think more is on the way. If not Lakeside, is there another place sort of close to SLC where we would not have to deal with moisture in one form or another? Many thanks, Joe
Have you considered the Ealing at SPOC? We got some nice images early in SPOC's history with it and an old ST-6 I gave the club (ST-6 is for sale, BTW). I've often wondered what could be done with the Ealing and one of the more modern imagers. patrick On 08 Sep 2010, at 22:55, Joe Bauman wrote:
Hi Friends, David Rankin and I are considering heading out for some astroimaging Saturday evening. I am fond of Lakeside because it's pretty dark and it's only an hour from SLC. Do any of you old hands like Jay Eads have an opinion about whether it'll be muddy or humid then? We've had rain recently and I think more is on the way. If not Lakeside, is there another place sort of close to SLC where we would not have to deal with moisture in one form or another? Many thanks, Joe
Here's a question for you expert imagers: How does moderate light pollution such as at SPOC affect both the imaging process and the final product? Can you achieve the same results as you would from a very dark sky? Joe, I've been to Skull Valley a few times and observed from a spot near Horseshoe Springs. There's a small hill on the opposite side of the highway east of the springs where you can get a little elevation, above the low-lying moisture. The hill is rocky so even if the surface is damp I don't think it would be muddy. Skull Valley is also only about one hour from SLC. Kim -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 11:02 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Please advise Have you considered the Ealing at SPOC? We got some nice images early in SPOC's history with it and an old ST-6 I gave the club (ST-6 is for sale, BTW). I've often wondered what could be done with the Ealing and one of the more modern imagers. patrick On 08 Sep 2010, at 22:55, Joe Bauman wrote:
Hi Friends, David Rankin and I are considering heading out for some astroimaging Saturday evening. I am fond of Lakeside because it's pretty dark and it's only an hour from SLC. Do any of you old hands like Jay Eads have an opinion about whether it'll be muddy or humid then? We've had rain recently and I think more is on the way. If not Lakeside, is there another place sort of close to SLC where we would not have to deal with moisture in one form or another? Many thanks, Joe
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Kim, Light pollution really kills deep space astrophotography. I think that it is because a lot of the visible light coming off of the objects is the same wavelengths as the light pollution. You get this fog in the image and when you try to remove it, it starts to eat away the data from the object you were shooting. I have tried LP filters with little success as well. One way around it is to shoot in HA only, as it wont pick up any of those wavelengths. I don't have an HA filter for my dslr yet :(. I have never been to spoc though, may come out there anyway. What is the Ealing? Cheers On 9/9/2010 8:45 AM, Kim wrote:
Here's a question for you expert imagers: How does moderate light pollution such as at SPOC affect both the imaging process and the final product? Can you achieve the same results as you would from a very dark sky?
Joe, I've been to Skull Valley a few times and observed from a spot near Horseshoe Springs. There's a small hill on the opposite side of the highway east of the springs where you can get a little elevation, above the low-lying moisture. The hill is rocky so even if the surface is damp I don't think it would be muddy. Skull Valley is also only about one hour from SLC.
Kim
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 11:02 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Please advise
Have you considered the Ealing at SPOC?
We got some nice images early in SPOC's history with it and an old ST-6 I gave the club (ST-6 is for sale, BTW). I've often wondered what could be done with the Ealing and one of the more modern imagers.
patrick
On 08 Sep 2010, at 22:55, Joe Bauman wrote:
Hi Friends, David Rankin and I are considering heading out for some
astroimaging Saturday evening. I am fond of Lakeside because it's pretty dark and it's only an hour from SLC. Do any of you old hands like Jay Eads have an opinion about whether it'll be muddy or humid then? We've had rain recently and I think more is on the way. If not Lakeside, is there another place sort of close to SLC where we would not have to deal with moisture in one form or another? Many thanks, Joe
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David, I sort of thought that would be the case, but I'm wondering how imaging would be from SPOC where the light pollution isn't great. A few years back we could still see 6.5 magnitude stars overhead - I don't know how bad the light has become since. The Ealing is the 16" reflector (classical cassegrain?) installed at SPOC, I believe in 2002. It was the first scope to see "first light" in what became the Harmon's Observatory building. It was originally located at the U of U physics building, where I remember looking through it in 1972. Kim -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of David Rankin Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 9:38 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Please advise Kim, Light pollution really kills deep space astrophotography. I think that it is because a lot of the visible light coming off of the objects is the same wavelengths as the light pollution. You get this fog in the image and when you try to remove it, it starts to eat away the data from the object you were shooting. I have tried LP filters with little success as well. One way around it is to shoot in HA only, as it wont pick up any of those wavelengths. I don't have an HA filter for my dslr yet :(. I have never been to spoc though, may come out there anyway. What is the Ealing? Cheers
Hi all, Many thanks for the help! Kim, could you give us some specifics about that spot in Skull Valley? Best wishes, Joe --- On Thu, 9/9/10, David Rankin <David@rankinstudio.com> wrote:
From: David Rankin <David@rankinstudio.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Please advise To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Thursday, September 9, 2010, 9:37 AM Kim,
Light pollution really kills deep space astrophotography. I think that it is because a lot of the visible light coming off of the objects is the same wavelengths as the light pollution. You get this fog in the image and when you try to remove it, it starts to eat away the data from the object you were shooting. I have tried LP filters with little success as well. One way around it is to shoot in HA only, as it wont pick up any of those wavelengths. I don't have an HA filter for my dslr yet :(. I have never been to spoc though, may come out there anyway.
