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beautiful meteor
by Thomas Sevcik 03 Apr '06

03 Apr '06

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Today's NASA Briefing
by Patrick Wiggins 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

Two things of note out of today's briefing. 1) The briefer noted they have received 132 reports of found debris in CA, 130 in AZ and 9 in NM but that none had been confirmed. He made no mention of Utah. 2) The picture mentioned in the Aviation Week article was shown. Some of the media has been playing it up as being "hi resolution". Don't know that I'd call it hi-res but it does show the shape of the orbiter and maybe there's "something" with the left wing but the image is so pixcelated it's hard to say for sure. No doubt the picture will be all over the TV tonight.

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New Saturn Picture
by Siegfried Jachmann 27 Oct '04

27 Oct '04

Joe, I see it the same way and wondered the same thing even before reading your post. The ring is not parallel with the belts. I'm also wondering where the top of the planet disappeared to. Siegfried Jachmann Family History Network Comptroller 801-553-8881

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moon photo
by Joe Bauman 28 Oct '03

28 Oct '03

Hi Friends, if anyone is interested, here's a view I took of the moon through my little 8" Thursday night -- I would love to know what star that is by the right. It's similar to the photo the Deseret News ran with my article about the eclipse, because our photographer shot through my telescope. But this is one I took with a different DN digital camera than the one he was using. It's part of a series of views I made. Once I get a freeware stacking program working better, I may be able to provide a much nicer view. Best wishes, Joe Joe Bauman science & military reporter Deseret News bau(a)desnews.com (801) 237-2169

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15x70's are back
by Richard Tenney 06 Oct '03

06 Oct '03

FYI Although the Sportsman Guide 15x70 Galileo binoculars were out of stock when I sent the last emailing out about them, a list member checked back today and they are in stock again. The total with ground shipping is $82.45 Chuck Hards also informs me that he still has 2 sets of Solar Filters for these babies leftover from his last e-bay auction; $25 a pair (it's a steal). -Rich __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Zeta Bootes
by UTAHDEB＠aol.com 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

Brent, Thanks for the response. I figured you were busy or out of town. I got a chance to see Alpha Herculis Tuesday evening. Pretty double. 38 Lyncis was a nice double too. I worked my way through my AL doubles list from Bootes to Hercules. I really liked Epsilon Bootes too with the blue and yellow colors. I'll have to try that one in my 15". You showed me 95 Herculis last August. It was very colorful. Mu Draconis was also a pretty equal pair. I'll try for Zeta Bootes and Gamma Virginis next week if the seeing is good. If not, I'll try them with the 15" on the 30th or 31st. I need to get my galaxy fix soon but I will plan on observing a few doubles too. I wanted to ask you what is the limiting magnitude at the old airstrip southeast of St. George? I don't like that Black Rock road location. It is too windy and too close to the freeway. The old airstrip seems a bit safer to me. Debbie

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[Fwd: Astronomy Concepts Survey]
by bill biesele 31 May '03

31 May '03

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Zeta Bootes
by UTAHDEB＠aol.com 28 May '03

28 May '03

Brent, Have you split Zeta Bootes lately? Do I need at least an 8inch to split it? What are your favorite spring doubles? I'm targeting the AL Doubles list but I like to try others if they are pretty and interesting. Debbie

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Star party this weekend near Kamas
by Josephine Grahn 28 May '03

28 May '03

Jim, It's difficult to say. The area has become quite a bit more developed since that map was drawn, and some of the side roads that I know exist, are not shown on the map. I would guess that the quarry is down Hogs back road, but I would use the odometer on your car and look for the orange sign mentioned in the directions, so as to make sure you are in the right place. I certainly don't see a side road of the right length on the map with a quarry marking. On the 1:100,000 map, they label the western half of Browns canyon road as "mountain meadows". My driving atlas labels it Browns Canyon for the entire length. The distance measurements that I give as exact numbers were measured by us with our car's odometer. So far, no one has gotten lost trying to find this place that I know of. Jo At 12:19 PM 5/28/2003 -0700, you wrote: >>>> Jo This link shows Browns Canyon near Poea. Is the gravel pit on this map? &n=4506488&e=466730&s=50">http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=12&n=4506488&e=4 66730&s=50 Jim

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Star party this weekend near Kamas
by Josephine Grahn 28 May '03

28 May '03

>Anyway, Jo said she would provide directions last >night. Jo? Don? I'm going to invite the UVAA >members to tag along if that's okay with the SLAS >folks. Richard, I'm not sure how many people might actually come from SLAS and UVAA. The site is not huge, and too many vehicles could be an issue. Patrick, could you cut and paste the directions into your next News issue? Directions to the gravel quarry viewing site. Take I-80 East (past Park City exit) to Exit 147. (Rt. 40 East). Stay to the right. Head East to Exit 4. At the bottom of the exit ramp, go left towards Kamas. Take this road for 1.6 miles to the Peoa - Oakley turn-off. This turn-off will be on your left. You know you are approaching it because there are several "Deer-Crossing Ahead" signs. Since the Deer Crossing is at the turn off, the distances on the signs are also the distances to the turn-off. This is Browns Canyon, but the sign says Peoa - Oakley. Take this road for 4.2 miles, to the Park City Harper Gravel Pit road and sign on the left. (About 1000 feet before you get to the gravel pit road, there will be an orange sign on the right that says "truck entrance ahead".) At the gravel pit sign, turn in. Watch out for the speed bump at the entrance! Go about one and a half miles up this road. There is a "mobile home" weighing office off to the left. Just after the office there is a parking area (for the office), which is where we set up. Park towards the far side of the parking area, so that your vehicles are not blocking scopes that are set up to view towards the South and East, which is where the best skies are. We had permission from the previous owners to set up here, but the current owners have not been asked. We tried once, and were unable to get past a secretary that was sure the answer would be "no". So, we try to be discrete when we go there, and leave nothing that would make them worry about what is happening up there at night :). This is only a star party. There are no amenities, and no camping. Let me emphasize, this is not a "spend the night and camp out" location. Allen and I will be there Friday, weather and family allowing. Saturday, we have family obligations, but I understand others may be there. This event is INSTEAD of The Wedge. The consensus at the meeting was that The Wedge would be too hot.

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