John Bortle is reporting a six-fold increase in brightness this morning: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/Comet-ISON-Comes-to-Life-23189...
Has anyone here actually seen ISON recently? If I'm reading the charts correctly it looks like tomorrow morning in northern Utah ISON will be about 21 degrees up in the SE at the beginning of nautical twilight (0612) and about 26 degrees at the beginning of civil twilight (0645). Of course weather in northern Utah is forecast to be cloudy in the morning. NWS is calling for clearing Monday morning. By then ISON will be 16 degrees at nautical and 20 degrees by civil. Here's an ISON story NASA released today: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/14nov_whatsnext/ patrick On 14 Nov 2013, at 07:19, Chuck Hards wrote:
John Bortle is reporting a six-fold increase in brightness this morning:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/Comet-ISON-Comes-to-Life-23189...
Patrick, How does one track a Comet for photography with a mount with a drive system? Stece From: "Wiggins Patrick" <paw@getbeehive.net> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 9:51:44 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet ISON wakes up Has anyone here actually seen ISON recently? If I'm reading the charts correctly it looks like tomorrow morning in northern Utah ISON will be about 21 degrees up in the SE at the beginning of nautical twilight (0612) and about 26 degrees at the beginning of civil twilight (0645). Of course weather in northern Utah is forecast to be cloudy in the morning. NWS is calling for clearing Monday morning. By then ISON will be 16 degrees at nautical and 20 degrees by civil. Here's an ISON story NASA released today: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/14nov_whatsnext/ patrick On 14 Nov 2013, at 07:19, Chuck Hards wrote:
John Bortle is reporting a six-fold increase in brightness this morning:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/Comet-ISON-Comes-to-Life-23189...
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On 15 Nov 2013, at 00:18, gazebo4sale@comcast.net wrote:
Patrick, How does one track a Comet for photography with a mount with a drive system? Stece
I'm pretty sure that will depend on the software and possibly the mount. In my case I'm running TheSky6. Once I've got that running and it is communicating with the mount I click on the comet and a small window opens. One of the options in the window is to set the tracking rates. TheSky already knows where the comet is and where it's headed so when I click on Set Tracking Rates it does its "magic" and tells the mount to move in the right direction at the right rate. Pretty simple, actually. It does the same for minor planets, the Moon and even artificial satellites. Others on the list might want to chime in and describe how they do it. Cheers, patrick
I don’t worry about it too much. The exposure time is, generally, quite short. Guiding is not a problem. The exposures I took on the 8th (here’s the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/78046474@N06/sets/72157637445620054/ ) were unguided. I guess if you really wanted to take some long exposures you could guide directly on the comet if you could see it in your guiding setup. I use PHD for guiding. Dave On Nov 15, 2013, at 12:18 AM, gazebo4sale@comcast.net wrote:
Patrick, How does one track a Comet for photography with a mount with a drive system? Stece
From: "Wiggins Patrick" <paw@getbeehive.net> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 9:51:44 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet ISON wakes up
Has anyone here actually seen ISON recently?
If I'm reading the charts correctly it looks like tomorrow morning in northern Utah ISON will be about 21 degrees up in the SE at the beginning of nautical twilight (0612) and about 26 degrees at the beginning of civil twilight (0645).
Of course weather in northern Utah is forecast to be cloudy in the morning.
NWS is calling for clearing Monday morning. By then ISON will be 16 degrees at nautical and 20 degrees by civil.
Here's an ISON story NASA released today: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/14nov_whatsnext/
patrick
On 14 Nov 2013, at 07:19, Chuck Hards wrote:
John Bortle is reporting a six-fold increase in brightness this morning:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/Comet-ISON-Comes-to-Life-23189...
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Bruno and I saw it Sunday morning. It wasn't the comet of the century to be sure. It was just a small smudge with no visible tail in the 14¼". I have not seen it since the outburst and tomorrow does not look good. Sig On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 10:51 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net>wrote:
Has anyone here actually seen ISON recently?
If I'm reading the charts correctly it looks like tomorrow morning in northern Utah ISON will be about 21 degrees up in the SE at the beginning of nautical twilight (0612) and about 26 degrees at the beginning of civil twilight (0645).
Of course weather in northern Utah is forecast to be cloudy in the morning.
NWS is calling for clearing Monday morning. By then ISON will be 16 degrees at nautical and 20 degrees by civil.
