Re: [Utah-astronomy] Search for Comit Lulin
Raeburn, Sorry you could not see it. It is there. You can also follow along with other images and observing reports on the Cloudy Nights Solar System Forum: http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/postlist.php/Cat/0/Board/lunar Spaceweather.com also has a good photo gallery: http://spaceweather.com/ http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_lulin_page3.htm - Kurt
Dear astronomers, My blog about the upcoming Pleiades occultation is now available at: http://deseretnews.com/blogs/ complete with a link to one of Tyler's beautiful photos. Best wishes, Joe Comment, comment, comment.
Thanks for the mention Joe. I have always really liked that particular image. Cheers, Tyler _____________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 12:24 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Pleiades Dear astronomers, My blog about the upcoming Pleiades occultation is now available at: http://deseretnews.com/blogs/ complete with a link to one of Tyler's beautiful photos. Best wishes, Joe Comment, comment, comment. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
Thanks, Tyler. I have tried several times to get a good image of the Pleiades and failed every time. Best wishes, Joe --- On Mon, 2/2/09, Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> wrote: From: Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Pleiades To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, February 2, 2009, 10:29 AM Thanks for the mention Joe. I have always really liked that particular image. Cheers, Tyler _____________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 12:24 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Pleiades Dear astronomers, My blog about the upcoming Pleiades occultation is now available at: http://deseretnews.com/blogs/ complete with a link to one of Tyler's beautiful photos. Best wishes, Joe Comment, comment, comment. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com 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://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
About 4:30am this morning (2009 Feb 02) I took my binos (Galileo 15X70) out and set up on my Chuck Hards Parallelogram in search of Lulin from North Orem. I have been following Lulin for several weeks now with varying success depending on the seeing over the lights of Provo and water vapor in the lower south east sky. I usually start my search by finding Graffias Scorpii because no stars are readily seeable in Libra from North Orem. Graffias Scorpii is easy to spot because it has 2 stars (Omega 1 & Omega 2 Scorpii) fairly close together about 14’ – 15’ apart and they are about 1 degree from Graffias Scorpii so all 3 are easily spotted in binos or a 9X50 finder’s scope.
From Graffias I go up and slightly to the right till I find the 4th magnitude star Theta Librae. Once found then Eta Scorpii (mag 5.2) comes into view and following that line takes me to Gamma Librae (3.9). Dropping down from Gamma Librae and within the same field of view with either Binos or the finder scope 3 stars in the form of an upside down chevron come into view. They are Zeta, 34, and 32 Librae. Now we venture into the darker part of Libra so if I get lost I can almost always come back and find the chevron without much trouble. Slewing straight west for a ways about 5.5 degrees I find a set of 7 stars forming a parallelogram. The brightest one at the bottom is mag 4.5 Iota Librae and the one at the top is mag 6.2 26 Librae. We are almost there. Going up so that 26 Librae is at the bottom of my field of view I will see a fairly bright (because there is nothing else around that is brighter) star that is orang-ish in color; the mag 5.2 star Nu Librae. Nu Librae has a fainter star 6.4 right below it about 14” away; Hip 73593. For the next few days anyway LuLin will be in your field of view when you have Hip 73593 in view. This morning it was about 30’ south east of Hip 73593. At first I thought I could see it with the binos, but I wasn’t sure if I saw it or if my mind put a faint fuzzy there. That’s how hard it is to detect from North Orem. I got out my Orion 100mmED and following the same star hop pattern and with a 25mm plossl (36x) I could see it no problem. Well, it was still a faint fuzzy. I replaced the 25mm with a 13mm and it was bigger and easier to see, but I couldn’t see a tail or anything. I tried the 9mm UO (100x) and it was bigger still but no structure discernable that I could tell. I think the 13mm was a better view. I took a few pictures of it unguided and at prim-focus. For various reasons I didn’t get my Losmandy out so the longest exposure I took was about 15 seconds. I hope to get my tracking mount out in the next few days and get some longer exposures. Jim
