New Images Posted to SLAS Gallery - M95 and M96 and Minor Planet Zeelandia
Hi all. I just added two items to my SLAS gallery: 1st - An image of M95 and M96, two spiral galaxies in the Leo I group http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1013 (click for larger version) 2nd - An animation of minor planet (1336) Zeelandia crossing near M96. http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1016 I caught Zeelandia while imaging M95 and M96 and contacted Patrick for help with identification. Patrick helped me find a database of minor planets to use with "The Sky 6", which is the planetarium software that I use for choosing imaging targets etc. Many thanks to Patrick! Cheers, Tyler PS - I hope to put a few faces with the names on Tuesday night at the SLAS monthly meeting. See you there. _____________________________________________
I seem to remember at one point you had talked about Photoshoping Zeelania out of the image. I'm glad to see you decided to leave it in at least for the animation. Good show! patrick On 14 Feb 2009, at 14:40, Tyler Allred wrote:
2nd - An animation of minor planet (1336) Zeelandia crossing near M96.
Jim, I've been admiring your moon animation. Can you give us the details? Was it shot over one month? One photo a night? I was surprised to see how much the moon rolls, and wondered if that was because the time lapse was taken over a longer period than a month. Congratulations on a great animation. Thanks, Joe
Jim, you should have posted a message about your Moon picture being on line. Really nice. In addition to the libration Joe mentioned (actually I almost wrote "libation" but I guess that's causes a different kind of rocking) your animation also does a great job of showing the changing distance. And, like Joe said, please post the details. And for those who have not seen it yet: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1000 patrick On 15 Feb 2009, at 00:08, Joe Bauman wrote:
Jim, I've been admiring your moon animation. Can you give us the details? Was it shot over one month? One photo a night? I was surprised to see how much the moon rolls, and wondered if that was because the time lapse was taken over a longer period than a month. Congratulations on a great animation. Thanks, Joe
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Jim, The animation is nicely done and very cool!! Cheers, Tyler _____________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 12:36 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] moon animation Jim, you should have posted a message about your Moon picture being on line. Really nice. In addition to the libration Joe mentioned (actually I almost wrote "libation" but I guess that's causes a different kind of rocking) your animation also does a great job of showing the changing distance. And, like Joe said, please post the details. And for those who have not seen it yet: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1000 patrick On 15 Feb 2009, at 00:08, Joe Bauman wrote:
Jim, I've been admiring your moon animation. Can you give us the details? Was it shot over one month? One photo a night? I was surprised to see how much the moon rolls, and wondered if that was because the time lapse was taken over a longer period than a month. Congratulations on a great animation. Thanks, Joe
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Patrick, I didn’t want to post anything about a picture that wasn’t mine. If I ever take a good picture I will let people know as you suggested. As you mentioned about the liberation I do think the image is a good teaching aid in that respect. The photo of the moon over Temp is a composite of the Jan 10th full moon and a separate shot of Temp after a snow storm and after the sun went down. Kind of an artsy-fartsy attempt on my part. Jim --- On Sun, 2/15/09, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote: From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] moon animation To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 12:35 AM Jim, you should have posted a message about your Moon picture being on line. Really nice. In addition to the libration Joe mentioned (actually I almost wrote "libation" but I guess that's causes a different kind of rocking) your animation also does a great job of showing the changing distance. And, like Joe said, please post the details. And for those who have not seen it yet: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1000 patrick On 15 Feb 2009, at 00:08, Joe Bauman wrote:
Jim, I've been admiring your moon animation. Can you give us the details? Was it shot over one month? One photo a night? I was surprised to see how much the moon rolls, and wondered if that was because the time lapse was taken over a longer period than a month. Congratulations on a great animation. Thanks, Joe
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Jim: I have about a dozen astro GIFs that I've collected. This one is a series of full moons and it shows apogee and perigee as well as libration. http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1040 I agree that these are great teaching aids. DT --- On Sun, 2/15/09, Jim Gibson <jimgibson00@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Jim Gibson <jimgibson00@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] moon animation To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 6:55 AM Patrick, I didn’t want to post anything about a picture that wasn’t mine. If I ever take a good picture I will let people know as you suggested. As you mentioned about the liberation I do think the image is a good teaching aid in that respect. The photo of the moon over Temp is a composite of the Jan 10th full moon and a separate shot of Temp after a snow storm and after the sun went down. Kind of an artsy-fartsy attempt on my part. Jim
--- On Sun, 2/15/09, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] moon animation To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 12:35 AM
Jim, you should have posted a message about your Moon picture being on line.
