Weather summary panel for West Conus 20081206 04UT
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cano...@yahoo.com
Dec 5, 2008, 5:49:34 PM12/5/08
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For tonight's (20061206 04UT) session), I have uploaded a western
continental united states (West CONUS) weather panel summary that
consolidates five weather forecasts images from several governmental
providers. Southwestern California and Arizona with parts of Northern
California seem to be best positioned. In the files section see:
20081206_04WeatherPanel.png
Weather forecast images presented are those available that are closest
to the 4UT target date and include:
Sky cover
Transparency
Seeing
Weather fronts
Jet Stream
Current (20081205 18UT) IR sat image covering both Hawaii and West
CONUS.
Personally, I have high clouds, consistent with the map and am clouded
out.
Happy imaging - Kurt
P.S.
Urls used to generate the weather panel summary were:
http://virga.sfsu.edu/scripts/jetstream_modelsml_fcst.html
http://www.weather.gov/forecasts/graphical/sectors/conusLoop.php
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/day0-7loop.html
http://virga.sfsu.edu/scripts/jetsat_modelsml.html
http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/astro/seeing_e.html
http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/astro/transparence_e.html
continental united states (West CONUS) weather panel summary that
consolidates five weather forecasts images from several governmental
providers. Southwestern California and Arizona with parts of Northern
California seem to be best positioned. In the files section see:
20081206_04WeatherPanel.png
Weather forecast images presented are those available that are closest
to the 4UT target date and include:
Sky cover
Transparency
Seeing
Weather fronts
Jet Stream
Current (20081205 18UT) IR sat image covering both Hawaii and West
CONUS.
Personally, I have high clouds, consistent with the map and am clouded
out.
Happy imaging - Kurt
P.S.
Urls used to generate the weather panel summary were:
http://virga.sfsu.edu/scripts/jetstream_modelsml_fcst.html
http://www.weather.gov/forecasts/graphical/sectors/conusLoop.php
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/day0-7loop.html
http://virga.sfsu.edu/scripts/jetsat_modelsml.html
http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/astro/seeing_e.html
http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/astro/transparence_e.html
Greg
Dec 5, 2008, 6:06:40 PM12/5/08
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cano...@yahoo.com
Dec 5, 2008, 6:19:37 PM12/5/08
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Greg,
Tonight, Saturday and Sunday is one of the scheduled nights in the
imaging annoucement. See -
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/news/image_specifications.html
However, I am not a moderator or officially associated with Dr.
Wooden's campaign or Brian Day, the NASA Ambassador who started this
newsgroup. Their posting and mentoring here has been extremely light
to non-existent. We have no official announcment from Wooden or Day
that they are going ahead with the announced sessions. In the absence
of such guidance, I would suggest that you go ahead and image the
southern polar region around Faustini tonight around 4UT using Jim
Mosher's resource finder maps or the one's that I have deposited in
the files section.
Jim's finder pages are at: http://ltvt.wikispaces.com/LCROSS+Dec+2008+Campaign
I may try to shoot some images at this libration even though I have
high clouds, just for the personal targeting practice.
Clear skies - Kurt
On Dec 5, 4:06 pm, Greg <hih...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Are we trying to shoot images of the moon tonight?
>
> Greghttp://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/FinalCutPro-Lhttp://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NikonDdSLRhttp://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Nikon_Pro-and-SemiPro_DSLRshttp://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nikon_dslrhttp://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Nikon_D-SLRhttp://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nikon-dslr-astrohttp://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nikon-DSLRhttp://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Nikon-Digital-SLRshttp://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Digital_Photography_Forumhttp://groups.google.com/group/lcross_observation?hl=enhttp://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/digital_astrohttp://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Deep-Sky-Imagerhttp://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/amateurastronomyonline
>
> --- On Fri, 12/5/08, canopu...@yahoo.com <canopu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: canopu...@yahoo.com <canopu...@yahoo.com>
Tonight, Saturday and Sunday is one of the scheduled nights in the
imaging annoucement. See -
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/news/image_specifications.html
However, I am not a moderator or officially associated with Dr.
Wooden's campaign or Brian Day, the NASA Ambassador who started this
newsgroup. Their posting and mentoring here has been extremely light
to non-existent. We have no official announcment from Wooden or Day
that they are going ahead with the announced sessions. In the absence
of such guidance, I would suggest that you go ahead and image the
southern polar region around Faustini tonight around 4UT using Jim
Mosher's resource finder maps or the one's that I have deposited in
the files section.
Jim's finder pages are at: http://ltvt.wikispaces.com/LCROSS+Dec+2008+Campaign
I may try to shoot some images at this libration even though I have
high clouds, just for the personal targeting practice.
