Comet Hale-Bopp in the skies over Jackson (Hole).
Copies available, contact Walt Farmer.

 

Comet 17P/Holmes imaged at the Grand Cosmic Observatory Jackson Hole, Wyoming by Arlo F. Niederer
Imaged through a 0.5 meter Ritchey-Chretien Telescope on an SBIG STL-11000M  astro CCD.  Composite of 30, one minute exposures through Luminance, Red, Green, and Blue filters and composited into an LRGB image.
Imaged on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007, between 10:51 PM and Midnight.

An image of the Dec. 10, 2011 lunar eclipse over Star Valley by Don Cushman, a few minutes before it went full.

Eleanor Onyon provides us with this image she took in GTNP back in circa 1958.  It looks like about a
15-30 min. image w/a lucky meteor captured amongst the star trails, but she said she left the shutter open all night!

IC405 by Michael Adler, Wilson, WY, Jan., 2013, 9 hr. 45 min. (58 images) w/narrowband Ha & S2 filters.

LINK to our new (1/10) Total Eclipse of the Sun 2017 page,
centerline over Jackson Hole at the N end of the airport.

ALSO, for a list of notes to take if you observe a meteor descending into the valley, click on this LINK, copy it, & carry it with you if such an occasion arises.

    ASTRONOMY  CLUB  MEETING/ EVENT  SCHEDULE
FOR  2013

                                        DATE                    MEETING PLACE                  PROGRAM
                                2013
                                           
                                            May 17, Friday           Teton Science School, Kelly Campus             TBD

                                    June 14                         Teton Co. Rec Center                                    TBD

                                    July 12                         Mel Tucker's home in Pacific Creek                 TBD

                                   August ?                                      TBD                                                Mike Adler

                                   August ?                         NAD, GTNP Colter Bay?

                                   Sept. 13                         Home of Bob & Kathy Cummings                  TBD

                                   Oct.?                                                           ??                                    TBD

                                   Nov. ?                           Old Teton Co. Library                                   TBD

                                   Dec.                                       No meeting

Jan. mtg., Mel officiating.

 *         Items are tentative and may be changed.  In all cases be sure and confirm location, date and time prior to any meeting.  

Feb. 22, at the home of Ann & Chuck Dahl.  Need more volunteers to provide location for
monthly meetings.  Mike Maurer gave program on setup & care of the club's new
solarscope, & info about current comet, PanSTARRS in the sky.

Below, at the Cummings home

May 20, 6pm (approx.)           Observation of annular solar eclipse at Willow Flats
Turnout with GTNP, using club solar filters. 

April 20, 7pm    49'er Motel Conference Room - Jackson        Brief  Powerpoints by Walt & Liz.  

                       Call Mel (307.543.2424) to volunteer to do a program or host a meeting.

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The date was July 31, 2011, it was cool & overcast in the park, the tourists were frequent & inquisitive.  But, it was just another day at the scope for the crew of the J(H)AC at our National Astronomy Day event in GTNP at Colter Bay for year no. 17, except, cloud cover was our nemesis this year & we had to do all our visitations inside the visitor center.  No solar viewing nor was there any night sky viewing after Bob's amphitheater show.  Sorta good in a way, cause the skeeters on the bay were mighty hungry if you do this event in late July instead of mid-August.  Besides those in the pictures below, also present were Elizabeth who took the pics, Loretta, & John Farmer came to help in the evening, if the clouds had parted.

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    Welcome to our webpage concerning the activities of our amateur astronomy organization, one of several engaged in astronomy in Wyoming.  Our Club Chair for the last 15+ yrs. now is MEL TUCKER.  It was begun in 1992 with 5 charter members and now boasts about 40-50.  Our members are students, retired military, geologists, teachers, pilots, homemakers, professional astronomers, students, and more.

    Club Dues are STILL $12. to join, $10. to renew, $8. for a second family member ($18. max per family) and $6. for students.  Make checks out to the Jackson (Hole) Astronomy Club and send to LORETTA SCOTT at Box 994, Jackson, WY, 83001-0994.  (If students can't afford to make this nominal investment, we will let them join for free.)

    Benefits of membership include a monthly newsletter, discounts on national astronomy magazines, instruction and use of the club's three telescopes & astronomical binoculars (Re Telescope Loaner Info for Members below), monthly meetings, observing with others members, discounts on occasional courses, etc. Each meeting includes an observing session if weather allows. Programs are usually given by other members or the occasional professor or other passing through the area. 

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LINKS to CLUB INFORMATION

LINK     to IMAGES OF CLUB MEETINGS
LINK   to IMAGES from NATIONAL ASTRONOMY DAY
LINK to IMAGES of SCHOOL & SCOUTING EVENTS
LINK      IMAGES of JOHN DOBSON EVENT
   LINK           to IMAGES of DAVID LEVY EVENT
LINK   to IMAGES of MISC. OTHER EVENTs
LINK        to FOR SALE ITEMS
LINK     to CLUB SCOPES/ASSETS
LINK      to EVENTS OUR MEMBERS HAVE VOLUNTEERED FOR
LINK       to METEOR SHOWER LIST

Jackson Hole Sky Quality Meter (SQM) READINGS from SQM READINGS for the Jackson Hole Airport

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Jackson Lake bolide by James/Linda Baker, across Jackson Lake from Colter Bay in 1972.
It could be seen for 101 sec. from Utah to Canada & was over 1,000 miles long. This is real, no digital enhancing then.
See the July 1974 issue of S&T Magazine for a sequential series of photos.
To see the video of this bolide, click on this LINK.

Current club officers are:

Co-Founder, Chair Potentate: Mel Tucker, 307.543.2424, Box 123, Moran, WY 83013
mel@jhastronomy.com
Treasurer Extraordinaire: Loretta Scott, 307.733.6906, Box 994, Jackson, WY 83001
lscott@wyoming.com
Founder/Membership/Publicity/Other stuff: Walt Farmer, 307.733.2173
walt@jhastronomy.com

CLUB PARTICULARS: We hold elections only if one of the first 3 officers can't continue in their position or if someone would like to volunteer/challenge for a post.  We're pretty informal & get together for the simple enjoyment of astronomy & sharing of information.  We do NOT have 501(c)3 status & as such are not tax-exempt.  Please volunteer to the Chair or Vice-Chair if you'd like to help in some specific manner.

***(Club members are encouraged to submit items for this page, including astrophotos, or other pertinent info.  Contact Webmaster Walt Farmer for more info.)

TELESCOPE LOANER INFO TO MEMBERS LINK

 (This website is authored by © WALT FARMER, Jim Bliss & Ron Sprouse.  Walt's Wyoming (Film) Web ) 

Some very interesting astronomy links are suggested below...

                      Would you like to have your astrophoto here as well?  Call Walt & show off a little.     Enlargements of Walt's photographs below, including Hale-Bopp at the top of the page, available on request.