Really nice.
In addition to the libration Joe mentioned (actually I almost wrote "libation" but I guess that's causes a different kind of rocking) your animation also does a great job of showing the changing distance.
And, like Joe said, please post the details.
And for those who have not seen it yet: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1000
patrick
On 15 Feb 2009, at 00:08, Joe Bauman wrote:
Jim, I've been admiring your moon animation. Can you give us the details? Was it shot over one month? One photo a night? I was surprised to see how much the moon rolls, and wondered if that was because the time lapse was taken over a longer period than a month. Congratulations on a great animation. Thanks, Joe
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Hi All, This site was recommended on the LX200GPS discussion group, to which I belong. I have just watched the lecture and I highly recommend it to astroimagers. I was not aware of one of the programs he recommended, the Focus Max freeware, and have downloaded it. -- Joe http://www.ewellobservatory.com/bestpractices/player.html
I thought I sent a reply to Patrick and I didn’t see it so if this is a duplicate I apologies. Patrick, I didn’t want to post anything about a picture that wasn’t mine. If I ever take a good picture I will let people know as you suggested. As you mentioned about the liberation I do think the image is a good teaching aid in that respect. The photo of the moon over Temp is a composite of the Jan 10th full moon and a separate shot of Temp after a snow storm and after the sun went down. Kind of an artsy-fartsy attempt on my part. Jim Daniel, That is cool. I like to see what the liberation can reveal out past Kastner in the east, Grimaldi in the west, and your shots reveal some really nice cratering in the extreme south. Jim --- On Sun, 2/15/09, daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> wrote: From: daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] moon animation To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 12:51 PM Jim: I have about a dozen astro GIFs that I've collected. This one is a series of full moons and it shows apogee and perigee as well as libration. http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1040 I agree that these are great teaching aids. DT --- On Sun, 2/15/09, Jim Gibson <jimgibson00@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Jim Gibson <jimgibson00@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] moon animation To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 6:55 AM Patrick, I didn’t want to post anything about a picture that wasn’t mine. If I ever take a good picture I will let people know as you suggested. As you mentioned about the liberation I do think the image is a good teaching aid in that respect. The photo of the moon over Temp is a composite of the Jan 10th full moon and a separate shot of Temp after a snow storm and after the sun went down. Kind of an artsy-fartsy attempt on my part. Jim
--- On Sun, 2/15/09, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] moon animation To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 12:35 AM
Jim, you should have posted a message about your Moon picture being on line.
Really nice.
In addition to the libration Joe mentioned (actually I almost wrote "libation" but I guess that's causes a different kind of rocking) your animation also does a great job of showing the changing distance.
And, like Joe said, please post the details.
And for those who have not seen it yet: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1000
patrick
On 15 Feb 2009, at 00:08, Joe Bauman wrote:
Jim, I've been admiring your moon animation. Can you give us the details? Was it shot over one month? One photo a night? I was surprised to see how much the moon rolls, and wondered if that was because the time lapse was taken over a longer period than a month. Congratulations on a great animation. Thanks, Joe
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Hi Jim, It went out fine. I received it. It is a great teaching aid and I'm glad you put it on there. Best wishes, Joe --- On Sun, 2/15/09, Jim Gibson <jimgibson00@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Jim Gibson <jimgibson00@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] moon animation To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 4:30 PM I thought I sent a reply to Patrick and I didn’t see it so if this is a duplicate I apologies. Patrick, I didn’t want to post anything about a picture that wasn’t mine. If I ever take a good picture I will let people know as you suggested. As you mentioned about the liberation I do think the image is a good teaching aid in that respect. The photo of the moon over Temp is a composite of the Jan 10th full moon and a separate shot of Temp after a snow storm and after the sun went down. Kind of an artsy-fartsy attempt on my part. Jim Daniel, That is cool. I like to see what the liberation can reveal out past Kastner in the east, Grimaldi in the west, and your shots reveal some really nice cratering in the extreme south. Jim --- On Sun, 2/15/09, daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> wrote: From: daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] moon animation To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 12:51 PM Jim: I have about a dozen astro GIFs that I've collected. This one is a series of full moons and it shows apogee and perigee as well as libration. http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1040 I agree that these are great teaching aids. DT --- On Sun, 2/15/09, Jim Gibson <jimgibson00@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Jim Gibson <jimgibson00@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] moon animation To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 6:55 AM Patrick, I didn’t want to post anything about a picture that wasn’t mine. If I ever take a good picture I will let people know as you suggested. As you mentioned about the liberation I do think the image is a good teaching aid in that respect. The photo of the moon over Temp is a composite of the Jan 10th full moon and a separate shot of Temp after a snow storm and after the sun went down. Kind of an artsy-fartsy attempt on my part. Jim
--- On Sun, 2/15/09, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] moon animation To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 12:35 AM
Jim, you should have posted a message about your Moon picture being on line.