--- On Mon, 2/2/09, Canopus56 <canopus56@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Canopus56 <canopus56@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Search for Comit Lulin To: "Utah Astronomy List Serv" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, February 2, 2009, 12:07 AM Raeburn, Sorry you could not see it. It is there. You can also follow along with other images and observing reports on the Cloudy Nights Solar System Forum: http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/postlist.php/Cat/0/Board/lunar Spaceweather.com also has a good photo gallery: http://spaceweather.com/ http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_lulin_page3.htm - Kurt _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
Jim: That's an impressive feat of cold weather star hopping. If any one is looking for a early evening comet there is 144P Kushida currently traveling across the face of Taurus ths bull. It transits at 8 Pm at 60 degrees elevation and at 9th magnitude might need a pair of big binos. Weather seems to be going south soon and the moon is creeping closer so tonight might be the best chance to see it. This one is more my speed, I'm just not a morning person during winter. This is a periodic comet with an eight year orbit, currently near 1.4 AU from the sun but goes out past Jupiter. DT --- On Mon, 2/2/09, Jim Gibson <jimgibson00@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Jim Gibson <jimgibson00@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Search for Comit Lulin To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, February 2, 2009, 8:49 AM About 4:30am this morning (2009 Feb 02) I took my binos (Galileo 15X70) out and set up on my Chuck Hards Parallelogram in search of Lulin from North Orem. I have been following Lulin for several weeks now with varying success depending on the seeing over the lights of Provo and water vapor in the lower south east sky. I usually start my search by finding Graffias Scorpii because no stars are readily seeable in Libra from North Orem. Graffias Scorpii is easy to spot because it has 2 stars (Omega 1 & Omega 2 Scorpii) fairly close together about 14’ – 15’ apart and they are about 1 degree from Graffias Scorpii so all 3 are easily spotted in binos or a 9X50 finder’s scope.
From Graffias I go up and slightly to the right till I find the 4th magnitude star Theta Librae. Once found then Eta Scorpii (mag 5.2) comes into view and following that line takes me to Gamma Librae (3.9). Dropping down from Gamma Librae and within the same field of view with either Binos or the finder scope 3 stars in the form of an upside down chevron come into view. They are Zeta, 34, and 32 Librae. Now we venture into the darker part of Libra so if I get lost I can almost always come back and find the chevron without much trouble. Slewing straight west for a ways about 5.5 degrees I find a set of 7 stars forming a parallelogram. The brightest one at the bottom is mag 4.5 Iota Librae and the one at the top is mag 6.2 26 Librae. We are almost there. Going up so that 26 Librae is at the bottom of my field of view I will see a fairly bright (because there is nothing else around that is brighter) star that is orang-ish in color; the mag 5.2 star Nu Librae. Nu Librae has a fainter star 6.4 right below it about 14” away; Hip 73593. For the next few days anyway LuLin will be in your field of view when you have Hip 73593 in view. This morning it was about 30’ south east of Hip 73593. At first I thought I could see it with the binos, but I wasn’t sure if I saw it or if my mind put a faint fuzzy there. That’s how hard it is to detect from North Orem. I got out my Orion 100mmED and following the same star hop pattern and with a 25mm plossl (36x) I could see it no problem. Well, it was still a faint fuzzy. I replaced the 25mm with a 13mm and it was bigger and easier to see, but I couldn’t see a tail or anything. I tried the 9mm UO (100x) and it was bigger still but no structure discernable that I could tell. I think the 13mm was a better view. I took a few pictures of it unguided and at prim-focus. For various reasons I didn’t get my Losmandy out so the longest exposure I took was about 15 seconds. I hope to get my tracking mount out in the next few days and get some longer exposures. Jim
--- On Mon, 2/2/09, Canopus56 <canopus56@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Canopus56 <canopus56@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Search for Comit Lulin To: "Utah Astronomy List Serv" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, February 2, 2009, 12:07 AM
Raeburn,
Sorry you could not see it. It is there. You can also follow along with other images and observing reports on the Cloudy Nights Solar System Forum:
http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/postlist.php/Cat/0/Board/lunar
Spaceweather.com also has a good photo gallery:
http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_lulin_page3.htm
- Kurt