What is the Ealing?
Cheers
On 9/9/2010 8:45 AM, Kim wrote:
Here's a question for you expert imagers: How does moderate light pollution such as at SPOC affect both the imaging process and the final product? Can you achieve the same results as you would from a very dark sky?
Joe, I've been to Skull Valley a few times and observed from a spot near Horseshoe Springs. There's a small hill on the opposite side of the highway east of the springs where you can get a little elevation, above the low-lying moisture. The hill is rocky so even if the surface is damp I don't think it would be muddy. Skull Valley is also only about one hour from SLC.
Kim
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 11:02 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Please advise
Have you considered the Ealing at SPOC?
We got some nice images early in SPOC's history with it and an old ST-6 I gave the club (ST-6 is for sale, BTW). I've often wondered what could be done with the Ealing and one of the more modern imagers.
patrick
On 08 Sep 2010, at 22:55, Joe Bauman wrote:
Hi Friends, David Rankin and I are considering heading out for some
astroimaging Saturday evening. I am fond of Lakeside because it's pretty dark and it's only an hour from SLC. Do any of you old hands like Jay Eads have an opinion about whether it'll be muddy or humid then? We've had rain recently and I think more is on the way. If not Lakeside, is there another place sort of close to SLC where we would not have to deal with moisture in one form or another? Many thanks, Joe
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PS, What I meant to ask is, could you tell us the miles from a turnoff? Thanks again, Joe --- On Thu, 9/9/10, David Rankin <David@rankinstudio.com> wrote:
From: David Rankin <David@rankinstudio.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Please advise To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Thursday, September 9, 2010, 9:37 AM Kim,
Light pollution really kills deep space astrophotography. I think that it is because a lot of the visible light coming off of the objects is the same wavelengths as the light pollution. You get this fog in the image and when you try to remove it, it starts to eat away the data from the object you were shooting. I have tried LP filters with little success as well. One way around it is to shoot in HA only, as it wont pick up any of those wavelengths. I don't have an HA filter for my dslr yet :(. I have never been to spoc though, may come out there anyway.
What is the Ealing?
Cheers
On 9/9/2010 8:45 AM, Kim wrote:
Here's a question for you expert imagers: How does moderate light pollution such as at SPOC affect both the imaging process and the final product? Can you achieve the same results as you would from a very dark sky?
Joe, I've been to Skull Valley a few times and observed from a spot near Horseshoe Springs. There's a small hill on the opposite side of the highway east of the springs where you can get a little elevation, above the low-lying moisture. The hill is rocky so even if the surface is damp I don't think it would be muddy. Skull Valley is also only about one hour from SLC.
Kim
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 11:02 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Please advise
Have you considered the Ealing at SPOC?
We got some nice images early in SPOC's history with it and an old ST-6 I gave the club (ST-6 is for sale, BTW). I've often wondered what could be done with the Ealing and one of the more modern imagers.
