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Messier Marathon Friday & Saturday
by Patrick Wiggins 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

SLAS is having its annual Messier Marathon at SPOC this coming Friday and Saturday nights. We'll be using the Ealing for the marathon. The refractor is not the best for deep sky (it's a 200 mm f/16.8) so we'll probably use it for the planets If you have never seen Jupiter and Saturn (especially Saturn) through a largish refractor this is your chance. This is not a public event but members of other clubs are welcome to attend. Lots of room on the grounds around the observatory for portable scopes. Patrick

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Mike Brown's Sedna Page
by Rob Ratkowski 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/sedna/ and please read"What is the definition of a planet?" Warm Aloha from a cool!! and windy Maui Rob

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Meade ETX-125 case for sale
by Josephine Grahn 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

The tuition bill just came, time to sell something! :) I have a Meade #775 Hard Carry Case, for the ETX-125 Telescope. This case is fully lined with fitted foam inserts and accepts the complete ETX telescope, plus optional accessories. It has locking latches, with 2 keys. This case is strong enough to carry your ETX-125 as check-in luggage on airlines. It retails for $145.00 plus shipping. I am hoping to sell it locally, and avoid shipping. In very good condition. It has a small dent on one corner, and otherwise is in new condition. If you are interested, I would be happy to e-mail or post pictures of the case, and the dent. I am asking $100.00 for it. Thanks, Jo Grahn reply to me at bsi(a)xmission.com

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] This weekend...
by Josephine Grahn 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

Hi Kim, Barring any nasty turns to the weather, Allen and I are planning on going to the wedge Thursday. Just be sure to let us know if you are doing astrophotography, so we can be sure to turn our red lights off too :) Look forward to seeing you there Jo At 02:08 PM 3/16/2004 -0700, you wrote: >...promises to be unseasonably warm Is anyone interested in going to the >Wedge Overlook? > >Kim > >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com >

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] This weekend...
by Kim Hyatt 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

Great! I/we will look for you. -----Original Message----- From: Josephine Grahn [mailto:bsi@xmission.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 3:13 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] This weekend... Hi Kim, Barring any nasty turns to the weather, Allen and I are planning on going to the wedge Thursday. Just be sure to let us know if you are doing astrophotography, so we can be sure to turn our red lights off too :) Look forward to seeing you there Jo At 02:08 PM 3/16/2004 -0700, you wrote: >...promises to be unseasonably warm Is anyone interested in going to the >Wedge Overlook? > >Kim > >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com > _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com

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Columbia revisited
by Thomas Sevcik 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] This weekend...
by Kim Hyatt 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

See you there. -----Original Message----- From: Joe Bauman [mailto:bau@desnews.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 2:16 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] This weekend... Yes, unless the weather turns unexpectedly ugly or a tragedy happens, I definitely will go to the Wedge on Friday. -- Joe _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] This weekend...
by Kim Hyatt 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

I had originally planned to go somewhere near St. George to (hopefully) have warmer weather. However, with the promise of warm, sunny weather statewide, I think I'll go to the Wedge instead. So, Joe, are you going there for sure? I will be taking Thursday off and heading out of town Thursday, possibly by early afternoon. -----Original Message----- From: Joe Bauman [mailto:bau@desnews.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 2:10 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] This weekend... Hi Kim, I've been planning to head down there for the last month. I'll be going Friday long before dark (I'm off that day). That is, assuming the weather allows, and I suspect it will. Best wishes, Joe _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com

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This weekend...
by Kim Hyatt 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

...promises to be unseasonably warm Is anyone interested in going to the Wedge Overlook? Kim

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Gravel Pit Directions
by Richard Tenney 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

FYI, some of us from Utah County may be at the gravel pit Friday night for any of you that want to join us there and brave the cold, weather permitting. Gravel Pit directions follow (also on the UVAA webpage under messages, general discussion, July 1 2003 post). Sorry for you folks in SLC, these directions are written for someone coming up Provo Canyon, but Exit 4 is the same one to take if you are coming from the other direction: ---------- Drive up Provo Canyon and through Heber as you normally would to get to Park City; from I-80 take the Park City/Kamas Exit 4. At the bottom of the exit ramp, go East (right) 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. 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. Please use good star party etiquette; dim headlights if arriving after dark, and be sure to bring red lights for wandering between scopes, etc. so you don't spoil dark-adapted eyes. ---------------------------- There may be folks both nights up there, again, I plan to try and be there on Friday (no promises yet). Dress WARM like you would be to go skiing at night... -Rich --- Don and Kathryn Mechling <dkmechling(a)herbsfirst.com> wrote: > Hi, > My son got a dobsonian telescope for Christmas - > we'd like to join you at > the gravel pit.....where is the gravel pit?? > thanks, > Kathryn Mechling __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com

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