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Daniel, Thanks for the heads-up on 144P Kushida. I looked it up on my planetarium software and then had no trouble finding the location with the binos. I couldn’t see it though. Between 8pm and 8:20 I gave it a try. When the binos couldn’t see it I went in the house and got my old drugstore Meade 4” reflector with a 13mm eyepiece (78x). I still couldn’t see it. I went down to a 9mm (113x) and I still couldn’t see it. But it was fun. It was a piece of cake to find after the hoops I went through to find Lulin. Found the location in less than a minute. Aldebaran was so bright even with the moon close by. Theta1 & Theta2 Tauri were in the same field of view with the 9X50 finder scope. I just worked the cross hairs up to 75 Tauri and had a look around. TYC-1265-499-1 (mag 8.2) was visible but faint for me and Kushida should have been a little ways to the east but at a mag 11 I just couldn’t pull it out with my small scopes. Thanks for the notice. Even though I couldn’t see it, it was really fun trying. Jim --- On Mon, 2/2/09, daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> wrote: From: daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Search for Comit Lulin To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, February 2, 2009, 5:09 PM Jim: That's an impressive feat of cold weather star hopping. If any one is looking for a early evening comet there is 144P Kushida currently traveling across the face of Taurus ths bull. It transits at 8 Pm at 60 degrees elevation and at 9th magnitude might need a pair of big binos. Weather seems to be going south soon and the moon is creeping closer so tonight might be the best chance to see it. This one is more my speed, I'm just not a morning person during winter. This is a periodic comet with an eight year orbit, currently near 1.4 AU from the sun but goes out past Jupiter. DT --- On Mon, 2/2/09, Jim Gibson <jimgibson00@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Jim Gibson <jimgibson00@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Search for Comit Lulin To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, February 2, 2009, 8:49 AM About 4:30am this morning (2009 Feb 02) I took my binos (Galileo 15X70) out and set up on my Chuck Hards Parallelogram in search of Lulin from North Orem. I have been following Lulin for several weeks now with varying success depending on the seeing over the lights of Provo and water vapor in the lower south east sky. I usually start my search by finding Graffias Scorpii because no stars are readily seeable in Libra from North Orem. Graffias Scorpii is easy to spot because it has 2 stars (Omega 1 & Omega 2 Scorpii) fairly close together about 14’ – 15’ apart and they are about 1 degree from Graffias Scorpii so all 3 are easily spotted in binos or a 9X50 finder’s scope.
From Graffias I go up and slightly to the right till I find the 4th magnitude star Theta Librae. Once found then Eta Scorpii (mag 5.2) comes into view and following that line takes me to Gamma Librae (3.9). Dropping down from Gamma Librae and within the same field of view with either Binos or the finder scope 3 stars in the form of an upside down chevron come into view. They are Zeta, 34, and 32 Librae. Now we venture into the darker part of Libra so if I get lost I can almost always come back and find the chevron without much trouble. Slewing straight west for a ways about 5.5 degrees I find a set of 7 stars forming a parallelogram. The brightest one at the bottom is mag 4.5 Iota Librae and the one at the top is mag 6.2 26 Librae. We are almost there. Going up so that 26 Librae is at the bottom of my field of view I will see a fairly bright (because there is nothing else around that is brighter) star that is orang-ish in color; the mag 5.2 star Nu Librae. Nu Librae has a fainter star 6.4 right below it about 14” away; Hip 73593. For the next few days anyway LuLin will be in your field of view when you have Hip 73593 in view. This morning it was about 30’ south east of Hip 73593. At first I thought I could see it with the binos, but I wasn’t sure if I saw it or if my mind put a faint fuzzy there. That’s how hard it is to detect from North Orem. I got out my Orion 100mmED and following the same star hop pattern and with a 25mm plossl (36x) I could see it no problem. Well, it was still a faint fuzzy. I replaced the 25mm with a 13mm and it was bigger and easier to see, but I couldn’t see a tail or anything. I tried the 9mm UO (100x) and it was bigger still but no structure discernable that I could tell. I think the 13mm was a better view. I took a few pictures of it unguided and at prim-focus. For various reasons I didn’t get my Losmandy out so the longest exposure I took was about 15 seconds. I hope to get my tracking mount out in the next few days and get some longer exposures. Jim
--- On Mon, 2/2/09, Canopus56 <canopus56@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Canopus56 <canopus56@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Search for Comit Lulin To: "Utah Astronomy List Serv" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, February 2, 2009, 12:07 AM
Raeburn,
Sorry you could not see it. It is there. You can also follow along with other images and observing reports on the Cloudy Nights Solar System Forum:
http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/postlist.php/Cat/0/Board/lunar
Spaceweather.com also has a good photo gallery:
http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_lulin_page3.htm
- Kurt