Clear skies - Kurt
On Dec 5, 4:06 pm, Greg <hih...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Are we trying to shoot images of the moon tonight?
>
>
> --- On Fri, 12/5/08, canopu...@yahoo.com <canopu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: canopu...@yahoo.com <canopu...@yahoo.com>
Greg
Dec 5, 2008, 6:24:23 PM12/5/08
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cano...@yahoo.com
Dec 5, 2008, 6:49:08 PM12/5/08
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On Dec 5, 4:24 pm, Greg <hih...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Got it...will do shot then. - Greg
P.S. While you are out tonight around 3-4UT and have the camera set
up, for 42N Lat observing points, M31 will be almost directly at the
zenith and well positioned for a shot. Uranus will be a couple of
degrees southeast of the Moon and might also be a nice extra imaging
target.
If you have clear skies tonight and do take an image, the following is
a summary of LCROSS imaging specs page mentioned above, with respect
to filing your image results here:
1. Take fits images on:
2008 December 6-8 04:00-10:00 UT (2008 Dec 5-7 8PM-3AM PDT; 9PM-4AM
MDT)
2009 January 2 04:00-10:00 UT (2009 Jan 1 8PM-3AM PDT; 9PM-4AM MDT)
2. Of craters:
Crater A: 84.45 N, 62.2 E
Crater F: 86.2 N, 38.4 E
Faustini: -87.5 (S), 83.1 E
Shoemaker: -88.3 (S), 43.4 E
3. The resulting files should be named using the convention:
"Name_YYYYMMDDHHMM, where Name is the observer's first initial and
last name, and YYYYMMDDHHMM represent the UT date and time of your
image. Thus, a fit image taken by John Smith at 7:05 UT on January
29, 2009 would be named JSmith_200901290705.fit. When you post an
image, please also post a note in the site's discussion area listing
the following information."
4. The files should be posted to the files section of Google group:
http://groups.google.com/group/lcross_observation/
5. A message should posted to the group with the information:
File name of posted image
Name of observer
Email address of observer
Aperture of telescope
Focal length of telescope
Type of camera used
Camera detector dimensions
Exposure information
Time and date of exposure
Location from which exposure was taken
Again, Clear skies, Kurt
> Got it...will do shot then. - Greg
P.S. While you are out tonight around 3-4UT and have the camera set
up, for 42N Lat observing points, M31 will be almost directly at the
zenith and well positioned for a shot. Uranus will be a couple of
degrees southeast of the Moon and might also be a nice extra imaging
target.
If you have clear skies tonight and do take an image, the following is
a summary of LCROSS imaging specs page mentioned above, with respect
to filing your image results here:
1. Take fits images on:
2008 December 6-8 04:00-10:00 UT (2008 Dec 5-7 8PM-3AM PDT; 9PM-4AM
MDT)
2009 January 2 04:00-10:00 UT (2009 Jan 1 8PM-3AM PDT; 9PM-4AM MDT)
2. Of craters:
Crater A: 84.45 N, 62.2 E
Crater F: 86.2 N, 38.4 E
Faustini: -87.5 (S), 83.1 E
Shoemaker: -88.3 (S), 43.4 E
3. The resulting files should be named using the convention:
"Name_YYYYMMDDHHMM, where Name is the observer's first initial and
last name, and YYYYMMDDHHMM represent the UT date and time of your
image. Thus, a fit image taken by John Smith at 7:05 UT on January
29, 2009 would be named JSmith_200901290705.fit. When you post an
image, please also post a note in the site's discussion area listing
the following information."
4. The files should be posted to the files section of Google group:
http://groups.google.com/group/lcross_observation/
5. A message should posted to the group with the information:
File name of posted image
Name of observer
Email address of observer
Aperture of telescope
Focal length of telescope
Type of camera used
Camera detector dimensions
Exposure information
Time and date of exposure
Location from which exposure was taken
Again, Clear skies, Kurt
Greg
Dec 5, 2008, 7:25:51 PM12/5/08
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| We are clear here in Santa Clarita/Canyon Country, California. |
Greg --- On Fri, 12/5/08, cano...@yahoo.com <cano...@yahoo.com> wrote: |
From: cano...@yahoo.com <cano...@yahoo.com> |
Arnold Ashcraft
Dec 5, 2008, 8:54:58 PM12/5/08
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Cloudy in NJ. Darn...
Greg
Dec 6, 2008, 2:25:39 AM12/6/08
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| Here is two shot from this evening and tonight...both hand held with a Nikon D-40...I hope that the meta data remains in tacked since I also geo-located the pictures. When my lens from Hawaii arrive I will be able to take better pictures of the impact. |
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| http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/amateurastronomyonline --- On Fri, 12/5/08, Arnold Ashcraft <wa2...@optonline.net> wrote: |
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