Really nice.
In addition to the libration Joe mentioned (actually I almost wrote "libation" but I guess that's causes a different kind of rocking) your animation also does a great job of showing the changing distance.
And, like Joe said, please post the details.
And for those who have not seen it yet: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1000
patrick
On 15 Feb 2009, at 00:08, Joe Bauman wrote:
Jim, I've been admiring your moon animation. Can you give us the details? Was it shot over one month? One photo a night? I was surprised to see how much the moon rolls, and wondered if that was because the time lapse was taken over a longer period than a month. Congratulations on a great animation. Thanks, Joe
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Jim, it's certainly cool no matter where the images came from. Thanks for putting it together and posting it. -- Joe --- On Sun, 2/15/09, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote: From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] moon animation To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 12:35 AM Jim, you should have posted a message about your Moon picture being on line. Really nice. In addition to the libration Joe mentioned (actually I almost wrote "libation" but I guess that's causes a different kind of rocking) your animation also does a great job of showing the changing distance. And, like Joe said, please post the details. And for those who have not seen it yet: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1000 patrick On 15 Feb 2009, at 00:08, Joe Bauman wrote:
Jim, I've been admiring your moon animation. Can you give us the details? Was it shot over one month? One photo a night? I was surprised to see how much the moon rolls, and wondered if that was because the time lapse was taken over a longer period than a month. Congratulations on a great animation. Thanks, Joe
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Joe, Sorry, it’s not mine. Back in 2003 – 2004 I was making a CD of moon features from pictures I found on the web as a teaching aid for my grandson. I just found that on the web somewhere and I don’t remember where. Sorry. It’s one of my projects to figure out how to duplicate that. Another moon project is to use the Jan 10th full moon as background and overlay images with shadow detail in it. I keep running into rotational and size problems. Jim --- On Sun, 2/15/09, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] moon animation To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 12:08 AM Jim, I've been admiring your moon animation. Can you give us the details? Was it shot over one month? One photo a night? I was surprised to see how much the moon rolls, and wondered if that was because the time lapse was taken over a longer period than a month. Congratulations on a great animation. Thanks, Joe _______________________________________________ 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 Friends, Tyler's talk Tuesday night is the topic of my blog: http://deseretnews.com/blogs/1,5322,10000034,00.html?bD=20090215 Thanks, Joe
Joe and Tyler, Nice piece of work all around. Joe, also a nice plug for the upcomming SLAS meeting. It is fascinating to get a little background history on folks who’s work you have been admiring. Good job. Jim --- On Sun, 2/15/09, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Tyler's artistry highlighted To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 11:04 PM Hi Friends, Tyler's talk Tuesday night is the topic of my blog: http://deseretnews.com/blogs/1,5322,10000034,00.html?bD=20090215 Thanks, Joe _______________________________________________ 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, My blog today is about the return to the moon, including a really cool moon video. http://deseretnews.com/blogs/1,5322,10000034,00.html?bD=20090218 Thanks, Joe
"Waterworlds," NASA, Ogden Astronomical Society -- get it all right here: http://deseretnews.com/blogs/ Best wishes, Joe
I just saw Comet Lulin from my front porch in SLC, using a nice pair of binos Chuck Hards sold me about four years ago. It was fairly close to a star that Starry Night Pro says is named Zaniah, in the SE. The comet was just a dim fuzzball, but could be easily seen with averted vision. I saw no color and no tail. Undoubtedly it's much better at a dark site. -- Joe
Thanks for the heads up Joe. After reading your note I headed out into the front yard and first found Regulus and Saturn. A finder chart on Heavens-Above indicated those two point to the comet. And, sure enough, there is was. Easy naked eye. In 7x35s it was ok but 11x80s really showed some structure. I'm working (3169) Ostro again tonight but I'm tempted to try for a picture or two of the comet. Thanks again, patrick On 21 Feb 2009, at 00:55, Joe Bauman wrote:
I just saw Comet Lulin from my front porch in SLC, using a nice pair of binos Chuck Hards sold me about four years ago. It was fairly close to a star that Starry Night Pro says is named Zaniah, in the SE. The comet was just a dim fuzzball, but could be easily seen with averted vision. I saw no color and no tail. Undoubtedly it's much better at a dark site. -- Joe
I caught it in a 15x70mm bino last night from mid-valley, between the clouds. What a huge letdown. It looked like M-13 on a bad night. I heard J. Kelly Beatty on NPR yesterday afternoon talking about it. This is one of those astro events that should NOT be publicized too loudly. If you live in the sticks, your view is probably much better, but since 90% of the population lives where the light pollution is, most people are going to be underwhelmed- IF they even manage to spot this non-event.