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Jim: I couldn't see it in the valley with 10x50's so I made a quick run up to Little Mountain to get up above some of the haze with the 20x80's. I put the field around theta and delta taurus and when I looked at either of these stars the comet popped into view like a blinking planetary nebula. DT Time: 2009 February 3 0320-0330 UT.(Monday night MST) Location: Little Mountain. equiptment: 20x80 binoculars conditions: cold clear and dry. First quarter moon high in the sky and some haze limiting transparency down low but fairly good up high. Went looking for 144P Kushida as it crossed the face of taurus which was transiting at high elevation. Found the comet between delta and theta Taurus with averted vision. Dimmer than m79 which was low in the haze but visable direct. Also saw m81 m82 dimly in the haze down low but direct. Also saw m41, m46, m47, m35. Looked for but did not see m93 and ngc2903.
Is blinking a euphemism? I've heard quite a variety of them in Utah .... Joe --- On Mon, 2/2/09, daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> wrote: From: daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Search for Comit Kushida To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, February 2, 2009, 10:09 PM Jim: I couldn't see it in the valley with 10x50's so I made a quick run up to Little Mountain to get up above some of the haze with the 20x80's. I put the field around theta and delta taurus and when I looked at either of these stars the comet popped into view like a blinking planetary nebula. DT Time: 2009 February 3 0320-0330 UT.(Monday night MST) Location: Little Mountain. equiptment: 20x80 binoculars conditions: cold clear and dry. First quarter moon high in the sky and some haze limiting transparency down low but fairly good up high. Went looking for 144P Kushida as it crossed the face of taurus which was transiting at high elevation. Found the comet between delta and theta Taurus with averted vision. Dimmer than m79 which was low in the haze but visable direct. Also saw m81 m82 dimly in the haze down low but direct. Also saw m41, m46, m47, m35. Looked for but did not see m93 and ngc2903. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
Hi all, I got up early this morning and imaged Comet Lulin. The new image is in my SLAS gallery, or follow this link: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=938&g2_imageViewsIndex=1 The comet now has a visible dust tail (right in my image) and an ion tail (left). It is getting pretty bright as well. I think this is going to be a good one. Cheers, Tyler _____________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 11:36 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Search for Comit Kushida Is blinking a euphemism? I've heard quite a variety of them in Utah .... Joe --- On Mon, 2/2/09, daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> wrote: From: daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Search for Comit Kushida To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, February 2, 2009, 10:09 PM Jim: I couldn't see it in the valley with 10x50's so I made a quick run up to Little Mountain to get up above some of the haze with the 20x80's. I put the field around theta and delta taurus and when I looked at either of these stars the comet popped into view like a blinking planetary nebula. DT Time: 2009 February 3 0320-0330 UT.(Monday night MST) Location: Little Mountain. equiptment: 20x80 binoculars conditions: cold clear and dry. First quarter moon high in the sky and some haze limiting transparency down low but fairly good up high. Went looking for 144P Kushida as it crossed the face of taurus which was transiting at high elevation. Found the comet between delta and theta Taurus with averted vision. Dimmer than m79 which was low in the haze but visable direct. Also saw m81 m82 dimly in the haze down low but direct. Also saw m41, m46, m47, m35. Looked for but did not see m93 and ngc2903. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com 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://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
WOW, is it coming directly toward us with the two tails shooting off behind? -- Joe --- On Tue, 2/3/09, Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> wrote: From: Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Comet Lulin on 2/3/09 To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 11:17 AM Hi all, I got up early this morning and imaged Comet Lulin. The new image is in my SLAS gallery, or follow this link: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=938&g2_imageViewsIndex=1 The comet now has a visible dust tail (right in my image) and an ion tail (left). It is getting pretty bright as well. I think this is going to be a good one. Cheers, Tyler _____________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 11:36 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Search for Comit Kushida Is blinking a euphemism? I've heard quite a variety of them in Utah .... Joe --- On Mon, 2/2/09, daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> wrote: From: daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Search for Comit Kushida To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, February 2, 2009, 10:09 PM Jim: I couldn't see it in the valley with 10x50's so I made a quick run up to Little Mountain to get up above some of the haze with the 20x80's. I put the field around theta and delta taurus and when I looked at either of these stars the comet popped into view like a blinking planetary nebula. DT Time: 2009 February 3 0320-0330 UT.