Here's an ISON story NASA released today: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/14nov_whatsnext/
patrick
On 14 Nov 2013, at 07:19, Chuck Hards wrote:
John Bortle is reporting a six-fold increase in brightness this morning:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/Comet-ISON-Comes-to-Life-23189...
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The thing to remember about comets is that you don't have to wait for the comet of the century. Some of us won't live long enough for that anyway. With modern equipment and internet communications you can look at them, or recent picture of them any day. There is usually one or two within the reach of hand held binoculars and at least 5 within reach of modest aperture telescopes. The eccentric orbit make them come from nowhere, and brighten dramatically. The tail geometry is highly variable and rapidly changing. There is much more drama here than with asteroids or planets or even sun surface phenomenon. There are discussion groups available and they are even specialize into photos, observation, and discussions. Most important for some of the followers is if you find one you get to put your own name on it. Like Levy, Macholdts, Lovejoy, McNaught, Hyakutake, Hale, Bopp. Keep looking up DT
________________________________ From: Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried@jachmann.org> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 12:53 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet ISON wakes up
Bruno and I saw it Sunday morning. It wasn't the comet of the century to be sure. It was just a small smudge with no visible tail in the 14¼". I have not seen it since the outburst and tomorrow does not look good.
Sig
On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 10:51 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net>wrote:
Has anyone here actually seen ISON recently?
If I'm reading the charts correctly it looks like tomorrow morning in northern Utah ISON will be about 21 degrees up in the SE at the beginning of nautical twilight (0612) and about 26 degrees at the beginning of civil twilight (0645).
Of course weather in northern Utah is forecast to be cloudy in the morning.
NWS is calling for clearing Monday morning. By then ISON will be 16 degrees at nautical and 20 degrees by civil.
Here's an ISON story NASA released today: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/14nov_whatsnext/
patrick
On 14 Nov 2013, at 07:19, Chuck Hards wrote:
John Bortle is reporting a six-fold increase in brightness this morning:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/Comet-ISON-Comes-to-Life-23189...
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Bortle comments: "Just what this event signals for the future of C/ISON, with it now exactly two weeks from perihelion, is difficult to say. Over the next few days it should become apparent whether this event is the result of a single massive release of new volatiles; the nucleus having fractured; or perhaps even a dramatic permanent, sustainable, uptick in the comet's overall brightness."> The thing to remember about comets is that you don't have to wait for the
comet of the century. Some of us won't live long enough for that anyway.
With modern equipment and internet communications you can look at them, or recent picture of them any day. There is usually one or two within the reach of hand held binoculars and at least 5 within reach of modest aperture telescopes. The eccentric orbit make them come from nowhere, and brighten dramatically. The tail geometry is highly variable and rapidly changing.
There is much more drama here than with asteroids or planets or even sun surface phenomenon. There are discussion groups available and they are even specialize into photos, observation, and discussions.
Most important for some of the followers is if you find one you get to put your own name on it. Like Levy, Macholdts, Lovejoy, McNaught, Hyakutake, Hale, Bopp.
Keep looking up DT
________________________________ From: Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried@jachmann.org> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 12:53 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet ISON wakes up
Bruno and I saw it Sunday morning. It wasn't the comet of the century to be sure. It was just a small smudge with no visible tail in the 14¼". I have not seen it since the outburst and tomorrow does not look good.
Sig
On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 10:51 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net>wrote:
Has anyone here actually seen ISON recently?
If I'm reading the charts correctly it looks like tomorrow morning in northern Utah ISON will be about 21 degrees up in the SE at the beginning of nautical twilight (0612) and about 26 degrees at the beginning of civil twilight (0645).
Of course weather in northern Utah is forecast to be cloudy in the morning.
NWS is calling for clearing Monday morning. By then ISON will be 16 degrees at nautical and 20 degrees by civil.
Here's an ISON story NASA released today: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/14nov_whatsnext/
patrick
On 14 Nov 2013, at 07:19, Chuck Hards wrote:
John Bortle is reporting a six-fold increase in brightness this morning:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/Comet-ISON-Comes-to-Life-23189...