Hi Chuck We caught Lulin again on Saturday at 9:15 our site has a rise to the east of about 15-20º so I would suspect that Lulin was visible an hour earlier. What we noticed most was the speed in which it moved, it was 1st noticed about a degree south of Zavijava in Virgo but after an hour or so, it just wasn't there. Both tails were easily seen in 15x70 binocs and our larger dobs and my 9.25sct. I'll post an image taken w/ my DSLR. I'll be up again on Wednesday to view C. Lulin and I hope the conditions are like on Saturday, one of the best Hawaiian winter nights at the summit yet. Aloha Rob
That's so interesting Chuck because I did the same last night around 1:30am from my backyard in West Jordan with the 15x70 binos and I found the view very fascinating (doesn't take much to impress me, can you tell I don't get out much?) Your description of it was spot on although it seemed much larger than M-13 to me. I enjoyed being able to view it in the same FOV as Saturn, and it was bright enough to remain visible even as clouds raced by in front of it. It seemed to me to be more diffuse and elongated than I had expected especially from left to right. I haven't looked at many pictures of it in the last few weeks so I was expecting a tighter fuzz ball. I wanted to grab some wide field photos but the wind was too much for my little tripod. Howard --- On Tue, 2/24/09, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Lulin -- obs report To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 9:03 AM I caught it in a 15x70mm bino last night from mid-valley, between the clouds. What a huge letdown. It looked like M-13 on a bad night.
I heard J. Kelly Beatty on NPR yesterday afternoon talking about it. This is one of those astro events that should NOT be publicized too loudly.
If you live in the sticks, your view is probably much better, but since 90% of the population lives where the light pollution is, most people are going to be underwhelmed- IF they even manage to spot this non-event. _______________________________________________ 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
Howard, you may be in the little dark "pocket" I've noticed in West Jordan, near the less-populated part of the Westridge area? When I've been out there, I can tell that it is noticeably darker than my house in Granger. Those pesky intermittant clouds didn't help my view, either. The wind was too much for my parallelogram so I just rested the binos on top of the fence, and craned my neck. On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Howard Jackman <sumoetx@yahoo.com> wrote:
That's so interesting Chuck because I did the same last night around 1:30am from my backyard in West Jordan with the 15x70 binos and I found the view very fascinating (doesn't take much to impress me, can you tell I don't get out much?) Your description of it was spot on although it seemed much larger than M-13 to me. I enjoyed being able to view it in the same FOV as Saturn, and it was bright enough to remain visible even as clouds raced by in front of it. It seemed to me to be more diffuse and elongated than I had expected especially from left to right. I haven't looked at many pictures of it in the last few weeks so I was expecting a tighter fuzz ball. I wanted to grab some wide field photos but the wind was too much for my little tripod.