(Monday night MST) Location: Little Mountain. equiptment: 20x80 binoculars conditions: cold clear and dry. First quarter moon high in the sky and some haze limiting transparency down low but fairly good up high. Went looking for 144P Kushida as it crossed the face of taurus which was transiting at high elevation. Found the comet between delta and theta Taurus with averted vision. Dimmer than m79 which was low in the haze but visable direct. Also saw m81 m82 dimly in the haze down low but direct. Also saw m41, m46, m47, m35. Looked for but did not see m93 and ngc2903. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com 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://gallery.utahastronomy.com 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://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
Joe, Accordint to:http://www.spaceweather.com/ To the right of the coma is the comet's ion tail. It is a wispy streamer of ionized gas pushed away from the comet by solar wind. The ion tail points almost directly away from the sun. To the left of the coma is the comet's dust tail. Comet Lulin is leaving a trail of comet dust as it moves through the solar system. Compared to the lightweight molecules in the ion tail, grains of comet dust are heavier and harder for solar wind to push around. The dust tends to stay where it is dropped. The dust tail therefore traces the comet's curved orbit and does not point directly away from the sun as the ion tail does. Because the two tails point in different directions, they are called the "tail and anti-tail." Joe, from what I have read Lulin will reach it’s peak brightness around the 24th of Feb. Jim --- On Tue, 2/3/09, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet Lulin on 2/3/09 To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 1:53 PM WOW, is it coming directly toward us with the two tails shooting off behind? -- Joe --- On Tue, 2/3/09, Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> wrote: From: Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Comet Lulin on 2/3/09 To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 11:17 AM Hi all, I got up early this morning and imaged Comet Lulin. The new image is in my SLAS gallery, or follow this link: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=938&g2_imageViewsIndex=1 The comet now has a visible dust tail (right in my image) and an ion tail (left). It is getting pretty bright as well. I think this is going to be a good one. Cheers, Tyler _____________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 11:36 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Search for Comit Kushida Is blinking a euphemism? I've heard quite a variety of them in Utah .... Joe --- On Mon, 2/2/09, daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> wrote: From: daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Search for Comit Kushida To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, February 2, 2009, 10:09 PM Jim: I couldn't see it in the valley with 10x50's so I made a quick run up to Little Mountain to get up above some of the haze with the 20x80's. I put the field around theta and delta taurus and when I looked at either of these stars the comet popped into view like a blinking planetary nebula. DT Time: 2009 February 3 0320-0330 UT.(Monday night MST) Location: Little Mountain. equiptment: 20x80 binoculars conditions: cold clear and dry. First quarter moon high in the sky and some haze limiting transparency down low but fairly good up high. Went looking for 144P Kushida as it crossed the face of taurus which was transiting at high elevation. Found the comet between delta and theta Taurus with averted vision. Dimmer than m79 which was low in the haze but visable direct. Also saw m81 m82 dimly in the haze down low but direct. Also saw m41, m46, m47, m35. Looked for but did not see m93 and ngc2903. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com 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://gallery.utahastronomy.com 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://gallery.utahastronomy.com 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://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