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If you don't mind my butting in on a question addressed to me -- I use a guide 'scope. It will guide on anything I designate. So I can choose the comet's nucleus and it will track on that. The question is, do you want it to? If you track on the comet and it's going prety fast, you'll get obvious streaking, or a series of dots, from the background stars. If you guide on a star instead, the comet may be a little more blurry, but comets are pretty fuzzy anyhow. Some people will track on the comet and then edit out star trails by use of a cloning accessory in PhotoShop. I prefer never to clone, but it's a choice. The problem is worse the faster the comet is going compared to the background. -- Joe On Friday, November 15, 2013 12:09 PM, Erik Hansen <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote: Bortle comments: "Just what this event signals for the future of C/ISON, with it now exactly two weeks from perihelion, is difficult to say. Over the next few days it should become apparent whether this event is the result of a single massive release of new volatiles; the nucleus having fractured; or perhaps even a dramatic permanent, sustainable, uptick in the comet's overall brightness."> The thing to remember about comets is that you don't have to wait for the
comet of the century. Some of us won't live long enough for that anyway.
With modern equipment and internet communications you can look at them, or recent picture of them any day. There is usually one or two within the reach of hand held binoculars and at least 5 within reach of modest aperture telescopes. The eccentric orbit make them come from nowhere, and brighten dramatically. The tail geometry is highly variable and rapidly changing.
There is much more drama here than with asteroids or planets or even sun surface phenomenon. There are discussion groups available and they are even specialize into photos, observation, and discussions.
Most important for some of the followers is if you find one you get to put your own name on it. Like Levy, Macholdts, Lovejoy, McNaught, Hyakutake, Hale, Bopp.
Keep looking up DT
________________________________ From: Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried@jachmann.org> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 12:53 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet ISON wakes up
Bruno and I saw it Sunday morning. It wasn't the comet of the century to be sure. It was just a small smudge with no visible tail in the 14¼". I have not seen it since the outburst and tomorrow does not look good.
Sig
On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 10:51 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net>wrote:
Has anyone here actually seen ISON recently?
If I'm reading the charts correctly it looks like tomorrow morning in northern Utah ISON will be about 21 degrees up in the SE at the beginning of nautical twilight (0612) and about 26 degrees at the beginning of civil twilight (0645).
Of course weather in northern Utah is forecast to be cloudy in the morning.
NWS is calling for clearing Monday morning. By then ISON will be 16 degrees at nautical and 20 degrees by civil.
Here's an ISON story NASA released today: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/14nov_whatsnext/
patrick
On 14 Nov 2013, at 07:19, Chuck Hards wrote:
John Bortle is reporting a six-fold increase in brightness this morning:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/Comet-ISON-Comes-to-Life-23189...
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OOPS, I meant I'm butting in on a question NOT addressed to me. I'm still groggy from the high-pressure events of the past week. Cory's poor little sister (Maggie was 55 with Downs), became very ill, then died on Monday in the IHC hospital in Murray. We were stunned in a way, to lose that sweet soul. Then we had two days to prepare for the funeral, and I was the "conductor" of that, and I had to write a commentary about Maggie too. Since Thursday we've been entertaining Cory's brother and his wife, and trying to catch up on sleep. So it's stressful and I apologize for whatever typs I might be making. -- Joe On Friday, November 15, 2013 9:57 PM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote: If you don't mind my butting in on a question addressed to me -- I use a guide 'scope. It will guide on anything I designate. So I can choose the comet's nucleus and it will track on that. The question is, do you want it to? If you track on the comet and it's going prety fast, you'll get obvious streaking, or a series of dots, from the background stars. If you guide on a star instead, the comet may be a little more blurry, but comets are pretty fuzzy anyhow. Some people will track on the comet and then edit out star trails by use of a cloning accessory in PhotoShop. I prefer never to clone, but it's a choice. The problem is worse the faster the comet is going compared to the background. -- Joe On Friday, November 15, 2013 12:09 PM, Erik Hansen <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote: Bortle comments: "Just what this event signals for the future of C/ISON, with it now exactly two weeks from perihelion, is difficult to say. Over the next few days it should become apparent whether this event is the result of a single massive release of new volatiles; the nucleus having fractured; or perhaps even a dramatic permanent, sustainable, uptick in the comet's overall brightness."> The thing to remember about comets is that you don't have to wait for the
comet of the century. Some of us won't live long enough for that anyway.
With modern equipment and internet communications you can look at them, or recent picture of them any day. There is usually one or two within the reach of hand held binoculars and at least 5 within reach of modest aperture telescopes. The eccentric orbit make them come from nowhere, and brighten dramatically. The tail geometry is highly variable and rapidly changing.
There is much more drama here than with asteroids or planets or even sun surface phenomenon. There are discussion groups available and they are even specialize into photos, observation, and discussions.
