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Fwd: Request assistance (this is not spam from Nigeria!)
by Richard Tenney 04 Jun '04

04 Jun '04

Anyone (especially folks down south like Debbie) want to show this guy some Utah hospitality? Rich Note: forwarded message attached. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] Daytime meteor trains
by Lambert, Aaron 04 Jun '04

04 Jun '04

It could have been an iridium flare. At www.heavens-above.com you can get predictions, etc for satellites and flares. I do not know if you can look at history, but it may be worth a try. Aaron > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Ratkowski [mailto:ratkwski@hawaii.rr.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 3:05 PM > To: Utah Astronomy > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Daytime meteor trains > > > Chuck > > Strange things happening in Utah also, good. I was shooting a > wedding Saturday and about an hr or so after sunset, I was looking at > the Big Dipper and Polaris when a bright starlike flash (mag -2 to > -4) appeared about 5 degrees away in the 2 o'clock position. At > first I thought it was a plane, but that was the only flash, no > plane, anyone hear of that flash on Saturday?? > > > Aloha > Rob > > www.RobRatkowski.com >

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Daytime meteor trains
by Chuck Hards 03 Jun '04

03 Jun '04

Has anyone ever seen a daylight meteor train? I have seen daylight meteors several times, but never one that left a visible train (in the daylight, that is) until yesterday. What I saw was a "streak" of what appeared to be contrail, except it was only about 10-degrees long. It looked just like a cosmic artist drew a quick "slash" of contrail. No bright light from the meteor itself, just the train, then it drifted and dissipated over the next 20 minutes. Looked just like a white, daytime version of what some of us have seen at night many times. Anyone else? C. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/

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NASA on Direct TV Round Dish
by Mark 03 Jun '04

03 Jun '04

For those of you with the old round single LNB Direct TV setup, like me, I wanted to pass along that they have moved NASA TV channel to the main or original satellite. And it is now on channel 376. Apparently they are moving some things around waking a new satellite up that was launched recently. Enjoy! -- 73! Ku7z, Mark in DN41 "Amateur radio operators do it with frequency. Ham radio operators do it till their GigaHertz."

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] Daytime meteor trains
by Michael Carnes 02 Jun '04

02 Jun '04

That must have been one bright meteor if you could see a trail in broad daylight. Got any means of estimating magnitude during the day? Michael -------------------------------------- In my case, I didn't see a flash of light, it was mid-afternoon. All I saw was a short contrail magically appear, much faster than a jet could have left it. Like a streak in a cloud chamber magnified millions of times.

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Bad science/Fun flick
by Patrick Wiggins 01 Jun '04

01 Jun '04

Just got back from seeing The Day After Tomorrow. Funny how they had the ISS rotating (like the wheel station in 2001) yet the crew were always able to look out and see the Earth in the same position in the porthole. Plus, they were also able to see the entire hemisphere of the Earth. Pretty good trick from less than 400 km up. Ok, so the plot was predictable, the science was weak (intended understatement) and I'm sure any climatologists in the audience were having a good laugh, but I must say some of the special effects really made the movie for me. Patrick

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] Bad science/Fun flick
by Paul Witte 01 Jun '04

01 Jun '04

Well, what do you expect when the movie was based partly on a book by none other than Art Bell. :) ---------- From: Patrick Wiggins Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 7:18 PM To: utah astronomy listserve Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Bad science/Fun flick Just got back from seeing The Day After Tomorrow. Funny how they had the ISS rotating (like the wheel station in 2001) yet the crew were always able to look out and see the Earth in the same position in the porthole. Plus, they were also able to see the entire hemisphere of the Earth. Pretty good trick from less than 400 km up. Ok, so the plot was predictable, the science was weak (intended understatement) and I'm sure any climatologists in the audience were having a good laugh, but I must say some of the special effects really made the movie for me. Patrick _______________________________________________ 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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