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Harry Potter Star Party - B&N in Orem June 20
by Richard Tenney 08 May '03

08 May '03

Mark your calendars -- Roger Ockey from SLAS and I have agreed to host a star party for the Orem Barnes and Noble Bookstore Friday June 20th to kick off the release of the new Harry Potter book which, as I understand, contains some astronomy that will get kids excited to head out and take a look. The program director there told me today she's anticipating between 400 and 800 people at the store that night from 9:30 to 11:30 pm. If you can participate and bring a telescope please let me know. The store is making a contribution to SLAS (which should be splitting the proceeds with UVAA), and offering a 40% discount to anyone who pre-orders on the new book if you enjoy them like my family does. If you can make it that night, please let me know. If you want a discounted copy of the book, call the store and have them reserve a copy for you for that night (mention you're with UVAA or SLAS). It sounds like it will be fun. They also have a bunch of other activities planned for that night -- a magician, face paintings, etc; a good family date-night. See you there! -Rich __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com

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[Utah-astronomy] Meade 8" Model 2080/LX3 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope for sale
by GeyserGuy＠attbi.com 08 May '03

08 May '03

Hi everyone, I have for sale a 1985 Meade 8" Model 2080/LX3 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope with all the accessories including photographic and motor. The telescope is like new as it is hardly used. The retail back then was over $2000. It would be great for a young, enthusiastic space buff or used as an upscale second scope for anyone. I would take best offer, so if it is reasonable, it could be yours soon. If you live in or near Salt Lake City, Utah, it can be looked at and delivered. Cynthia Heyman has a picture of it on her web site. I have included the link below. The solar filter was hers and is not included. If you are interested or just have questions, please email me. http://www.cynthiablue.net/home/um0802.htm ___________________ Note the new email address This will change to GeyserGuy(a)comcast.net soon. Mark Knowlden GeyserGuy(a)attbi.com

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Time.com Article
by David L Bennett 07 May '03

07 May '03

Here's an interesting article I happened across today about amateur astronomy: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101030512- 449492,00.html dlb

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Mercury Sun Transit
by Barney B. 06 May '03

06 May '03

Am I correct in understanding that we in Salt Lake or maybe even the whole state of Utah will not be able to observe any part of this event on Wednesday? Barney B.

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] Re: Total Lunar Eclipse
by David Dunn 05 May '03

05 May '03

According to the table on Sky & Tel the Total eclipse starts at 9:14pm MDT and ends at 10:06pm. Sunset is at 8:39pm and the End of Civil Twilight is at 9:11pm. It should be pretty dark when the full eclipse starts. We will have a lot of light from twilight during most of the first partial eclipse. -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Wiggins [mailto:paw@trilobyte.net] Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 10:27 AM To: Astronomy in Utah Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Re: Total Lunar Eclipse Too bad both of this year's totals will be so close to sunset for those of us here in Utah. Happily October of next year has one for us in the dead of night (now watch it be cloudy...) Patrick Jim Gibson wrote: > > Total Lunar Eclipse Coming May 15-166 _______________________________________________ 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] NGC5139
by UTAHDEB＠aol.com 04 May '03

04 May '03

Jim, I saw it rise over the mountain in Arizona last Friday night. It came up at about 11:50 pm and went across this "V' dip in the mountain. It looked like a bright star, about 3.7 mag. I saw it in Harlan's 10" Meade SCT. A very bright ball of stars like the picture you sent me. It was too low for my 15" dob but I did manage to see Centaurus A, NGC 5128. This is a bright peculiar galaxy with a dark lane running through the middle. You don't want to pass up this one. This one will show up in binoculars too. Up north at your Rush Valley site, I'd look for it at about 12 midnite. Try spotting it with your binoculars first. This is easier and you know you are on your target. I first looked at NGC 5139 through Mark Dakins' 20 X 80 binoculars at the Texas Star Party. I was not disappointed. When you look through your telescope, put in a low power eyepiece. This cluster is about the size of the full moon. I'd love to take a picture of it someday. Good Luck, Debbie

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Total Lunar Eclipse
by Jim Gibson 03 May '03

03 May '03

Total Lunar Eclipse Coming May 15-16 Hope you find this interesting jim http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/space/20030425/sc_space/tota… --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.

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25x100s?
by Patrick Wiggins 02 May '03

02 May '03

Anyone here have any experience with the 25x100 binos I've been seeing advertised for $300? Patrick

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Filters
by Richard Tenney 02 May '03

02 May '03

Chuck also asked me to pass on the following (his way of stirring the pot perhaps while off-list?): "In the June S&T, Glen Cozens reviews "Moore Celestial Sights" by Stephen James O'Meara. O'Meara is one of the foremost visual observers of our time (or any time, for that matter), and he does NOT use any kind of UHC or other filters for observing nebula! (It helps to live in Hawaii, I suppose...) Kind of an "anti-matter" version of Brent, who likes interference filters, but not color!" __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] NGC5139
by UTAHDEB＠aol.com 02 May '03

02 May '03

It might photograph better if I went down to Benson Arizona for that star party in the spring. I think it called the Desert Skies Star Party. Deb

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