LOL, I wish Chuck I'm just east of Jordan Landing!! But I believe I'm still better off than you are in Granger. I had to lean against the house to hold steady, I forgot that I'd removed the bino's neck strap awhile ago and hadn't replaced it so I had the added anxiety of forgetting that and dropping them on the patio ;-) As far as getting off my lazy boy 1. Don't have one and 2. I only get 4 hrs of sleep a night after work if I'm lucky, before i'm up to get the kids to school so no time to travel! (Maybe that's why I'm so easily impressed by a fuzzy snowball in a shaky Bino view) Howard --- On Tue, 2/24/09, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Lulin -- obs report To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 1:11 PM Howard, you may be in the little dark "pocket" I've noticed in West Jordan, near the less-populated part of the Westridge area? When I've been out there, I can tell that it is noticeably darker than my house in Granger.
Those pesky intermittant clouds didn't help my view, either. The wind was too much for my parallelogram so I just rested the binos on top of the fence, and craned my neck.
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Howard Jackman <sumoetx@yahoo.com> wrote:
That's so interesting Chuck because I did the same last night around 1:30am from my backyard in West Jordan with the 15x70 binos and I found the view very fascinating (doesn't take much to impress me, can you tell I don't get out much?) Your description of it was spot on although it seemed much larger than M-13 to me. I enjoyed being able to view it in the same FOV as Saturn, and it was bright enough to remain visible even as clouds raced by in front of it. It seemed to me to be more diffuse and elongated than I had expected especially from left to right. I haven't looked at many pictures of it in the last few weeks so I was expecting a tighter fuzz ball. I wanted to grab some wide field photos but the wind was too much for my little tripod.
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Howard: One of the best kept secrets about Utah is that a half tank of gas will get you a pretty darn good dark site and back. A full tank will get you to a spectacular site. But you have to be willing to leave behind your LazyBoy reccliner and the TV remote. Another secret is about comets. While we only rarely have one bright enough to see without optical aid, we quite often have them bright enough for binoculars, and if you're willing to drag out an eight inch telescope, there are a half dozen within reach almost always. Currently we have 2 binocular comets and 4 more visible in an 8 inch SC. Monitor the comet observer's discussion group on Yahoo and you will always be up to date about current targets. DT --- On Tue, 2/24/09, Howard Jackman <sumoetx@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Howard Jackman <sumoetx@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Lulin -- obs report To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 11:41 AM That's so interesting Chuck because I did the same last night around 1:30am from my backyard in West Jordan with the 15x70 binos and I found the view very fascinating (doesn't take much to impress me, can you tell I don't get out much?) Your description of it was spot on although it seemed much larger than M-13 to me. I enjoyed being able to view it in the same FOV as Saturn, and it was bright enough to remain visible even as clouds raced by in front of it. It seemed to me to be more diffuse and elongated than I had expected especially from left to right. I haven't looked at many pictures of it in the last few weeks so I was expecting a tighter fuzz ball. I wanted to grab some wide field photos but the wind was too much for my little tripod.
Howard
--- On Tue, 2/24/09, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Lulin -- obs report To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 9:03 AM I caught it in a 15x70mm bino last night from mid-valley, between the clouds. What a huge letdown. It looked like M-13 on a bad night.
I heard J. Kelly Beatty on NPR yesterday afternoon talking about it. This is one of those astro events that should NOT be publicized too loudly.
