June 2002 - Utah-Astronomy - mailman.xmission.com

New to list, ATM question
by Kris Jones 17 Jun '02

17 Jun '02

Hello all, I am new to the list, I have owned my "first scope" for almost a year and I am starting to do some homework on making my own telescope and optics. The first thing all of the guides I have found says to do is to check locally for ATM resources and other ATMs. I've found the web pages for a few local astronomy clubs, but have somehow overlooked any references to local ATM associations, if they exist. Does anyone have any advice as to where to start, or know of a good local resource for ATMs in Utah Valley? Thanks! Kris Jones

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Message for Dave Dunn
by Chuck Hards 17 Jun '02

17 Jun '02

Sorry to post this to the whole list! Dave, I have a parallelogram ready for you, will bring it to work with me on Tuesday. Apparently I don't have your email address in my address book, will put it there after your reply. Thanks Chuck __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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Wolf Creek, Binopalooza, the Wedge
by David L Bennett 17 Jun '02

17 Jun '02

Hi Everyone, I've just posted an assortment of photos from the last few trips on my mac homepage. You'll find a link below in the signature. Hope y'all had a few good nights this month. Keep looking up, Dave Bennett http://homepage.mac.com/dlbennett/Menu6.html P.S. Chuck and Patrick, the silhouette photo of you two and the Moon and Venus really turned out nice. I'm trying to find out how to submit to Astronomy or Sky and Tel. Any suggestions? P.P.S. Kim, the photo of the petroglyphed cranes(?) is on the Nine Mile Canyon link.

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Testing...
by David L Bennett 17 Jun '02

17 Jun '02

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Wolf Creek Party and Maps
by David L Bennett 13 Jun '02

13 Jun '02

Hey y'all, If you don't make it to Binopalooza tomorrow night (or just don't get enough of a astronomy fix) a few of us will be heading up to Wolf Creek on Friday the 14th. Right now we've got Don Colton and a few of his friends, Kim Hyatt, Jo and Alan Grahn, Dave Bernson, and myself, but would love to have anyone else who's interested join us. The moon should be nearly set at the end of twilight so I think we'll have some nice dark sky. Kim and I took an excursion up to the site on the way back from The Wedge via Duchesne this last weekend and found the roads to be nice and dry right up to the observing site. For those who have been to Elizabeth Mountain you'll know what great skies the Uinta's can have during a dry week like this one. The main difference between the two is the ease of access to Wolf Creek. An hour and 15 minutes out of Salt Lake and you're there at nearly 9,900 ft without all the washboard and ruts that the road to Elizabeth is known for. There are great spots in the forest to the West of the site for camping as well. It's really a premier site and you'll be doing yourself a favor if you check it out at least once this summer/fall observing season. I've included a link below to a website that has two maps that I have compiled to and of the site. The 1st shows the site in relation to Salt Lake (my apologies for the Sugarhousecentric view) and the 2nd shows the site in relation to the Wolf Creek Summit/Campground. The 2.5 mile dirt road is not bad at all. I've driven it often in my Saturn sedan without any worries. If you have any questions feel free to email me direct at dlbennett(a)mac.com. http://homepage.mac.com/dlbennett/PhotoAlbum3.html Hope to see some of you there! Regards, Dave Bennett P.S. Here is a written description to the site that was supplied by Jo Grahn in a much earlier email....(Thanks Jo, see you Friday!) P.P.S. Be sure to come prepared for a night at 10,00 feet!!!! It can get chilly but if it's any consolation this is one of the sites (Elizabeth included...that was for you Brent) that many of us have seen M81 with the unaided eye. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take I-80 East (past Park City exit) to Exit 148. (Rt. 40 East). Stay to the right on the exit, as it splits. Head East on Rt. 40 to Exit 4. At the bottom of the exit ramp, go left towards Kamas. (I think this is Rt. 248, but I won't swear to it.) Follow this road as it winds through the hills to Kamas. In Kamas there is a stop sign at the intersection of this road and Rt. 32. Go right (South) on Rt. 32. Take Rt. 32 several miles to the intersection with Rt. 35 in Francis. Go left (East) on 35. You will go through Francis and Woodland and up past the Mill Hollow reservoir turnoff. Towards the top of the pass, you will see a sign for the Wolf Creek campground on your right. Go to and through the campground on a dirt rd, and continue on about two miles heading south, until you reach the edge of the world (ormaybe it just looks that way). The road comes to an abrupt "T". Go left, past the dead end sign, .8 miles. There is a beautiful wide grassy area to the right that Dave Bernson and Dave Bennett found several years ago. The sky is dark enough that the milky way casts a definite shadow.

