Comet watching tomorrow?
With the National Weather Service and now SPOC's Clear Sky Clock (http://www.cleardarksky.com/c/SPOC2UTkey.html?1) showing the clouds clearing out late tomorrow morning (Saturday), tomorrow evening might be the first good time for those of us here in the north to look for Comet Pan-STARRS. The MPS has it about 10° above the western horizon at sunset and magnitude 0.5 (remember that's comet magnitude not star magnitude) so would-be comet seekers will need to find a spot with a very low western horizon. I'm thinking out at the Rowley exit from I-80 where some of us gathered to watch the Venus transit. MPC reports sunset for SPOC will be at 0121 UT with the comet setting at 0210 UT Just for laughs I may try to find it in the afternoon. For comparison on Wednesday the Sun will set at 0127 and the comet will set at 0249 but by that time the comet will have faded about half a magnitude. BTW, I'm using UT time here to hopefully lessen the confusion caused by Daylight Silly Time being inflicted on us Sunday morning. So subtract 7 hours while we're still on standard time and 6 hour after the switch to silly time. patrick
That's interesting, Patrick, because the Clear Sky Clock for SLC still shows pretty heavy overcast from noon to 4 p.m. (when the solar party would have been held). I wonder why it's so much better at Stansbury - Joe ________________________________ From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: utah astronomy listserve utah astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, March 8, 2013 12:55 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Comet watching tomorrow? With the National Weather Service and now SPOC's Clear Sky Clock (http://www.cleardarksky.com/c/SPOC2UTkey.html?1) showing the clouds clearing out late tomorrow morning (Saturday), tomorrow evening might be the first good time for those of us here in the north to look for Comet Pan-STARRS. The MPS has it about 10° above the western horizon at sunset and magnitude 0.5 (remember that's comet magnitude not star magnitude) so would-be comet seekers will need to find a spot with a very low western horizon. I'm thinking out at the Rowley exit from I-80 where some of us gathered to watch the Venus transit. MPC reports sunset for SPOC will be at 0121 UT with the comet setting at 0210 UT Just for laughs I may try to find it in the afternoon. For comparison on Wednesday the Sun will set at 0127 and the comet will set at 0249 but by that time the comet will have faded about half a magnitude. BTW, I'm using UT time here to hopefully lessen the confusion caused by Daylight Silly Time being inflicted on us Sunday morning. So subtract 7 hours while we're still on standard time and 6 hour after the switch to silly time. patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".
On 08 Mar 2013, at 01:27, Joe Bauman wrote:
That's interesting, Patrick, because the Clear Sky Clock for SLC still shows pretty heavy overcast from noon to 4 p.m. (when the solar party would have been held). I wonder why it's so much better at Stansbury - Joe
The way Bruce (he's a meteorologist) explains it it has something to do with the Oquirrh Mountains being so short (north to south) that they let the weather pass on by but the Wasatch Mountains are so long they hold the weather back and it builds up in the SL Valley. patrick
Ah. ________________________________ From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, March 8, 2013 2:05 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet watching tomorrow? On 08 Mar 2013, at 01:27, Joe Bauman wrote:
That's interesting, Patrick, because the Clear Sky Clock for SLC still shows pretty heavy overcast from noon to 4 p.m. (when the solar party would have been held). I wonder why it's so much better at Stansbury - Joe
The way Bruce (he's a meteorologist) explains it it has something to do with the Oquirrh Mountains being so short (north to south) that they let the weather pass on by but the Wasatch Mountains are so long they hold the weather back and it builds up in the SL Valley. patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".
Thanks Patrick. -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Friday, March 8, 2013 12:55 AM To: utah astronomy listserve utah astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Comet watching tomorrow? With the National Weather Service and now SPOC's Clear Sky Clock (http://www.cleardarksky.com/c/SPOC2UTkey.html?1) showing the clouds clearing out late tomorrow morning (Saturday), tomorrow evening might be the first good time for those of us here in the north to look for Comet Pan-STARRS. The MPS has it about 10° above the western horizon at sunset and magnitude 0.5 (remember that's comet magnitude not star magnitude) so would-be comet seekers will need to find a spot with a very low western horizon. I'm thinking out at the Rowley exit from I-80 where some of us gathered to watch the Venus transit. MPC reports sunset for SPOC will be at 0121 UT with the comet setting at 0210 UT Just for laughs I may try to find it in the afternoon. For comparison on Wednesday the Sun will set at 0127 and the comet will set at 0249 but by that time the comet will have faded about half a magnitude. BTW, I'm using UT time here to hopefully lessen the confusion caused by Daylight Silly Time being inflicted on us Sunday morning. So subtract 7 hours while we're still on standard time and 6 hour after the switch to silly time. patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".
Lol Patrick, I think you just like to say "Daylight Silly Time" and are the only one confused by it. ;-) I love the extra hour of daylight in the evening, when it's most useful, having a normal daytime job and major interest in gardening. If I had my way, we'd stay on DST year-round. On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:55 AM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
BTW, I'm using UT time here to hopefully lessen the confusion caused by Daylight Silly Time being inflicted on us Sunday morning. So subtract 7 hours while we're still on standard time and 6 hour after the switch to silly time.
We've actually overheard people in our building say that the "extra hour of daylight" will help melt the snow. Ugh. -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 7:04 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet watching tomorrow? Lol Patrick, I think you just like to say "Daylight Silly Time" and are the only one confused by it. ;-) I love the extra hour of daylight in the evening, when it's most useful, having a normal daytime job and major interest in gardening. If I had my way, we'd stay on DST year-round. On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:55 AM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
BTW, I'm using UT time here to hopefully lessen the confusion caused by Daylight Silly Time being inflicted on us Sunday morning. So subtract 7 hours while we're still on standard time and 6 hour after the switch to silly time.
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Nope, _not_ employees. Just visitors. We spin our wheels wondering how best to tell folks about the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation, why Pluto was demoted and the latest from Hubble, while in reality most folks just want to know what causes the seasons. -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 8:30 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet watching tomorrow? I hope they are not planetarium employees. If so, time for some OJT. On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 8:15 AM, Seth Jarvis <SJarvis@slco.org> wrote:
We've actually overheard people in our building say that the "extra hour of daylight" will help melt the snow.
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I wouldn't care which time we stayed on year-round, as long as we didn't switch over halfway through the year. -- Joe ________________________________ From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, March 8, 2013 7:04 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet watching tomorrow? Lol Patrick, I think you just like to say "Daylight Silly Time" and are the only one confused by it. ;-) I love the extra hour of daylight in the evening, when it's most useful, having a normal daytime job and major interest in gardening. If I had my way, we'd stay on DST year-round. On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:55 AM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
BTW, I'm using UT time here to hopefully lessen the confusion caused by Daylight Silly Time being inflicted on us Sunday morning. So subtract 7 hours while we're still on standard time and 6 hour after the switch to silly time.
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