Joe and all, This information may have been in an earlier message from someone else, but here goes. Below is a link to the "Sky and Telescope" website. On the site, there are several links to charts of the comet's position on various dates. It is really moving along quickly. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/35992534.html On the S&T web page, there is a section called "Weird Orbital Geometry". It has a link to the JPL site below: http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2007+N3&orb=1 This link is an animation of the comets amazing trajectory, which is almost exactly on the ecliptic, but going the opposite direction of the planets. I hope this info is helpful Cheers, Tyler _____________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 1:54 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet Lulin on 2/3/09 WOW, is it coming directly toward us with the two tails shooting off behind? -- Joe --- On Tue, 2/3/09, Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> wrote: From: Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Comet Lulin on 2/3/09 To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 11:17 AM Hi all, I got up early this morning and imaged Comet Lulin. The new image is in my SLAS gallery, or follow this link: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=938&g2_imageViewsIndex=1 The comet now has a visible dust tail (right in my image) and an ion tail (left). It is getting pretty bright as well. I think this is going to be a good one. Cheers, Tyler _____________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 11:36 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Search for Comit Kushida Is blinking a euphemism? I've heard quite a variety of them in Utah .... Joe --- On Mon, 2/2/09, daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> wrote: From: daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Search for Comit Kushida To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, February 2, 2009, 10:09 PM Jim: I couldn't see it in the valley with 10x50's so I made a quick run up to Little Mountain to get up above some of the haze with the 20x80's. I put the field around theta and delta taurus and when I looked at either of these stars the comet popped into view like a blinking planetary nebula. DT Time: 2009 February 3 0320-0330 UT.(Monday night MST) Location: Little Mountain. equiptment: 20x80 binoculars conditions: cold clear and dry. First quarter moon high in the sky and some haze limiting transparency down low but fairly good up high. Went looking for 144P Kushida as it crossed the face of taurus which was transiting at high elevation. Found the comet between delta and theta Taurus with averted vision. Dimmer than m79 which was low in the haze but visable direct. Also saw m81 m82 dimly in the haze down low but direct. Also saw m41, m46, m47, m35. Looked for but did not see m93 and ngc2903. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com 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://gallery.utahastronomy.com 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://gallery.utahastronomy.com 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://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
Beautiful image Tyler! I tried to find the comet from my light-polluted yard this morning with my 9x63 binos, but between the light dome over Orem and the growing sky glow at 6 a.m., no luck. (But then I was sweeping the part of the sky I thought it should be in without any effort with a chart in front of me (just from memory). I may try again earlier... --- On Tue, 2/3/09, Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> wrote:
From: Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Comet Lulin on 2/3/09 To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 11:17 AM Hi all, I got up early this morning and imaged Comet Lulin.
The new image is in my SLAS gallery, or follow this link:
http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=938&g2_imageViewsIndex=1
The comet now has a visible dust tail (right in my image) and an ion tail (left). It is getting pretty bright as well. I think this is going to be a good one. Cheers, Tyler
_____________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 11:36 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Search for Comit Kushida
Is blinking a euphemism? I've heard quite a variety of them in Utah .... Joe
--- On Mon, 2/2/09, daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> wrote: From: daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Search for Comit Kushida To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, February 2, 2009, 10:09 PM
Jim:
I couldn't see it in the valley with 10x50's so I made a quick run up to Little Mountain to get up above some of the haze with the 20x80's. I put the field around theta and delta taurus and when I looked at either of these stars the comet popped into view like a blinking planetary nebula.
DT
Time: 2009 February 3 0320-0330 UT.(Monday night MST) Location: Little Mountain. equiptment: 20x80 binoculars conditions: cold clear and dry. First quarter moon high in the sky and some haze limiting transparency down low but fairly good up high. Went looking for 144P Kushida as it crossed the face of taurus which was transiting at high elevation. Found the comet between delta and theta Taurus with averted vision. Dimmer than m79 which was low in the haze but visable direct. Also saw m81 m82 dimly in the haze down low but direct. Also saw m41, m46, m47, m35. Looked for but did not see m93 and ngc2903.
