Did anyone else take a look a Pluto last week? Sky and Tel had an article about it crossing in front of a dark nebula last week. I was up at Monte Cristo so I took a look at it through several telescopes. On Wednesday night I saw it through both my 16" at 156X and through Ron Vanderhule's 25". In my 16" it was barely there. It was not far from a 14.5 mag star. Using averted vision I was barely able to see them. Through Ron's 25" they were bright and easy to see. Pluto was slightly brighter than the star. I thought it was neat to see Pluto without needing to take or draw a picture and then look again a day later. I also took at look at it on Thursday night through OAS's BOB (18.5"). Pluto had moved to where the star was. Dave
Thanks, David. Will it still be in a dark neb tonight? -- Joe --- On Mon, 7/12/10, Dunn, David <David.Dunn@supervalu.com> wrote: From: Dunn, David <David.Dunn@supervalu.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Pluto last week To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, July 12, 2010, 11:33 AM Did anyone else take a look a Pluto last week? Sky and Tel had an article about it crossing in front of a dark nebula last week. I was up at Monte Cristo so I took a look at it through several telescopes. On Wednesday night I saw it through both my 16" at 156X and through Ron Vanderhule's 25". In my 16" it was barely there. It was not far from a 14.5 mag star. Using averted vision I was barely able to see them. Through Ron's 25" they were bright and easy to see. Pluto was slightly brighter than the star. I thought it was neat to see Pluto without needing to take or draw a picture and then look again a day later. I also took at look at it on Thursday night through OAS's BOB (18.5"). Pluto had moved to where the star was. Dave _______________________________________________ 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
No, it was just for about 5 days. The two I listed were the last two days before it went into the Milky Way again. Thanks. Dave -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 11:55 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Pluto last week Thanks, David. Will it still be in a dark neb tonight? -- Joe --- On Mon, 7/12/10, Dunn, David <David.Dunn@supervalu.com> wrote: From: Dunn, David <David.Dunn@supervalu.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Pluto last week To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, July 12, 2010, 11:33 AM Did anyone else take a look a Pluto last week? Sky and Tel had an article about it crossing in front of a dark nebula last week. I was up at Monte Cristo so I took a look at it through several telescopes. On Wednesday night I saw it through both my 16" at 156X and through Ron Vanderhule's 25". In my 16" it was barely there. It was not far from a 14.5 mag star. Using averted vision I was barely able to see them. Through Ron's 25" they were bright and easy to see. Pluto was slightly brighter than the star. I thought it was neat to see Pluto without needing to take or draw a picture and then look again a day later. I also took at look at it on Thursday night through OAS's BOB (18.5"). Pluto had moved to where the star was. Dave _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
Joe, The Sky and Starry Night Pro show Pluto in Sagitarrius right now just above Messier 24, the Sagittarius Star Cloud. It is next to USNO J1814402-181841 a 14.05 mag. star with a RA (Jnow) 18h 15.309m Dec -18 degrees 18.471'. There is a 11th mag star just below it, TCY 6268-875-1 at RA(Jnow) 18h 15.495m Dec -18 degrees 20.279'. I might try for it tonight at the Pit and then confirm either Tuesday or Wednesday with an updated chart that I'll print out. It doesn't look overly difficult in either program to spot as Pluto appears to be in a well of not a lot of stars. Then again these are programs and not the real thing. Should be fun to try though. On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com>wrote:
Thanks, David. Will it still be in a dark neb tonight? -- Joe
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From: Dunn, David <David.Dunn@supervalu.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Pluto last week To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, July 12, 2010, 11:33 AM
Did anyone else take a look a Pluto last week? Sky and Tel had an article about it crossing in front of a dark nebula last week. I was up at Monte Cristo so I took a look at it through several telescopes. On Wednesday night I saw it through both my 16" at 156X and through Ron Vanderhule's 25". In my 16" it was barely there. It was not far from a 14.5 mag star. Using averted vision I was barely able to see them. Through Ron's 25" they were bright and easy to see. Pluto was slightly brighter than the star. I thought it was neat to see Pluto without needing to take or draw a picture and then look again a day later. I also took at look at it on Thursday night through OAS's BOB (18.5"). Pluto had moved to where the star was.