patrick
On 08 Sep 2010, at 22:55, Joe Bauman wrote:
Hi Friends, David Rankin and I are considering heading out for some
astroimaging Saturday evening. I am fond of Lakeside because it's pretty dark and it's only an hour from SLC. Do any of you old hands like Jay Eads have an opinion about whether it'll be muddy or humid then? We've had rain recently and I think more is on the way. If not Lakeside, is there another place sort of close to SLC where we would not have to deal with moisture in one form or another? Many thanks, Joe
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Joe, here's a link to a Google map beginning at exit 77 (SR 196/Skull Valley Road) to Skull Valley: http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=f irefox-a&q=skull+valley+utah&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Skull+Valley,+Utah&gl=u s&ei=mXuJTJDNIoOBlAfZ3O2BDw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CB oQ8gEwAA. I still don't' know how to use Google map features well enough to save links of what I want to share, but if you pan south in a satellite view you can see the springs and their distinctive horseshoe shape with the knoll to the east. The distance to Horseshoe Springs is just under 10 miles from the exit. I believe it is a State Park and well marked, so you can't miss it. You'll see the knoll on the opposite side of the highway, immediately opposite the springs. Let me know what you think of the site. It isn't perfect, and you wouldn't want to be there in warm weather (hot and mosquitoes), but it's dark and I took some good pics of comet Hale Bopp from there. One night I observed there with Les Christopher. On that occasion it was windy, but the weather was unstable, anyway. BTW, you definitely don't want to try to set up at the springs; a lot of moisture and mosquitoes. However, just across the highway on the knoll it hasn't been damp and the mosquitoes don't seem to bother. If you go, good luck. Kim -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 11:16 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Please advise PS, What I meant to ask is, could you tell us the miles from a turnoff? Thanks again, Joe
Hi Kim, We decided to try Lakeside. If it looks muddy I for one will take off for Skull Valley. Many thanks, Joe --- On Thu, 9/9/10, Kim <kimharch@cut.net> wrote:
From: Kim <kimharch@cut.net> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Please advise To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Thursday, September 9, 2010, 6:59 PM Joe, here's a link to a Google map beginning at exit 77 (SR 196/Skull Valley Road) to Skull Valley: http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=f irefox-a&q=skull+valley+utah&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Skull+Valley,+Utah&gl=u s&ei=mXuJTJDNIoOBlAfZ3O2BDw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CB oQ8gEwAA. I still don't' know how to use Google map features well enough to save links of what I want to share, but if you pan south in a satellite view you can see the springs and their distinctive horseshoe shape with the knoll to the east. The distance to Horseshoe Springs is just under 10 miles from the exit. I believe it is a State Park and well marked, so you can't miss it. You'll see the knoll on the opposite side of the highway, immediately opposite the springs.
Let me know what you think of the site. It isn't perfect, and you wouldn't want to be there in warm weather (hot and mosquitoes), but it's dark and I took some good pics of comet Hale Bopp from there. One night I observed there with Les Christopher. On that occasion it was windy, but the weather was unstable, anyway. BTW, you definitely don't want to try to set up at the springs; a lot of moisture and mosquitoes. However, just across the highway on the knoll it hasn't been damp and the mosquitoes don't seem to bother. If you go, good luck.
Kim
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PS, What I meant to ask is, could you tell us the miles from a turnoff? Thanks again, Joe
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Hi Kim, On 09 Sep 2010, at 08:45, Kim wrote:
Here's a question for you expert imagers: How does moderate light pollution such as at SPOC affect both the imaging process and the final product? Can you achieve the same results as you would from a very dark sky?
While I'm sure it has some effects on astrophotography (film), it seems to have less of an effect on astroimaging (CCD). I need only point to some of the stuff I've produced from my place which is just across the golf course from SPOC. I'm guessing there is some advantage to imaging from truly dark skies but the advantage is small enough that I'm willing to sacrifice a bit for the convenience of an observatory a couple of meters from my study as opposed to one with darker skies a few hundred kilomenters away. Carpe Noctem! :) patrick
Whatcha mean by them there meters and kilometers? -- from a red-blooded American. --- On Thu, 9/9/10, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Please advise To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Thursday, September 9, 2010, 12:12 PM Hi Kim,
On 09 Sep 2010, at 08:45, Kim wrote:
Here's a question for you expert imagers: How does moderate light pollution such as at SPOC affect both the imaging process and the final product? Can you achieve the same results as you would from a very dark sky?
While I'm sure it has some effects on astrophotography (film), it seems to have less of an effect on astroimaging (CCD).
I need only point to some of the stuff I've produced from my place which is just across the golf course from SPOC.
I'm guessing there is some advantage to imaging from truly dark skies but the advantage is small enough that I'm willing to sacrifice a bit for the convenience of an observatory a couple of meters from my study as opposed to one with darker skies a few hundred kilomenters away.
Carpe Noctem! :)
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Joe have you actually ever seen Patrick bleed? There might be alien blood in those veins.
Whatcha mean by them there meters and kilometers? -- from a red-blooded
American.
--- On Thu, 9/9/10, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Please advise To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Thursday, September 9, 2010, 12:12 PM Hi Kim,
On 09 Sep 2010, at 08:45, Kim wrote:
Here's a question for you expert imagers: How does moderate light pollution such as at SPOC affect both the imaging process and the final product? Can you achieve the same results as you would from a very dark sky?