If you live in the sticks, your view is probably much better, but since 90% of the population lives where the light pollution is, most people are going to be underwhelmed- IF they even manage to spot this non-event. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com
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I have mixed feelings about Lulin. The positive ones are that I enjoy being able to find it. It is a fast mover though. When I first started watching it, it was near Scorpio and now it is way the heck over in Leo and moving. So I like that challenge. The other side of the coin is that it hasn’t lived up to my expectations from what I have read as far as appearance and brightness that was expected, or as I may have read into the information that was available. From an urban backyard I could never find it with the unaided eye and even in binos it turned out to be fairly faint. I have a neighbor who is a high school science teacher and I was waiting for Lulin to get spectacular so I could invite him and his students over for a look at it, but the spectacular part never happened. So, as far as asking someone to come over at 5:30 am to show them what was under spectacular in a 100mm APO I couldn’t get the courage to do so. So for me, I enjoyed it for the challenge, I enjoyed seeing something that wasn’t a gray fuzzy but had some interesting color to it. It isn’t something I would get someone out of bed for. Patrick or someone mentioned that there are usually 1 or 2 good ones a year. Lulin probably wan't one of them but it was fun for me to practice on. Jim --- On Tue, 2/24/09, daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> wrote: From: daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Lulin -- obs report To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 5:04 PM Howard: One of the best kept secrets about Utah is that a half tank of gas will get you a pretty darn good dark site and back. A full tank will get you to a spectacular site. But you have to be willing to leave behind your LazyBoy reccliner and the TV remote. Another secret is about comets. While we only rarely have one bright enough to see without optical aid, we quite often have them bright enough for binoculars, and if you're willing to drag out an eight inch telescope, there are a half dozen within reach almost always. Currently we have 2 binocular comets and 4 more visible in an 8 inch SC. Monitor the comet observer's discussion group on Yahoo and you will always be up to date about current targets. DT --- On Tue, 2/24/09, Howard Jackman <sumoetx@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Howard Jackman <sumoetx@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Lulin -- obs report To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 11:41 AM That's so interesting Chuck because I did the same last night around 1:30am from my backyard in West Jordan with the 15x70 binos and I found the view very fascinating (doesn't take much to impress me, can you tell I don't get out much?) Your description of it was spot on although it seemed much larger than M-13 to me. I enjoyed being able to view it in the same FOV as Saturn, and it was bright enough to remain visible even as clouds raced by in front of it. It seemed to me to be more diffuse and elongated than I had expected especially from left to right. I haven't looked at many pictures of it in the last few weeks so I was expecting a tighter fuzz ball. I wanted to grab some wide field photos but the wind was too much for my little tripod.
Howard
--- On Tue, 2/24/09, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Lulin -- obs report To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 9:03 AM I caught it in a 15x70mm bino last night from mid-valley, between the clouds. What a huge letdown. It looked like M-13 on a bad night.
I heard J. Kelly Beatty on NPR yesterday afternoon talking about it. This is one of those astro events that should NOT be publicized too loudly.
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Hi Jim, On 24 Feb 2009, at 19:46, Jim Gibson wrote:
Patrick or someone mentioned that there are usually 1 or 2 good ones a year.
T'wasn't me. I'm more likely to say we get one or two good ones every few decades. :) Actually, I'm nearly 60 and I can remember only 3 or maybe four comets that I consider to have been really good ones and a smattering of "ok" comets. But I keep hoping we'll have one "any day now". :) patrick
Nearly 60? You pup. jb --- On Tue, 2/24/09, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote: From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Lulin -- obs report To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 9:48 PM Hi Jim, On 24 Feb 2009, at 19:46, Jim Gibson wrote:
Patrick or someone mentioned that there are usually 1 or 2 good ones a year.
T'wasn't me. I'm more likely to say we get one or two good ones every few decades. :) Actually, I'm nearly 60 and I can remember only 3 or maybe four comets that I consider to have been really good ones and a smattering of "ok" comets. But I keep hoping we'll have one "any day now". :) patrick _______________________________________________ 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
A much larger factor for many people, Daniel, is that they don't have that kind of time on their hands on a work night. Spare me the wise-ass "LazyBoy recliner" condescention. On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 5:04 PM, daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> wrote:
One of the best kept secrets about Utah is that a half tank of gas will get you a pretty darn good dark site and back. A full tank will get you to a spectacular site. But you have to be willing to leave behind your LazyBoy reccliner and the TV remote.
Nice job Tyler, I love that minor planet animation. It looks really cool. Mostly I see minor planets animated through a star field. This is way cool. M96 looks like part of it’s arm is missing; interesting Jim --- On Sat, 2/14/09, Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> wrote: From: Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] New Images Posted to SLAS Gallery - M95 and M96 and Minor Planet Zeelandia To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Date: Saturday, February 14, 2009, 2:40 PM Hi all. I just added two items to my SLAS gallery: 1st - An image of M95 and M96, two spiral galaxies in the Leo I group http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1013 (click for larger version) 2nd - An animation of minor planet (1336) Zeelandia crossing near M96. http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1016 I caught Zeelandia while imaging M95 and M96 and contacted Patrick for help with identification. Patrick helped me find a database of minor planets to use with "The Sky 6", which is the planetarium software that I use for choosing imaging targets etc. Many thanks to Patrick! Cheers, Tyler PS - I hope to put a few faces with the names on Tuesday night at the SLAS monthly meeting. See you there. _____________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 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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