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The Moon Part II
by Jim Gibson 31 Mar '04

31 Mar '04

I loved what I saw on the moon last night so I couldnt wait to try it again tonight. At the top or North Northwest the terminator cuts across the Southern point of sinus Iridium and immediately there are a pair of small craters; Helicon and Verrier. The terminator then passes across Mare Imbrium into Oceanus Procellarum near Mare Insularum where Copernicus, Reinhold, and Lansberg stand out quite noticeably. Above Copernicus is Eratosthenes at the Southern end of the Apennine Mountains. As the terminator passes down into Mare Nubium close by is Bullialdus, Bullialdus A, Bullialdus B, and Konig forming a nice little coma shape that I had not noticed before. The central peaks in the floors of Eratosthenes, Copernicus, Bullialdus, and Tycho are easy to see now where as during a full moon sometimes they are washed out. About a year ago I bought some filters form Orion when they were on sale. I started with the SkyGlow filter and went around the tray; SkyGlow, 80A med Blue, Variable Polarizer, Number 25 Red, Number 15 Deep Yellow, and Number 58 Green. With each one I looked at the above mention objects plus I also looked way out near the limb at Picard in Mare Crisium, the rays ejected from Messier A in Fecunditatis and the rays about Proclus. I wish I could say something intelligent about what I saw and how the filters work, but first of all it is hard for me to say anything really intelligent and second, the only thing I think the filters did for me is that it kept my eye from being overwhelmed by the bright light of the moon. Each one enhanced the contrast somewhat, but mostly it was just fun seeing the moon in different colored light. SkyGlow was neat; it was kind of a eerie green color. It is still there. Go take a look. JG --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time.

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Patrick & DHMO
by Josephine Grahn 30 Mar '04

30 Mar '04

Patrick, I am appalled that you would bring this out in public. As you well know, some of our favorite club members have an ongoing addiction to this dangerous substance, and I think that it is in extremely poor taste to start publicly humiliating them by pushing the topic in your daily news. This is a new low for you and I am truly disgusted! Sincerely, Jo >>>Dihydrogen Monoxide The controversy surrounding dihydrogen monoxide has never been more widely debated, and the goal of this site is to provide an unbiased data clearinghouse and a forum for public discussion. http://www.dhmo.org <<<

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Beautiful Moon
by Jim Gibson 30 Mar '04

30 Mar '04

I had just a few minutes to step outside tonight after 9:30 and look at the moon. The moon is sooo beautiful. From the North, the terminator runs down through Mare Frigoris and Imbrium clearly exposing the creator Plato, continuing down through Mare Cognitum with Albategnius, Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus, and Arzachel center stage and in the Southern Highlands Tycho, Maginus, and Clavius are clearly lit up. I never get tired of looking at the moon. It shows you something different every night. JG --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time.

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] Patrick & DHMO
by Josephine Grahn 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

Alllrriiiiigght, My new political party! No more Mrs. Nice Guy! Jo "lead pipe" Grahn At 11:07 AM 3/29/2004 -0700, you wrote: >OK, so I got sucked in. But I found the following fascinating website in the >process: http://www.armory.com/~crisper/Scorch/index.html > >-----Original Message----- >From: Brent Watson [mailto:brentjwatson@yahoo.com] >Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 10:51 AM >To: Utah Astronomy >Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Patrick & DHMO > > >IIRC, you can dilute it with plain water! I don't >think this will alter its effects, though. > >Brent > >--- Joe Bauman <bau(a)desnews.com> wrote: >> Does it reduce the danger when I cut the dihydrogen >> monoxide with >> other substances??? -- 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 > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. >http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > >_______________________________________________ >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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RE: [Utah-astronomy] Patrick & DHMO
by Kim Hyatt 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

OK, so I got sucked in. But I found the following fascinating website in the process: http://www.armory.com/~crisper/Scorch/index.html -----Original Message----- From: Brent Watson [mailto:brentjwatson@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 10:51 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Patrick & DHMO IIRC, you can dilute it with plain water! I don't think this will alter its effects, though. Brent --- Joe Bauman <bau(a)desnews.com> wrote: > Does it reduce the danger when I cut the dihydrogen > monoxide with > other substances??? -- 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 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html _______________________________________________ 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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Test...
by Kim Hyatt 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

...please don't respond. Kim A. Hyatt, AIA SL&A Architects 331 South Rio Grande, Suite 304 Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 Tel: 801.322.5550 x105 Fax: 801.322.5557 Cell: 801.631.5228

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Re: Triple shadow transit
by UTAHDEB＠aol.com 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

Did anybody have good seeing last night? I saw all three shadows of Jupiter's moons but could only use 100-125X due to mediocre seeing. It seemed that seeing was better around 8:30 to 9:00. I saw very clearly the Great Red Spot around 8:45 then went in the house till 12:45. Also tried to split Epsilon Canis Majoris but only saw a spike from the secondary. I need better conditions for this double. Debbie

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Methane found on Mars
by Patrick Wiggins 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

This is maybe a bit too speculative for inclusion in News but I thought some here might like to see it: http://www.rednova.com/news/stories/1/2004/03/28/story003.html Patrick

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Inexpensive big binos
by Chuck Hards 27 Mar '04

27 Mar '04

A SLASer just emailed me and said that BIG 5 has the Barska 15x70mm binocular on-sale again, but I cannot verify this. Has anyone seen the current BIG 5 ad? Also, some months ago there was concern expressed on the list that the Barska's were not up to the quality of the Oberwerks, Galileos, Celestrons, etc. Folks, I've owned them all, and they are in fact identical. The FOV is printed right on the prism housings of all models and it is the same, among ALL these 15x70mm units. The only obvious differences are in coatings and cosmetics. Personally, I have never been able to tell the difference, visually, between a multi-coated & single-layer coated model, even side-by-side. Yes, the others sell for more, but don't be decived into thinking that price alone is a hallmark of high quality. The fact is that the Barskas are the cheapest because Barska orders more from the factory than the other brands. Quantity will always get you a discount with any manufacturer. For those who still refuse to believe, we'll set up a side-by-side comparison at a star party sometime this year so you can see for yourself. C. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html

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Saturday weather forecast
by Patrick Wiggins 27 Mar '04

27 Mar '04

Here's the weather forecast for tonight (Saturday) courtesy of Dan Pope at channel 4. Looks very encouraging for the quintuple transit. Patrick The new charts indicate that the ridge will build in late in the afternoon and should begin to dissipate clouds by sunset. I believe that you will see at worst partly cloudy skies and most likely and at best mostly clear or completely clear skies. It may start a little cloudy, but by midnight, I believe it will be quite clear.

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