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Tyler, if you could shoot two images during the same session, separated by the largest interval possible without incursion of twilight, they would make a dandy stereo pair. The motion of the earth and comet through space during the time between exposures, will shift the comet relative to the background stars enough to give us a good 3D effect. Simultaneous exposures separated by distance are not required for stereo comet imaging. The crossed-eyes method will work great on a computer monitor (unless you are one of the unfortunate people who can't fuse overlapped images). This comet is no Hale-Bopp, but if the tail sprouts a bit, we could have another like Ikeya-Zhang.
Chuck, I have been working on a little animation of Comet Lulin, which is on the gallery at this link: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=955 It was 6 frames taken between 5:03 and 6:22 AM, the morning of the 3rd. Take a look. Do you think the end members of the sequence would have enough separation for a decent stereo pair? Cheers, Tyler _____________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 7:57 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet Lulin on 2/3/09 Tyler, if you could shoot two images during the same session, separated by the largest interval possible without incursion of twilight, they would make a dandy stereo pair. The motion of the earth and comet through space during the time between exposures, will shift the comet relative to the background stars enough to give us a good 3D effect. Simultaneous exposures separated by distance are not required for stereo comet imaging. The crossed-eyes method will work great on a computer monitor (unless you are one of the unfortunate people who can't fuse overlapped images). This comet is no Hale-Bopp, but if the tail sprouts a bit, we could have another like Ikeya-Zhang. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
Tyler: Looks like you picked up a crossing asteroid. It appears to be too slow for a satellite. On astrophotography discussion groups, asteroids are described as the "vermin of the skies". DT --- On Wed, 2/4/09, Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> wrote:
From: Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet Lulin on 2/3/09 To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 11:44 AM Chuck, I have been working on a little animation of Comet Lulin, which is on the gallery at this link:
http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=955
It was 6 frames taken between 5:03 and 6:22 AM, the morning of the 3rd.
Take a look. Do you think the end members of the sequence would have enough separation for a decent stereo pair?
Cheers, Tyler
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-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 7:57 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet Lulin on 2/3/09
Tyler, if you could shoot two images during the same session, separated by the largest interval possible without incursion of twilight, they would make a dandy stereo pair.
The motion of the earth and comet through space during the time between exposures, will shift the comet relative to the background stars enough to give us a good 3D effect. Simultaneous exposures separated by distance are not required for stereo comet imaging. The crossed-eyes method will work great on a computer monitor (unless you are one of the unfortunate people who can't fuse overlapped images).
This comet is no Hale-Bopp, but if the tail sprouts a bit, we could have another like Ikeya-Zhang. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
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That's really cool, Tyler! It certainly is hauling. Chuck, our son Sky and I took sequences of photos of Hale-Bopp and a couple of those frames made a really great stereo.I should hunt it up sometime and post it. Best wishes, Joe --- On Wed, 2/4/09, daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> wrote: From: daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet Lulin on 2/3/09 To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 2:33 PM Tyler: Looks like you picked up a crossing asteroid. It appears to be too slow for a satellite. On astrophotography discussion groups, asteroids are described as the "vermin of the skies". DT --- On Wed, 2/4/09, Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> wrote:
From: Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet Lulin on 2/3/09 To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 11:44 AM Chuck, I have been working on a little animation of Comet Lulin, which is on the gallery at this link:
http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=955
It was 6 frames taken between 5:03 and 6:22 AM, the morning of the 3rd.
Take a look. Do you think the end members of the sequence would have enough separation for a decent stereo pair?
Cheers, Tyler
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-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 7:57 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet Lulin on 2/3/09
Tyler, if you could shoot two images during the same session, separated by the largest interval possible without incursion of twilight, they would make a dandy stereo pair.
The motion of the earth and comet through space during the time between exposures, will shift the comet relative to the background stars enough to give us a good 3D effect. Simultaneous exposures separated by distance are not required for stereo comet imaging. The crossed-eyes method will work great on a computer monitor (unless you are one of the unfortunate people who can't fuse overlapped images).
