Re: [Utah-astronomy] Lulin -- obs report
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090225.html Yep, Lulin's definitely a useless cur. It's only worth looking at those once-in-40 year comets like McNaught or what's that other 40 year old comet you guys are always calling the "big one"? -:) Kurt
On 24 Feb 2009, at 22:34, Canopus56 wrote:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090225.html
Yep, Lulin's definitely a useless cur. It's only worth looking at those once-in-40 year comets like McNaught or what's that other 40 year old comet you guys are always calling the "big one"? -:) Kurt
Ah, I'd forgotten about McNaught but probably because the 4 I mentioned earlier only included nighttime comets. McNaught was great at night in the southern hemisphere but up here it was memorable to me as my only daylight naked eye comet. Here's my list: 1) One in the late 50's or early 60s who's name I don't remember. 2) West in 1976 3) Hyakutake in 1996 (I got engaged under that one.) 4) Hale-Bopp in 1997 5) McNaught in 2007 patrick
If you are interested in participating in the Bryce Canyon Astronomy Festival, June 17-20, 2009 please send me an email at djcolton@piol.com with the following information: 1. Your Name 2. Vehicle Make 3. License Plate Number 4. Which Nights you will participate (i.e. June 17, 18, 19 and/or 20) 5. Do you need free camping? 6. Telescope you will be bringing (we need this information to determine layout of the telescope field). 7. Preferred email address to contact you with any changes updates etc. Upon receipt of this information, if you have not already provided it, I will provide you with the volunteer form and other information. Some of you who are members of SLAS have already filled out the volunteer form and given it to Kevin Poe but I still need the above information. I know this is early to be thinking about the festival but some of you may need to make work arrangements in order to come. In the past we have had to turn away some people who wanted to participate at the last minute because of limitations on the size of the telescope field. Clear Skies, Don Colton
Don,I am planning on Participating in the Bryce Canyon Astronomy Festival. Mike Nelson 1998 Nissan Pathfinder License A42 4DV Participating June 17-20th I do need a tent campsite telescope will be a 9.25" SCT contact email will be mikenelson63@gmail.com Thanks Don, had a great time last year and looking forward to it again and again! On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Don J. Colton <djcolton@piol.com> wrote:
If you are interested in participating in the Bryce Canyon Astronomy Festival, June 17-20, 2009 please send me an email at djcolton@piol.comwith the following information:
1. Your Name 2. Vehicle Make 3. License Plate Number 4. Which Nights you will participate (i.e. June 17, 18, 19 and/or 20) 5. Do you need free camping? 6. Telescope you will be bringing (we need this information to determine layout of the telescope field). 7. Preferred email address to contact you with any changes updates etc.
Upon receipt of this information, if you have not already provided it, I will provide you with the volunteer form and other information. Some of you who are members of SLAS have already filled out the volunteer form and given it to Kevin Poe but I still need the above information.
I know this is early to be thinking about the festival but some of you may need to make work arrangements in order to come. In the past we have had to turn away some people who wanted to participate at the last minute because of limitations on the size of the telescope field.
Clear Skies,
Don Colton
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Another sarcastic comment. What my post inferred was that this comet doesn't live up to the hype that the public is being exposed to. I've already taken verbal abuse from non-astronomers on this object- and many, many others that typically get an amateur astronomer's blood racing. By all means, comets such as this are worth observing- especially to those of you who live and breathe astronomy, and apparently have little else to occupy your free time- and those who are lucky enough to live under a dark sky. Even I am glad I went out and looked. I'm not as curmudgeonly as you migt think. But I don't feel like I have an obligation to drool and fawn publicly over every fuzzy thing that pops into the night sky. Those photos are generated artifacts that have nothing to do with the objects actual appearance in the eyepiece. On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:34 PM, Canopus56 <canopus56@yahoo.com> wrote:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090225.html
Yep, Lulin's definitely a useless cur. It's only worth looking at those once-in-40 year comets like McNaught or what's that other 40 year old comet you guys are always calling the "big one"? -:) Kurt
I went out again last night/this morning after work to grab a few pictures of Lulin since the "Sucker hole" seemed to occupy most of the sky so around 1:45am I set up my compact digital camera on the tripod and took about 10 shots at various zoom levels- the results were less than impressive nothing worth posting but it was interesting to note how far the comet had moved since my last look on tuesday morning. This time I only used 7x35 binos to find the comet, still quite visible even with the smaller aperture, I would say that this time in the smaller binos it really did look like M-13. it's elongated appearance I noticed in the 15x70s was not apparent in the 7x35s. Howard
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