Most important for some of the followers is if you find one you get to put your own name on it. Like Levy, Macholdts, Lovejoy, McNaught, Hyakutake, Hale, Bopp.
Keep looking up DT
________________________________ From: Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried@jachmann.org> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 12:53 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet ISON wakes up
Bruno and I saw it Sunday morning. It wasn't the comet of the century to be sure. It was just a small smudge with no visible tail in the 14¼". I have not seen it since the outburst and tomorrow does not look good.
Sig
On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 10:51 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net>wrote:
Has anyone here actually seen ISON recently?
If I'm reading the charts correctly it looks like tomorrow morning in northern Utah ISON will be about 21 degrees up in the SE at the beginning of nautical twilight (0612) and about 26 degrees at the beginning of civil twilight (0645).
Of course weather in northern Utah is forecast to be cloudy in the morning.
NWS is calling for clearing Monday morning. By then ISON will be 16 degrees at nautical and 20 degrees by civil.
Here's an ISON story NASA released today: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/14nov_whatsnext/
patrick
On 14 Nov 2013, at 07:19, Chuck Hards wrote:
John Bortle is reporting a six-fold increase in brightness this morning:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/Comet-ISON-Comes-to-Life-23189...
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I use my guide setup for everything except planets and comets. With comets, if the mount is polar-aligned fairly accurately, the short exposure times do not necessitate guiding. I have never done it before. Maybe next time I’ll pick a guide star and try it. Might surprise myself. Although, when I look in a mirror that usually does it. I avoid mirrors. Dave On Nov 15, 2013, at 10:09 PM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
OOPS, I meant I'm butting in on a question NOT addressed to me. I'm still groggy from the high-pressure events of the past week. Cory's poor little sister (Maggie was 55 with Downs), became very ill, then died on Monday in the IHC hospital in Murray. We were stunned in a way, to lose that sweet soul. Then we had two days to prepare for the funeral, and I was the "conductor" of that, and I had to write a commentary about Maggie too. Since Thursday we've been entertaining Cory's brother and his wife, and trying to catch up on sleep. So it's stressful and I apologize for whatever typs I might be making. -- Joe
On Friday, November 15, 2013 9:57 PM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
If you don't mind my butting in on a question addressed to me -- I use a guide 'scope. It will guide on anything I designate. So I can choose the comet's nucleus and it will track on that. The question is, do you want it to? If you track on the comet and it's going prety fast, you'll get obvious streaking, or a series of dots, from the background stars. If you guide on a star instead, the comet may be a little more blurry, but comets are pretty fuzzy anyhow. Some people will track on the comet and then edit out star trails by use of a cloning accessory in PhotoShop. I prefer never to clone, but it's a choice. The problem is worse the faster the comet is going compared to the background. -- Joe
On Friday, November 15, 2013 12:09 PM, Erik Hansen <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote:
Bortle comments: "Just what this event signals for the future of C/ISON, with it now exactly two weeks from perihelion, is difficult to say. Over the next few days it should become apparent whether this event is the result of a single massive release of new volatiles; the nucleus having fractured; or perhaps even a dramatic permanent, sustainable, uptick in the comet's overall brightness."> The thing to remember about comets is that you don't have to wait for the
comet of the century. Some of us won't live long enough for that anyway.
With modern equipment and internet communications you can look at them, or recent picture of them any day. There is usually one or two within the reach of hand held binoculars and at least 5 within reach of modest aperture telescopes. The eccentric orbit make them come from nowhere, and brighten dramatically. The tail geometry is highly variable and rapidly changing.
There is much more drama here than with asteroids or planets or even sun surface phenomenon. There are discussion groups available and they are even specialize into photos, observation, and discussions.
Most important for some of the followers is if you find one you get to put your own name on it. Like Levy, Macholdts, Lovejoy, McNaught, Hyakutake, Hale, Bopp.
Keep looking up DT
________________________________ From: Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried@jachmann.org> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 12:53 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet ISON wakes up
Bruno and I saw it Sunday morning. It wasn't the comet of the century to be sure. It was just a small smudge with no visible tail in the 14¼". I have not seen it since the outburst and tomorrow does not look good.
Sig
On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 10:51 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net>wrote:
Has anyone here actually seen ISON recently?
If I'm reading the charts correctly it looks like tomorrow morning in northern Utah ISON will be about 21 degrees up in the SE at the beginning of nautical twilight (0612) and about 26 degrees at the beginning of civil twilight (0645).
