[Chaos-l] While waiting for Curiosity to land ....

Thu Aug 2 21:13:40 EDT 2012

Here is an MIT lecture (10 minutes) on amazing photography. There must be
an astronomy connection.

http://digital-photography-school.com/a-camera-that-shoots-at-a-trillion-frames-per-second

On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Jayme Hanzak <jhanzak at unctv.org> wrote:

> Well I was able to get out and roll the roof off my observatory to see
> some deep sky objects finally. I was playing with some
>
> surveillance camera a friend gave me. I cranked the gain up trying to
> catch some meteors and it worked fairly well. I caught a flurry at
>
> around 11:23 last night.
>
>
>
> What really boggles my mind is that I showed my wife a satellite view of
> the clouds at 7:30. They were covering the entire state of NC.
>
> I walked outside at 8:30 and I could see the moon with a slight halo
> around it and the sky was clear. The night was good up until
>
> midnight when I went inside. The viewing was still good, I just had to get
> some sleep for work.
>
>
>
> I'm very greatful for the clear skies. The brain dead television is
> getting to me. Yes, I'm talking of the industry in which I work.
>
> Maybe clear skies tonight,
> Jayme
>
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>  *From: *"Allen Davis" <starstorm151 at embarqmail.com>
> *To: *"C Tony Garcia" <randomcoffee at gmail.com>, "Jayme Hanzak" <
> spacenuut at gmail.com>
> *Cc: *"Chapel Hill Astronomical Observation Society" <chaos-l at rtpnet.org>
> *Sent: *Wednesday, July 25, 2012 6:13:24 AM
> *Subject: *Re: [Chaos-l] Target
>
>
>  You can imagine what it was like when two Hurricanes put the lights out
> years ago in this area.  First Hurricane Fran and then Floyd.  Floyd had
> things closed at Medoc for months.  But they still let us go there to
> observe.  The first week after the storm came through we had to travel a
> round about way to get to Medoc as the bridge was out that I normally
> used.
>
>
>
> But it was dark those first two or three nights.  It was amazing.  After a
> tropical system goes through the sky is usually clear, and to have the
> lights out was something.
>
>
>
> But it caused a lot of damage and heartache so I don’t wish that on anyone.
>
>
>
> But it was nice to see the skies like folks must have seen it years ago.
> You are right Tony…it must have been something.
>
>
>
> allen
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>
>
> *From:* chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org [mailto:chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org] *On
> Behalf Of *C Tony Garcia
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 24, 2012 11:16 PM
> *To:* Jayme Hanzak
> *Cc:* Chapel Hill Astronomical Observation Society
> *Subject:* Re: [Chaos-l] Target
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>
>
>
>
> I can make out the lagoon nebula through my binoculars.  but I admit I
> have not tried that in town like this before so I don't have a good
> comparison.
>
>
>
> either way - knowing the sky when the power is out is completely awesome.
>
>
>
> Very quickly it is obvious that pre industrial people must have spent tons
> more time star gazing then modern people.  It's a very obvious past time on
> nights like this, even to non astronomy types.
>
>
>
>
> On Jul 24, 2012, at 9:10 PM, Jayme Hanzak <spacenuut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  I can't believe it, the clouds have left and I'm going outside. There
> isn't a cloud in the sky.
>
>
>
> I'm not kidding.
>
>
>
> Yipee!!!!!!
>
>
>
> Jayme
>
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 7:56 PM, Robert Nielsen <robertnielsen at nc.rr.com>
> wrote:
>
> Yep ... I'm getting tired of WRAL weather using the same icon for the
> weather every day ... over and over - sun with storm cloud over it with
> lightning flashes.   When will it end?!?
>
>
>
> We might need to go to burnt offerings or a rubber chicken ...
>
>
>
> Robert
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>
> On Jul 24, 2012, at 7:46 PM, Jayme Hanzak <spacenuut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Well if it will clear the rain out. I'm up for it.
>
> J
>
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 6:32 PM, C Tony Garcia <randomcoffee at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> I'm a pretty straight science type but I was also raised around Navajo
> culture in New Mexico and I kind of think you need some kind of
> purification sage ceremony because the weather does seem to follow you
> around!
>
>
>
> Jayme, one of these days I'm going to smudge you with a campfire(bonfire?)
> of sage!
>
>
>
>
> On Jul 24, 2012, at 3:57 PM, Jayme Hanzak <jhanzak at unctv.org> wrote:
>
>  I'm starting to feel like I got a target painted on my forehead.
>
> Actually, I was concerned, it hadn't rained in 6 hours.
>
> Jayme
>
>
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