This comet is no Hale-Bopp, but if the tail sprouts a bit, we could have another like Ikeya-Zhang. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
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Hale-Bopp gave me my best stereo shots, Joe. I need to dig up my negatives and digitally scan them. I have no prints left from Hale-Bopp at all, gave them all away. When I can get them scanned, I'll post some of my better stereo pairs. Hale-Bopp was an amazing experience for me. It got me up the canyon in the morning and out in the desert at dusk, day after day, for weeks, with my equatorial mount and piggy-back photo setup. All hand-guided, hundreds of one to five minute exposures. Sometimes with a 4-year-old kid in tow! On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
That's really cool, Tyler! It certainly is hauling.
Chuck, our son Sky and I took sequences of photos of Hale-Bopp and a couple of those frames made a really great stereo.I should hunt it up sometime and post it.
It was one of the best astronomy experiences we ever had. Sky's view of Hale-Bopp is on some NASA site on the Internet somewhere. Best wishes, Joe --- On Wed, 2/4/09, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote: From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet Lulin on 2/3/09 To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 6:55 PM Hale-Bopp gave me my best stereo shots, Joe. I need to dig up my negatives and digitally scan them. I have no prints left from Hale-Bopp at all, gave them all away. When I can get them scanned, I'll post some of my better stereo pairs. Hale-Bopp was an amazing experience for me. It got me up the canyon in the morning and out in the desert at dusk, day after day, for weeks, with my equatorial mount and piggy-back photo setup. All hand-guided, hundreds of one to five minute exposures. Sometimes with a 4-year-old kid in tow! On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
That's really cool, Tyler! It certainly is hauling.
Chuck, our son Sky and I took sequences of photos of Hale-Bopp and a couple of those frames made a really great stereo.I should hunt it up sometime and post it.
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Daniel, I noticed that there was something small that was picked up in the image. Those things don't cause me too much trouble when imaging because I usually employ a sigma combine method that throws away those pesky outliers. Cheers, Tyler _____________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of daniel turner Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 2:34 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet Lulin on 2/3/09 Tyler: Looks like you picked up a crossing asteroid. It appears to be too slow for a satellite. On astrophotography discussion groups, asteroids are described as the "vermin of the skies". DT --- On Wed, 2/4/09, Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> wrote:
From: Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet Lulin on 2/3/09 To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 11:44 AM Chuck, I have been working on a little animation of Comet Lulin, which is on the gallery at this link:
http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=955
It was 6 frames taken between 5:03 and 6:22 AM, the morning of the 3rd.
Take a look. Do you think the end members of the sequence would have enough separation for a decent stereo pair?
Cheers, Tyler
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-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 7:57 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet Lulin on 2/3/09
Tyler, if you could shoot two images during the same session, separated by the largest interval possible without incursion of twilight, they would make a dandy stereo pair.
The motion of the earth and comet through space during the time between exposures, will shift the comet relative to the background stars enough to give us a good 3D effect. Simultaneous exposures separated by distance are not required for stereo comet imaging. The crossed-eyes method will work great on a computer monitor (unless you are one of the unfortunate people who can't fuse overlapped images).
This comet is no Hale-Bopp, but if the tail sprouts a bit, we could have another like Ikeya-Zhang. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
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Actually, adjacent shots would be better than the end members. Color would be better than B&W. On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net>wrote:
Chuck, I have been working on a little animation of Comet Lulin, which is on the gallery at this link:
http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=955
It was 6 frames taken between 5:03 and 6:22 AM, the morning of the 3rd.
Take a look. Do you think the end members of the sequence would have enough separation for a decent stereo pair?
Cheers, Tyler
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-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 7:57 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet Lulin on 2/3/09
Tyler, if you could shoot two images during the same session, separated by the largest interval possible without incursion of twilight, they would make a dandy stereo pair.
The motion of the earth and comet through space during the time between exposures, will shift the comet relative to the background stars enough to give us a good 3D effect. Simultaneous exposures separated by distance are not required for stereo comet imaging. The crossed-eyes method will work great on a computer monitor (unless you are one of the unfortunate people who can't fuse overlapped images).
This comet is no Hale-Bopp, but if the tail sprouts a bit, we could have another like Ikeya-Zhang. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
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