Of course weather in northern Utah is forecast to be cloudy in the morning.
NWS is calling for clearing Monday morning. By then ISON will be 16 degrees at nautical and 20 degrees by civil.
Here's an ISON story NASA released today: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/14nov_whatsnext/
patrick
On 14 Nov 2013, at 07:19, Chuck Hards wrote:
John Bortle is reporting a six-fold increase in brightness this morning:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/Comet-ISON-Comes-to-Life-23189...
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I'm so sorry to hear this Joe. Take care of Cory and yourself. Dan -- Sent from an iPad. There should be less mispelings, but more errors.
On Nov 15, 2013, at 10:09 PM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
OOPS, I meant I'm butting in on a question NOT addressed to me. I'm still groggy from the high-pressure events of the past week. Cory's poor little sister (Maggie was 55 with Downs), became very ill, then died on Monday in the IHC hospital in Murray. We were stunned in a way, to lose that sweet soul. Then we had two days to prepare for the funeral, and I was the "conductor" of that, and I had to write a commentary about Maggie too. Since Thursday we've been entertaining Cory's brother and his wife, and trying to catch up on sleep. So it's stressful and I apologize for whatever typs I might be making. -- Joe
On Friday, November 15, 2013 9:57 PM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
If you don't mind my butting in on a question addressed to me -- I use a guide 'scope. It will guide on anything I designate. So I can choose the comet's nucleus and it will track on that. The question is, do you want it to? If you track on the comet and it's going prety fast, you'll get obvious streaking, or a series of dots, from the background stars. If you guide on a star instead, the comet may be a little more blurry, but comets are pretty fuzzy anyhow. Some people will track on the comet and then edit out star trails by use of a cloning accessory in PhotoShop. I prefer never to clone, but it's a choice. The problem is worse the faster the comet is going compared to the background. -- Joe
On Friday, November 15, 2013 12:09 PM, Erik Hansen <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote:
Bortle comments: "Just what this event signals for the future of C/ISON, with it now exactly two weeks from perihelion, is difficult to say. Over the next few days it should become apparent whether this event is the result of a single massive release of new volatiles; the nucleus having fractured; or perhaps even a dramatic permanent, sustainable, uptick in the comet's overall brightness."> The thing to remember about comets is that you don't have to wait for the
comet of the century. Some of us won't live long enough for that anyway.
With modern equipment and internet communications you can look at them, or recent picture of them any day. There is usually one or two within the reach of hand held binoculars and at least 5 within reach of modest aperture telescopes. The eccentric orbit make them come from nowhere, and brighten dramatically. The tail geometry is highly variable and rapidly changing.
There is much more drama here than with asteroids or planets or even sun surface phenomenon. There are discussion groups available and they are even specialize into photos, observation, and discussions.
Most important for some of the followers is if you find one you get to put your own name on it. Like Levy, Macholdts, Lovejoy, McNaught, Hyakutake, Hale, Bopp.
Keep looking up DT
________________________________ From: Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried@jachmann.org> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 12:53 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet ISON wakes up
Bruno and I saw it Sunday morning. It wasn't the comet of the century to be sure. It was just a small smudge with no visible tail in the 14¼". I have not seen it since the outburst and tomorrow does not look good.
Sig
On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 10:51 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net>wrote:
Has anyone here actually seen ISON recently?
If I'm reading the charts correctly it looks like tomorrow morning in northern Utah ISON will be about 21 degrees up in the SE at the beginning of nautical twilight (0612) and about 26 degrees at the beginning of civil twilight (0645).
Of course weather in northern Utah is forecast to be cloudy in the morning.
NWS is calling for clearing Monday morning. By then ISON will be 16 degrees at nautical and 20 degrees by civil.
Here's an ISON story NASA released today: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/14nov_whatsnext/
patrick
On 14 Nov 2013, at 07:19, Chuck Hards wrote:
John Bortle is reporting a six-fold increase in brightness this morning: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/Comet-ISON-Comes-to-Life-23189...
