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beautiful meteor
by Thomas Sevcik 03 Apr '06

03 Apr '06

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Incoming!
by diveboss＠xmission.com 27 Oct '05

27 Oct '05

NASA Science News for September 3, 2004 On September 8th, a daylight fireball will streak across the western United States. It's Genesis, returning samples of the Sun to Earth. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/03sep_genesisreentry.htm?list1153573

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Observing Report from the Gravel Pit
by UTAHDEB＠aol.com 24 Feb '05

24 Feb '05

Are there any good hiking trails up there? I need to take advantage of that fresh air. Debbie

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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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That bright thing in the sky
by Chuck Hards 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

Two sunspot groups visible on the surface today, widely separated. Easily seen at low powers. Sure is nice to see the sun again. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page Try My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com

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Re: Geeks
by Chuck Hards 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

No, I'm not done yet. This is too ridiuculous. Note that everyone is upset about the term "geeks", nobody cares that the club can't meet at the planetarium, for whatever reason. The real point of Rolly's article. But we as geeks are world class at missing the point, as demonstrated here today. I would like to state, for the record, that SLAS was started by a planetarium staffer, John Mosley. It has gone through much metamorphosis over the years, but John and a couple of college and high-school kids were the first to meet under the name Salt Lake Astronomical Society. The current club is a direct descendant of that first band of GEEKS. All of us easily fell under the current definition of "geek"..."Chas the spaz, president of the science club"....whatever. We laughed at labels like that, they were used by harmless, uninformed people who just didn't matter to someone interested in science. Nobody cared! (And, BTW that was one of the original purposes of the planetarium in the first place, as a meeting place for amateur astronomers.) Now I'll tell you that while I am not Rolly's source, I know who is, he attended the swap meet. Many of you know him and if you think about it, you'll realize who. Water off a duck's back, folks, get over it. It's a non-issue. A funny musings column. Just drop it already. Or keep talking about it and prove my point, I find it hard to care anymore either way. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250

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Re: Geeks
by Chuck Hards 31 Jan '05

31 Jan '05

OK, after this last digest I see that most everyone has put it in the proper light. Sorry I got my shorts in a knot, but it was sure drifting out to sea pretty quickly. Thanks to all who realized the term wasn't worth the angst. Let's invite Rolly to a gathering...Ann, we may need you on this one... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] Planetarium
by Dale Hooper 31 Jan '05

31 Jan '05

This is certainly not meant as an affront to Patrick - but I thought the planetarium began to decline after (I believe it was) an overreaching county official terminated director Dr. Mark Littman (Lippman?). I used to LOVE watching him explain things on the Fireman Frank show. Dr Littman was one of my early heroes. Now all the kids get are sports stars and rappers. -----Original Message----- I always thought the Planetarium could/would benefit more from our association than SLAS would, but due to our love of astronomy and interest in sharing it, that was fine. However, I'm curious. Why has the Hansen/Clark Planetarium shown so little interest in or given so little support of SLAS? At least that's been true for the 16 years or so I've been a member. I know that wasn't always the case, as Chuck has pointed out. To illustrate the point: No effort by the Planetarium folks to accommodate SLAS's meeting needs in the new Clark Planetarium, except an invitation to meet in the star theater if we would pay the typical rental rate. Even when we invited the Planetarium to co-host Ken Croswell's visit and lecture, they wanted us to pay them to do it! I noticed at November's meeting that the Planetarium representatives began by saying something about how they would like to see some cooperation between the two of us. However, they never really discussed it or mentioned the issue again. 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: Geeks
by Chuck Hards 31 Jan '05

31 Jan '05

After reading most list responses today, I think maybe Rolly could be right after all. Some of you have a knack for making mountains out of molehills, tempests in teapots. He's not even a serious journalist, it's a musings column! It's like getting indignant at being mentioned on a Jay Leno "Headlines" segment. Only someone with serious self-esteem issues would actually feel slighted at something like this. Please tell me you were all joking. I'd like to keep my opinions of all of you up where they belong. If you don't like what you see in the mirror, it's not the mirror's fault. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com

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Re: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Geeks, what geeks
by astrodeb＠charter.net 31 Jan '05

31 Jan '05

I was riding horses when I got involved in astronomy in '95 and hanging around Rich's barn. Does that make me a cowgirl geek? My point is most of us have other interests besides astronomy. I think if Paul took a closer look at us he would find that most of us are pretty normal people. Debbie > > From: Ann House <annchouse(a)gmail.com> > Date: 2005/01/31 Mon AM 11:20:29 MST > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Geeks, what geeks > > Paul Rolly happens to be my brother-in-law. I have given him plenty of > stories, but not this one. At least I now know what he thinks of me. > > -A > > _______________________________________________ > 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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