Program Highlights for the August 7, 2010 Weekend Edition

Saturday’s Weekend Edition is now available for download. Check out the great lineup of guests and topics for August 7, 2010. You can hear it along the Wasatch Front from 10 a.m.-11 a.m. on AM 630 KTKK.



Segment 1
Patrick Wiggins, NASA Solar System Ambassador to Utah, highlights a few big highlights in the August Skies
http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/tonights_sky
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/100126474.html
Download Worldwide Telescope for Free
See the Moon Surface with Moon Arounder
Download Stellarium for Free
Download Google Earth Free
Download Celestia Free
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/observingblog/99304684.html
http://backcountryutah.blogspot.com/2010/08/august-skies-showcase-planets-and.html

Segment 2
Guy Perkins with Camp Chef is giving us a Sneak Peek and new Outdoor Cooking Gear
http://www.campchef.com

Segment 3
Mike Ottenbacher, with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, takes us Stream Fishing in the Southern Region
http://wildlife.utah.gov/hotspots/reports_sr.php
http://wildlife.utah.gov/cutthroat/BCT/literature/2000/2000-hepworth-et-al.pdf
http://wildlife.utah.gov/blueribbon/waters/sevier_east_fork.php

Segment 4
Gene Kaczmarek, with the Federation of Fly Fishers, is inviting you to the big Conclave in West Yellowstone, Montana
http://www.federationconclave.org
http://www.fedflyfishers.org
http://www.destinationyellowstone.com

August 9, 2010 - August 13, 2010 Drivetime Audio Segments Now Available

Photo Courtesy Sky and Telescope/ Gain Lee

Download this week’s drivetime programming at our Network Page at http://www.backcountrynetwork.com/Download/Download.htm  . Check out the schedule below or find a station near you that airs Backcountry Utah.



August 9, 2010
 Monday Morning (Track 1) Planet Viewing in the Evening Skies-- Patrick Wiggins, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador to Utah
http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/tonights_sky
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/100126474.html

Monday Afternoon (Track 2) Planetarium Software for your Desktop-- Patrick Wiggins, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador to Utah
Download Worldwide Telescope for Free
See the Moon Surface with Moon Arounder
Download Stellarium for Free
Download Google Earth Free
Download Celestia Free


August 10, 2010
Tuesday Morning (Track 3) Return of the Perseid Meteor Shower-- Patrick Wiggins, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador to Utah
http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/tonights_sky
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/observingblog/99304684.html
http://backcountryutah.blogspot.com/2010/08/august-skies-showcase-planets-and.html 

Tuesday Afternoon (Track 4) Tips for better Meteor Viewing—Patrick Wiggins, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador to Utah
http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/tonights_sky
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/observingblog/99304684.html
http://backcountryutah.blogspot.com/2010/08/august-skies-showcase-planets-and.html 


August 11, 2010
Wednesday Morning (Track 5) What is a Meteor Shower?-- Patrick Wiggins, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador to Utah
http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/tonights_sky
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/observingblog/99304684.html http://backcountryutah.blogspot.com/2010/08/august-skies-showcase-planets-and.html  

Wednesday Afternoon (Track 6) Big Fly Fishing Even in West Yellowstone-- Gene Kaczmarek, Federation of Fly Fishers
http://www.federationconclave.org
http://www.fedflyfishers.org


August 12, 2010
Thursday Morning (Track 7) Fly Fishing Clinics for Youth and the Ladies-- Gene Kaczmarek, Federation of Fly Fishers
http://www.federationconclave.org
 http://www.fedflyfishers.org

Thursday Afternoon (Track 8) Meet the Fly Tying All Stars--Gene Kaczmarek. Federation of Fly Fishers
http://www.federationconclave.org
http://www.fedflyfishers.org


August 13, 2010
Friday Morning (Track 9) Free Admission to the Fly Fishing Conclave--Gene Kaczmarek, Federation of Fly Fishers
http://www.federationconclave.org
http://www.fedflyfishers.org/

Friday Afternoon (Track 10) Home Cooking with Camp Chef-- Guy Perkins, Camp Chef
http://www.campchef.com

August Skies showcase Planets and Meteors

For more information visit Sky and Telescope

Patrick Wiggins, NASA/ JPL Solar System Ambassador to Utah shares some exciting information about the night skies--

Planets Gather

The planets Venus, Mars and Saturn continue to gather in our evening western skies. They'll be closest to each other this coming weekend. A good time to watch will be right around 9:30 p.m. Any earlier and the sky will be too bright to see the fainter Mars and Saturn. Much later and Venus will have set.

In case you haven't seen it already, here's a quick animation showing the planets' movements:
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/planets01.mov


Meteors
The annual Perseids (purr'-see-ids) meteor shower is predicted to reach its peak the afternoon of Thursday the 12th of August. The skies will be too light for meteor watching at that time so Utahns' best chances to watch the shower may be in the early predawn hours of the 12th or between midnight the night of the 12th and dawn on the 13th.

Thursday evening will almost certainly be a bad time to watch. In fact evenings are almost always a bad time to watch any meteor shower as during evenings we are on the wrong side of the planet. It's only around midnight that the Earth has turned enough that we start to face the oncoming meteoroid swarm.

You may also want to check out this article from Sky & Telescope magazine:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/observingblog/99304684.html

Eclipsing Moon

Utahns watching the sky during the early morning hours of June 26th will be treated to a partial eclipse of the Moon.

According to NASA Solar System Ambassador to Utah Patrick Wiggins, "The dark, easily visible part of the eclipse will start about 4:17 a.m. MDT." Maximum eclipse will occur at 5:38 when about half of the Moon will be in shadow and the Moon will be setting in the southwest. The final "coming out" stages of the eclipse will not be visible from Utah.

Unlike eclipses of the Sun which require special observing equipment, eclipses of the Moon can be viewed safely with no special equipment. Those watching the eclipse might notice a bright star low in the southeast. That "star" will actually be the planet Jupiter, largest planet in our solar system.

While this will only be a partial eclipse, there is a total lunar eclipse in Utah's skies in late December. The last eclipse of the Moon visible from Utah occurred in 2008.

Utah will not experience an eclipse of the Sun until a partial eclipse occurs in 2012. The next total eclipse of the Sun to be visible from Utah will not occur until 2045 although one will pass just north of the state in 2017. Eclipses of the Moon occur when the Moon passes into the shadow of the Earth, while eclipses of the Sun are caused by the Earth passing into the shadow of the Moon.

For additional astronomical information, including a list of all eclipses visible from Utah through 2025, visit Wiggins' Solar System Ambassador web site at http://utahastro.info/  .