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I found ISON on my Planetarium software after some updates. I am excited to try. Here is a M33 I got this week: http://home.comcast.net/~galico/Astropics/BestPinwheel.jpg Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Bauman" <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 8:55:45 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet ISON wakes up If you don't mind my butting in on a question addressed to me -- I use a guide 'scope. It will guide on anything I designate. So I can choose the comet's nucleus and it will track on that. The question is, do you want it to? If you track on the comet and it's going prety fast, you'll get obvious streaking, or a series of dots, from the background stars. If you guide on a star instead, the comet may be a little more blurry, but comets are pretty fuzzy anyhow. Some people will track on the comet and then edit out star trails by use of a cloning accessory in PhotoShop. I prefer never to clone, but it's a choice. The problem is worse the faster the comet is going compared to the background. -- Joe On Friday, November 15, 2013 12:09 PM, Erik Hansen <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote: Bortle comments: "Just what this event signals for the future of C/ISON, with it now exactly two weeks from perihelion, is difficult to say. Over the next few days it should become apparent whether this event is the result of a single massive release of new volatiles; the nucleus having fractured; or perhaps even a dramatic permanent, sustainable, uptick in the comet's overall brightness."> The thing to remember about comets is that you don't have to wait for the
comet of the century. Some of us won't live long enough for that anyway.
With modern equipment and internet communications you can look at them, or recent picture of them any day. There is usually one or two within the reach of hand held binoculars and at least 5 within reach of modest aperture telescopes. The eccentric orbit make them come from nowhere, and brighten dramatically. The tail geometry is highly variable and rapidly changing.
There is much more drama here than with asteroids or planets or even sun surface phenomenon. There are discussion groups available and they are even specialize into photos, observation, and discussions.
Most important for some of the followers is if you find one you get to put your own name on it. Like Levy, Macholdts, Lovejoy, McNaught, Hyakutake, Hale, Bopp.
Keep looking up DT
________________________________ From: Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried@jachmann.org> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 12:53 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet ISON wakes up
Bruno and I saw it Sunday morning. It wasn't the comet of the century to be sure. It was just a small smudge with no visible tail in the 14¼". I have not seen it since the outburst and tomorrow does not look good.
Sig
On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 10:51 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net>wrote:
Has anyone here actually seen ISON recently?
If I'm reading the charts correctly it looks like tomorrow morning in northern Utah ISON will be about 21 degrees up in the SE at the beginning of nautical twilight (0612) and about 26 degrees at the beginning of civil twilight (0645).
Of course weather in northern Utah is forecast to be cloudy in the morning.
NWS is calling for clearing Monday morning. By then ISON will be 16 degrees at nautical and 20 degrees by civil.
Here's an ISON story NASA released today: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/14nov_whatsnext/
patrick
On 14 Nov 2013, at 07:19, Chuck Hards wrote:
John Bortle is reporting a six-fold increase in brightness this morning:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/Comet-ISON-Comes-to-Life-23189...
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Steve - amazing image! What are the specs on it? Dion On Nov 16, 2013, at 9:49 AM, gazebo4sale@comcast.net wrote:
I found ISON on my Planetarium software after some updates. I am excited to try. Here is a M33 I got this week: http://home.comcast.net/~galico/Astropics/BestPinwheel.jpg
Steve
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From: "Joe Bauman" <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 8:55:45 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet ISON wakes up
If you don't mind my butting in on a question addressed to me -- I use a guide 'scope. It will guide on anything I designate. So I can choose the comet's nucleus and it will track on that. The question is, do you want it to? If you track on the comet and it's going prety fast, you'll get obvious streaking, or a series of dots, from the background stars. If you guide on a star instead, the comet may be a little more blurry, but comets are pretty fuzzy anyhow. Some people will track on the comet and then edit out star trails by use of a cloning accessory in PhotoShop. I prefer never to clone, but it's a choice. The problem is worse the faster the comet is going compared to the background. -- Joe
On Friday, November 15, 2013 12:09 PM, Erik Hansen <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote:
Bortle comments: "Just what this event signals for the future of C/ISON, with it now exactly two weeks from perihelion, is difficult to say. Over the next few days it should become apparent whether this event is the result of a single massive release of new volatiles; the nucleus having fractured; or perhaps even a dramatic permanent, sustainable, uptick in the comet's overall brightness."> The thing to remember about comets is that you don't have to wait for the
comet of the century. Some of us won't live long enough for that anyway.
With modern equipment and internet communications you can look at them, or recent picture of them any day. There is usually one or two within the reach of hand held binoculars and at least 5 within reach of modest aperture telescopes. The eccentric orbit make them come from nowhere, and brighten dramatically. The tail geometry is highly variable and rapidly changing.
There is much more drama here than with asteroids or planets or even sun surface phenomenon. There are discussion groups available and they are even specialize into photos, observation, and discussions.