While I'm sure it has some effects on astrophotography (film), it seems to have less of an effect on astroimaging (CCD).
I need only point to some of the stuff I've produced from my place which is just across the golf course from SPOC.
I'm guessing there is some advantage to imaging from truly dark skies but the advantage is small enough that I'm willing to sacrifice a bit for the convenience of an observatory a couple of meters from my study as opposed to one with darker skies a few hundred kilomenters away.
Carpe Noctem! :)
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Now that you mention it, Patrick did scrape his finger fiddling with a telescope once -- the blood was green. And he is deeply involved with SPOC. ... Hummm. --- On Fri, 9/10/10, erikhansen@thebluezone.net <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote:
From: erikhansen@thebluezone.net <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Please advise To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Friday, September 10, 2010, 8:15 AM
Joe have you actually ever seen Patrick bleed? There might be alien blood in those veins.
Whatcha mean by them there meters and kilometers? -- from a red-blooded
American.
--- On Thu, 9/9/10, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Please advise To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Thursday, September 9, 2010, 12:12 PM Hi Kim,
On 09 Sep 2010, at 08:45, Kim wrote:
Here's a question for you expert imagers: How does moderate light pollution such as at SPOC affect both the imaging process and the final product? Can you achieve the same results as you would from a very dark sky?
While I'm sure it has some effects on astrophotography (film), it seems to have less of an effect on astroimaging (CCD).
I need only point to some of the stuff I've produced from my place which is just across the golf course from SPOC.
I'm guessing there is some advantage to imaging from truly dark skies but the advantage is small enough that I'm willing to sacrifice a bit for the convenience of an observatory a couple of meters from my study as opposed to one with darker skies a few hundred kilomenters away.
Carpe Noctem! :)
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I was wondering how long it would take for someone to figure out this was stage makeup... Image 49 "First Blood" at: http://www.slas.us/patrick2/slas/SPOC2BUILD01.HTML Carpe Noctem! patrick On 10 Sep 2010, at 08:15, erikhansen@TheBlueZone.net wrote:
Joe have you actually ever seen Patrick bleed? There might be alien blood in those veins.
Whatcha mean by them there meters and kilometers? -- from a red-blooded
American.
I imagine the biggest problem at SPOC would be the occasional car headlights or the bright outdoor light from across the pond turned on during an exposure.
Hi Kim,
On 09 Sep 2010, at 08:45, Kim wrote:
Here's a question for you expert imagers: How does moderate light pollution such as at SPOC affect both the imaging process and the final product? Can you achieve the same results as you would from a very dark sky?
While I'm sure it has some effects on astrophotography (film), it seems to have less of an effect on astroimaging (CCD).
I need only point to some of the stuff I've produced from my place which is just across the golf course from SPOC.
I'm guessing there is some advantage to imaging from truly dark skies but the advantage is small enough that I'm willing to sacrifice a bit for the convenience of an observatory a couple of meters from my study as opposed to one with darker skies a few hundred kilomenters away.
Carpe Noctem! :)
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Patrick, I volunteer to bring a camera down to see what the Ealing can do! :) Tyler Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Sender: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 23:01:33 To: Utah Astronomy<utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Reply-To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Please advise Have you considered the Ealing at SPOC? We got some nice images early in SPOC's history with it and an old ST-6 I gave the club (ST-6 is for sale, BTW). I've often wondered what could be done with the Ealing and one of the more modern imagers. patrick On 08 Sep 2010, at 22:55, Joe Bauman wrote:
Hi Friends, David Rankin and I are considering heading out for some astroimaging Saturday evening. I am fond of Lakeside because it's pretty dark and it's only an hour from SLC. Do any of you old hands like Jay Eads have an opinion about whether it'll be muddy or humid then? We've had rain recently and I think more is on the way. If not Lakeside, is there another place sort of close to SLC where we would not have to deal with moisture in one form or another? Many thanks, Joe
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LL Pegasi is a variable star with a magnitude range of 9.64-11.60. It might be interesting to see if the spiral could be imaged with amateur equipment. You would need a scope with a long focal length like a C-14 and a long exposure at high resolution (1x1 binning). Its coordinates are: RA 23h 19m 12.0s and Dec 17d 11'30". -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Rodger C. Fry Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 4:27 PM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Interesting Spiral Nebula Imaged by Hubble Follow Link http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/09/07/5062638-celestial-spiral-goe s-viral Rodger Fry _______________________________________________ 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
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