Dave
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Hi Dave, Your thread about Pluto prompted me to shoot a few images of Pluto tonight. Here are two shot's taken 1 hour apart. Pluto does move between the the two shots but not very much. I did not mark Pluto's position in case some folks want to try to find it by using Chucks "cross eyed" method (that method worked for me but then I knew where to look). http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/pluto01.jpg But I've also posted an annotated image: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/pluto02.jpg All images are shot with the C-14 operating at f/5.5 and ST-10 binned 2x2 and chilled to -10. Clear filter. 15 second exposure. patrick On 12 Jul 2010, at 11:33, Dunn, David wrote:
Did anyone else take a look a Pluto last week? Sky and Tel had an article about it crossing in front of a dark nebula last week. I was up at Monte Cristo so I took a look at it through several telescopes. On Wednesday night I saw it through both my 16" at 156X and through Ron Vanderhule's 25". In my 16" it was barely there. It was not far from a 14.5 mag star. Using averted vision I was barely able to see them. Through Ron's 25" they were bright and easy to see. Pluto was slightly brighter than the star. I thought it was neat to see Pluto without needing to take or draw a picture and then look again a day later. I also took at look at it on Thursday night through OAS's BOB (18.5"). Pluto had moved to where the star was.
Dave
Thanks for posting this. I am able to see the dark nebula and the star that was near it when I saw it off to the upper left. Thanks. Dave -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 4:12 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Pluto last week Hi Dave, Your thread about Pluto prompted me to shoot a few images of Pluto tonight. Here are two shot's taken 1 hour apart. Pluto does move between the the two shots but not very much. I did not mark Pluto's position in case some folks want to try to find it by using Chucks "cross eyed" method (that method worked for me but then I knew where to look). http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/pluto01.jpg But I've also posted an annotated image: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/pluto02.jpg All images are shot with the C-14 operating at f/5.5 and ST-10 binned 2x2 and chilled to -10. Clear filter. 15 second exposure. patrick On 12 Jul 2010, at 11:33, Dunn, David wrote:
Did anyone else take a look a Pluto last week? Sky and Tel had an article about it crossing in front of a dark nebula last week. I was up at Monte Cristo so I took a look at it through several telescopes. On Wednesday night I saw it through both my 16" at 156X and through Ron Vanderhule's 25". In my 16" it was barely there. It was not far from a 14.5 mag star. Using averted vision I was barely able to see them. Through Ron's 25" they were bright and easy to see. Pluto was slightly brighter than the star. I thought it was neat to see Pluto without needing to take or draw a picture and then look again a day later. I also took at look at it on Thursday night through OAS's BOB (18.5"). Pluto had moved to where the star was.
Dave
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I'm putting way too much time into this project. But, hey, I'm having fun. :) I got more shots of Pluto tonight and have now posted two versions. First, two images of Pluto taken last night one hour apart: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/hour.jpg Second, two images, one taken last night and the one on the right taken tonight: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/day.jpg All images are screen saves of raw (unreduced) FIT files. I found that if I reduce the images Pluto becomes too faint to see. I'm thinking I'm going to try this again but with much longer exposures so I can reduce them but still have Pluto visible. Now a question for those using Chuck's cross-eye technique to view these pairs. When you view them do you see a single dot or two dots floating above the background field of stars? I see a single dot for the 1 hour pair but 2 when I look at the 1 day pair. And now with dawn approaching it's off to bed. Hopefully my eyes will uncross by the time I get up this afternoon. :) Carpe Noctem! patrick On 13 Jul 2010, at 09:27, Dunn, David wrote:
Thanks for posting this. I am able to see the dark nebula and the star that was near it when I saw it off to the upper left.
Thanks. Dave
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 4:12 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Pluto last week
Hi Dave,
Your thread about Pluto prompted me to shoot a few images of Pluto tonight.
Here are two shot's taken 1 hour apart. Pluto does move between the the two shots but not very much. I did not mark Pluto's position in case some folks want to try to find it by using Chucks "cross eyed" method (that method worked for me but then I knew where to look).