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] CORRECTION ! Long time
by Bill Kelley 12 Jun '02

12 Jun '02

Correction, Sorry all- (typing goof) My phone number is: 928-634-7291 Keep in touch- Bill Kelley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Kelley" <flex(a)commspeed.net> To: <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 11:01 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Long time.. > > Joe And SLC friends, > > I remember you well. Always our public voice. > For any who remember and care: > > William E. Kelley (Bill) > 2059 S.Arrowhead Lane > Cottonwood AZ 86326 > Ph. 928-634-729 > flex(a)commspeed.net > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe Bauman" <bau(a)desnews.com> > To: <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 6:32 AM > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Long time.. > > > > Bill, where do you live now? -- Best wishes, Joe Bauman > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > > > > >

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Long time..
by bruce_glad2＠space.com 12 Jun '02

12 Jun '02

-Hey, guys I was just wondering how long have you been doing astronomy for? I been at it for a whole year and a half...I bet that is nothing compared to some of you. In fact more then not all of you. It is great being on this mailing list thanks. -Bruce Glad ___________________________________________________________________ Join the Space Program: Get FREE E-mail at http://www.space.com.

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Long time..
by bruce_glad2＠space.com 12 Jun '02

12 Jun '02

Hi all, Thanks for your thoughts, I don't think I will be able to come thursday, I have work. In case I can what time is the event at lakeside takeing place and what do we need to bring? Can family and freiends come along? -Thanks, Bruce Glad > Hi Friends, > > I'm formerly SLC and know many of you. Started when 10 years old in 1927. > Thin ATM only a year old. Cut disks with home made circle cutter and ruined > a bunch. No other ATMer's around. Muddled along for a couple of years. > Ground flats for a diagonal. Talked my way into the H.S. chem lab when 12 to > silver it. Polished on road tar and fought with a brutal TDE..It was a > 4.1/2" with 1/4" of edge masked out working at F14 with a spherical surface. > > Now at 84 I'm buried in the fun of developing flex mirror technology. Flex > web site available soon. > > Regards- Bill Kelley > > "in vitreum veritas". > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brent Watson" <brentjwatson(a)yahoo.com> > To: <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 3:04 PM > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Long time.. > > > > I just wish I could say that I taught Clyde Tombaugh > > to grind a mirror! I have been studying astronomy > > since the 40's though. I remember the book where I > > would color a face on the Sun in the picture of the > > Solar System. It ws called "A Golden Treasury of > > Natural History". I think I nearly had the astronomy > > portion memorized. Those were my first star charts, > > although I didn't use them until the early 60's. > > > > Brent > > > > --- Chuck Hards <chuckhards(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > bruce_glad2(a)space.com wrote: > > > > > > > -Hey, guys I was just wondering how long have you > > > > been > > > > doing astronomy for? > > > > > > I started "seriously" looking at the sky with a > > > telescope in about 1967 or 68, when I was about 10 > > > years old. That is, that's when I started reading > > > Sky > > > & Telescope and learning the constellations, how to > > > use setting circles, find objects, learn about > > > optics, > > > that kind of thing. I only had a 2.6-inch refractor > > > and a 3" reflector. Only a year later, the parents > > > of > > > a good friend gave me an Edmund 4.25" f/11 > > > equatorial > > > reflector, when they got transferred to another > > > city, > > > rather than move it. > > > > > > And this INCREDIBLE thing happened at about the same > > > time...a man landed on the moon! If you are too > > > young > > > to remember this, you should know that it was just > > > the > > > most remarkable, incredible thing. I mean big, BIG. > > > For a while, everyone in the world felt a common > > > bond > > > of pride in our species. I recall Walter Cronkite > > > shedding tears on-camera, speechless. I felt so > > > proud > > > to be a human being. Look what we did! People were > > > jumping up and down, yelling "We're on the Moon! > > > We're on the Moon!". Every boy in America had a > > > model > > > of a Saturn-V rocket in his room. How could a kid > > > not > > > be enthralled with the stars? > > > > > > So I guess that I'm a product of my times, and I've > > > been doing this for almost 35 years. > > > > > > That said, there are couple of list members that I > > > know have more years at it than I! (Eh, Brent? No, > > > it's not true that Brent saw Halley's comet in 1910. > > > > > > Or that he mowed Percival Lowell's lawn for > > > pocketmoney as a boy. It was Clyde Tombaugh's > > > lawn.) > > > > > > Chuck ;) > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > > > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > > > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > > > > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy ___________________________________________________________________ Join the Space Program: Get FREE E-mail at http://www.space.com.

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] BinoPalooza
by bruce_glad2＠space.com 12 Jun '02

12 Jun '02

Joe Borgione and Chuck, hi can you send me more information on the event you have planed for the 13th. I have work that day but I might be able to come. thanks -Bruce Glad ___________________________________________________________________ Join the Space Program: Get FREE E-mail at http://www.space.com.

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Anyone get any pictures of the eclipse?
by forrell＠es.com 11 Jun '02

11 Jun '02

Did anyone get any pictures of the eclipse? I made my first go of it and wanted to share them. Is it appropriate to post messages on this group with small JPEG attachments? Fred Orrell Evans & Sutherland Corp. Digital Theaters Division 600 Komas Drive Salt Lake City, Utah 84108 Phone: 801-588-7415 Fax: 801-588-4520 Email: forrell(a)es.com

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