Joe, It couldn't be rhe pit. There are no cows because of the fence and gate the BLM put in. Are you going back tonight still? Sent from my LG phone Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi Michael, This is weird! I was at the berm at Lakeside all night and didn't see another person. I did see flashing lights from the direction of Dugway -- they were enormously bright, and I counted seconds to see how far off they were. But there wasn't a sound. So I decided it must have been headlights. The only animals I heard were frogs, though I did see cows on the way there. Where were you at Lakeside? I know you couldn't have been down by the berm! It was a lovely night though extremely cold. I dozed sometimes in the Jeep. Best wishes, Joe
________________________________ From: Michael Vanopstall <opstall@math.utah.edu> To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Thursday, May 5, 2011 8:38 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Lakeside
Hello --
Didn't see Joe there, but I spent a couple of hours at Lakeside last night. Very good, maybe excellent, conditions. Mostly I just swept around with binoculars (I have the cheap Celestron 15x70s -- I bought them new last year off Amazon for $29). Pulled the Orion nebula out of twilight with the binocs. Looked at all the Messiers in Ursa Major and Virgo telescopically. Spotted the Leo Messiers with binocs. Spent a good long time looking at the Hercules globulars. I didn't realize before how bright "the other one" is (is that M92? I forget my numbers). M13 was definitely a naked-eye object. Zodiacal light was very pronounced. It was nice being out without charts, books, notepads, pencils, etc. At least for once. I think in the end I really prefer the fast-paced observing from a long list of goals.
The night was creepy. The coyotes were very loud, and there were huge flashes of light from Dugway about every 10 minutes. The flashing got distracting after a while, so I took off. On the way in the road was blocked by about 5 cows. The last thing I heard before I left was a sneeze -- I think a coyote sneeze.
Incidentally, I tried to identify the animal I saw out there last time I was there -- it wasn't a coyote, but a black wolf.
---- Rev. Michael A. van Opstall Department of Mathematics, University of Utah Office: JWB 313 opstall@math.utah.edu
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Hi Jay, I probably will, but I'm not certain because I'm sort of tired now. Best wishes, Joe ________________________________ From: "jayleads@gmail.com" <jayleads@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, May 5, 2011 12:39 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Lakeside Joe, It couldn't be rhe pit. There are no cows because of the fence and gate the BLM put in. Are you going back tonight still? Sent from my LG phone Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi Michael, This is weird! I was at the berm at Lakeside all night and didn't see another person. I did see flashing lights from the direction of Dugway -- they were enormously bright, and I counted seconds to see how far off they were. But there wasn't a sound. So I decided it must have been headlights. The only animals I heard were frogs, though I did see cows on the way there. Where were you at Lakeside? I know you couldn't have been down by the berm! It was a lovely night though extremely cold. I dozed sometimes in the Jeep. Best wishes, Joe
________________________________ From: Michael Vanopstall <opstall@math.utah.edu> To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Thursday, May 5, 2011 8:38 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Lakeside
Hello --
Didn't see Joe there, but I spent a couple of hours at Lakeside last night. Very good, maybe excellent, conditions. Mostly I just swept around with binoculars (I have the cheap Celestron 15x70s -- I bought them new last year off Amazon for $29). Pulled the Orion nebula out of twilight with the binocs. Looked at all the Messiers in Ursa Major and Virgo telescopically. Spotted the Leo Messiers with binocs. Spent a good long time looking at the Hercules globulars. I didn't realize before how bright "the other one" is (is that M92? I forget my numbers). M13 was definitely a naked-eye object. Zodiacal light was very pronounced. It was nice being out without charts, books, notepads, pencils, etc. At least for once. I think in the end I really prefer the fast-paced observing from a long list of goals.
The night was creepy. The coyotes were very loud, and there were huge flashes of light from Dugway about every 10 minutes. The flashing got distracting after a while, so I took off. On the way in the road was blocked by about 5 cows. The last thing I heard before I left was a sneeze -- I think a coyote sneeze.
Incidentally, I tried to identify the animal I saw out there last time I was there -- it wasn't a coyote, but a black wolf.
---- Rev. Michael A. van Opstall Department of Mathematics, University of Utah Office: JWB 313 opstall@math.utah.edu
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