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/pluto01.jpg
But I've also posted an annotated image:
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/pluto02.jpg
All images are shot with the C-14 operating at f/5.5 and ST-10 binned 2x2 and chilled to -10. Clear filter. 15 second exposure.
patrick
On 12 Jul 2010, at 11:33, Dunn, David wrote:
Did anyone else take a look a Pluto last week? Sky and Tel had an article about it crossing in front of a dark nebula last week. I was up at Monte Cristo so I took a look at it through several telescopes. On Wednesday night I saw it through both my 16" at 156X and through Ron Vanderhule's 25". In my 16" it was barely there. It was not far from a 14.5 mag star. Using averted vision I was barely able to see them. Through Ron's 25" they were bright and easy to see. Pluto was slightly brighter than the star. I thought it was neat to see Pluto without needing to take or draw a picture and then look again a day later. I also took at look at it on Thursday night through OAS's BOB (18.5"). Pluto had moved to where the star was.
Dave
I ended out having a little fun with this. I was responsible to lead our team meeting this week. Part of the agenda is to have an activity, so I did "Where's Pluto". After they guessed a few time (picking the brighter stars) I told them to try the cross eyed method to look. I don't think any of them got it so I showed them where it really was. That they led to 20 minutes of astronomy questions. At one point my boss said that he had never seen the Big Dipper. One of the team members asked me to show him so I pulled up APOD, found one and displayed it. Certainly the most fun I have had in team meeting for a while. So thanks for the great activity Patrick. Thanks. Dave -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 4:28 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Pluto last week I'm putting way too much time into this project. But, hey, I'm having fun. :) I got more shots of Pluto tonight and have now posted two versions. First, two images of Pluto taken last night one hour apart: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/hour.jpg Second, two images, one taken last night and the one on the right taken tonight: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/day.jpg All images are screen saves of raw (unreduced) FIT files. I found that if I reduce the images Pluto becomes too faint to see. I'm thinking I'm going to try this again but with much longer exposures so I can reduce them but still have Pluto visible. Now a question for those using Chuck's cross-eye technique to view these pairs. When you view them do you see a single dot or two dots floating above the background field of stars? I see a single dot for the 1 hour pair but 2 when I look at the 1 day pair. And now with dawn approaching it's off to bed. Hopefully my eyes will uncross by the time I get up this afternoon. :) Carpe Noctem! patrick On 13 Jul 2010, at 09:27, Dunn, David wrote:
Thanks for posting this. I am able to see the dark nebula and the star that was near it when I saw it off to the upper left.
Thanks. Dave
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 4:12 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Pluto last week
Hi Dave,
Your thread about Pluto prompted me to shoot a few images of Pluto tonight.
Here are two shot's taken 1 hour apart. Pluto does move between the the two shots but not very much. I did not mark Pluto's position in case some folks want to try to find it by using Chucks "cross eyed" method (that method worked for me but then I knew where to look).
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/pluto01.jpg
But I've also posted an annotated image:
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/pluto02.jpg
All images are shot with the C-14 operating at f/5.5 and ST-10 binned 2x2 and chilled to -10. Clear filter. 15 second exposure.
patrick
On 12 Jul 2010, at 11:33, Dunn, David wrote:
Did anyone else take a look a Pluto last week? Sky and Tel had an article about it crossing in front of a dark nebula last week. I was up at Monte Cristo so I took a look at it through several telescopes. On Wednesday night I saw it through both my 16" at 156X and through Ron Vanderhule's 25". In my 16" it was barely there. It was not far from a 14.5 mag star. Using averted vision I was barely able to see them. Through Ron's 25" they were bright and easy to see. Pluto was slightly brighter than the star. I thought it was neat to see Pluto without needing to take or draw a picture and then look again a day later. I also took at look at it on Thursday night through OAS's BOB (18.5"). Pluto had moved to where the star was.