Most important for some of the followers is if you find one you get to put your own name on it. Like Levy, Macholdts, Lovejoy, McNaught, Hyakutake, Hale, Bopp.
Keep looking up DT
________________________________ From: Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried@jachmann.org> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 12:53 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet ISON wakes up
Bruno and I saw it Sunday morning. It wasn't the comet of the century to be sure. It was just a small smudge with no visible tail in the 14¼". I have not seen it since the outburst and tomorrow does not look good.
Sig
On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 10:51 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net>wrote:
Has anyone here actually seen ISON recently?
If I'm reading the charts correctly it looks like tomorrow morning in northern Utah ISON will be about 21 degrees up in the SE at the beginning of nautical twilight (0612) and about 26 degrees at the beginning of civil twilight (0645).
Of course weather in northern Utah is forecast to be cloudy in the morning.
NWS is calling for clearing Monday morning. By then ISON will be 16 degrees at nautical and 20 degrees by civil.
Here's an ISON story NASA released today: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/14nov_whatsnext/
patrick
On 14 Nov 2013, at 07:19, Chuck Hards wrote:
John Bortle is reporting a six-fold increase in brightness this morning: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/Comet-ISON-Comes-to-Life-23189...
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Very nice image. Another one to go after when I get the time. Dave On Nov 16, 2013, at 9:49 AM, gazebo4sale@comcast.net wrote:
I found ISON on my Planetarium software after some updates. I am excited to try. Here is a M33 I got this week: http://home.comcast.net/~galico/Astropics/BestPinwheel.jpg
Steve
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From: "Joe Bauman" <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 8:55:45 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet ISON wakes up
If you don't mind my butting in on a question addressed to me -- I use a guide 'scope. It will guide on anything I designate. So I can choose the comet's nucleus and it will track on that. The question is, do you want it to? If you track on the comet and it's going prety fast, you'll get obvious streaking, or a series of dots, from the background stars. If you guide on a star instead, the comet may be a little more blurry, but comets are pretty fuzzy anyhow. Some people will track on the comet and then edit out star trails by use of a cloning accessory in PhotoShop. I prefer never to clone, but it's a choice. The problem is worse the faster the comet is going compared to the background. -- Joe
On Friday, November 15, 2013 12:09 PM, Erik Hansen <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote:
Bortle comments: "Just what this event signals for the future of C/ISON, with it now exactly two weeks from perihelion, is difficult to say. Over the next few days it should become apparent whether this event is the result of a single massive release of new volatiles; the nucleus having fractured; or perhaps even a dramatic permanent, sustainable, uptick in the comet's overall brightness."> The thing to remember about comets is that you don't have to wait for the
comet of the century. Some of us won't live long enough for that anyway.
With modern equipment and internet communications you can look at them, or recent picture of them any day. There is usually one or two within the reach of hand held binoculars and at least 5 within reach of modest aperture telescopes. The eccentric orbit make them come from nowhere, and brighten dramatically. The tail geometry is highly variable and rapidly changing.
There is much more drama here than with asteroids or planets or even sun surface phenomenon. There are discussion groups available and they are even specialize into photos, observation, and discussions.
Most important for some of the followers is if you find one you get to put your own name on it. Like Levy, Macholdts, Lovejoy, McNaught, Hyakutake, Hale, Bopp.
Keep looking up DT
________________________________ From: Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried@jachmann.org> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 12:53 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet ISON wakes up
Bruno and I saw it Sunday morning. It wasn't the comet of the century to be sure. It was just a small smudge with no visible tail in the 14¼". I have not seen it since the outburst and tomorrow does not look good.
Sig
On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 10:51 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net>wrote:
Has anyone here actually seen ISON recently?
If I'm reading the charts correctly it looks like tomorrow morning in northern Utah ISON will be about 21 degrees up in the SE at the beginning of nautical twilight (0612) and about 26 degrees at the beginning of civil twilight (0645).
Of course weather in northern Utah is forecast to be cloudy in the morning.
NWS is calling for clearing Monday morning. By then ISON will be 16 degrees at nautical and 20 degrees by civil.
Here's an ISON story NASA released today: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/14nov_whatsnext/
patrick
On 14 Nov 2013, at 07:19, Chuck Hards wrote:
John Bortle is reporting a six-fold increase in brightness this morning:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/Comet-ISON-Comes-to-Life-23189...
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