Dave
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Dave, Only gibberish came through. Can you try again? Thank, Jo --- On Thu, 7/15/10, Dunn, David <David.Dunn@supervalu.com> wrote: From: Dunn, David <David.Dunn@supervalu.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Pluto last week To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Thursday, July 15, 2010, 8:12 AM xÝWÝoÜ6ç_1ç—$€Ínâ^oÜÚrÙ©ƒÚm®(Š‚+Q+v%R%)+ûrûýf(m78À¸·3HËápæ÷1Ü�q•©È‰}oÝŽ4µ6¥ÖP=8mj(56´¡QG &öÞE»Å’§Öh^T2º£Î˜Ä!x�Æìú C"_ã‘!½Ãfšð+±ž8Òe²÷6N)zÚ¨ÊVtò±1Á<‹ô¡’?)è²N&pˆí#ÖT›‘’í=ïm¹ÏÛÚ»kði“ñ²N¾xmÇ»¦p�TÊàc$s@¤Î¤Æã8Œ÷ÈxC•wÏ>fÝ^iw˜ÒïhçÙ$yRlüˆÅwätùM0ºm\§‚îÍ1�rk*…è«—ÔY7$9 Ž)xç»ý�%‹šâœ(•3Ô{ëáÕ–“Œ%I1ªA¹�¹G5¢1ŽãÓ•ÝÑÛ÷&tƒÕS±§†t["vÛËIù”œ¹jl—ÏÑ-ò£¡§Ë7oN©öƒCGGãwecßj®’M]›�´u8¡lÜù˜ƒd“›É¹Yäô µhÕØØÖt‹ú7Úí#v‘vÒKj†
That is really weird. I received it to my account without issue. Here is the text again just in case. I ended out having a little fun with this. I was responsible to lead our team meeting this week. Part of the agenda is to have an activity, so I did "Where's Pluto". After they guessed a few time (picking the brighter stars) I told them to try the cross eyed method to look. I don't think any of them got it so I showed them where it really was. That they led to 20 minutes of astronomy questions. At one point my boss said that he had never seen the Big Dipper. One of the team members asked me to show him so I pulled up APOD, found one and displayed it. Certainly the most fun I have had in team meeting for a while. So thanks for the great activity Patrick. Thanks. Dave
Thanks, David. It came through with no problems this time. Best wishes, Joe --- On Thu, 7/15/10, Dunn, David <David.Dunn@supervalu.com> wrote: From: Dunn, David <David.Dunn@supervalu.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Pluto last week To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Thursday, July 15, 2010, 3:14 PM That is really weird. I received it to my account without issue. Here is the text again just in case. I ended out having a little fun with this. I was responsible to lead our team meeting this week. Part of the agenda is to have an activity, so I did "Where's Pluto". After they guessed a few time (picking the brighter stars) I told them to try the cross eyed method to look. I don't think any of them got it so I showed them where it really was. That they led to 20 minutes of astronomy questions. At one point my boss said that he had never seen the Big Dipper. One of the team members asked me to show him so I pulled up APOD, found one and displayed it. Certainly the most fun I have had in team meeting for a while. So thanks for the great activity Patrick. Thanks. Dave _______________________________________________ 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
Way cool! I downloaded it and looked at it at 33 percent, because it was easier to merge the images that way, and Pluto did stick out! Thanks, Joe --- On Tue, 7/13/10, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote: From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Pluto last week To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 4:11 AM Hi Dave, Your thread about Pluto prompted me to shoot a few images of Pluto tonight. Here are two shot's taken 1 hour apart. Pluto does move between the the two shots but not very much. I did not mark Pluto's position in case some folks want to try to find it by using Chucks "cross eyed" method (that method worked for me but then I knew where to look). http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/pluto01.jpg But I've also posted an annotated image: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/pluto02.jpg All images are shot with the C-14 operating at f/5.5 and ST-10 binned 2x2 and chilled to -10. Clear filter. 15 second exposure. patrick On 12 Jul 2010, at 11:33, Dunn, David wrote:
Did anyone else take a look a Pluto last week? Sky and Tel had an article about it crossing in front of a dark nebula last week. I was up at Monte Cristo so I took a look at it through several telescopes. On Wednesday night I saw it through both my 16" at 156X and through Ron Vanderhule's 25". In my 16" it was barely there. It was not far from a 14.5 mag star. Using averted vision I was barely able to see them. Through Ron's 25" they were bright and easy to see. Pluto was slightly brighter than the star. I thought it was neat to see Pluto without needing to take or draw a picture and then look again a day later. I also took at look at it on Thursday night through OAS's BOB (18.5"). Pluto had moved to where the star was.
Dave
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