October 2005 - Utah-Astronomy - mailman.xmission.com

Re: Quote of the Day
by Chuck Hards 09 Oct '05

09 Oct '05

For the programmer with (almost) everything: http://www.signals.com/signals/Item_Binary-Code-Watch_HB9362_ps_srm.html __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Quote of the Day
by daniel turner 07 Oct '05

07 Oct '05

>My first PC was a Heath/Zenith Z-100, dual cpu and OS, >ran both DOS and CPM. Yup, I'm a dinosaur. IÂve got you beat Rich. I still have my Heathkit digital VOM. I did the Heathkit 80 in CP/M only. Learned to program in 8080 assembler and Z80 assembler. Bought a Microsoft FORTRAN 66 compiler and fully implemented RATFOR (Rational Fortran). I wrote a tic-tac-toe program that never lost and could reduce 5 year olds to tears. That was before I learned PL/1 and Cobol and turned Pro. Also built the dot matrix printer kit. DT __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

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Halloween idea
by Richard Tenney 07 Oct '05

07 Oct '05

With Halloween just a couple weeks away, I thought I'd pass along a good idea (for those of you not already doing this sort of thing). Some of you may remember Mark Dakins, who now calls Oregon home. Every clear Halloween he used to dress up in an alien costume and set up his scope in a public place as an alternative to trick or treat. The treat of course was a peek through the eyepiece, followed up with a bowl of starburst, milky-way, or mars candy bars (back when mars bars still existed). A fun and productive way to spend Halloween, FWIW. __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Quote of the Day
by Michael Carnes 07 Oct '05

07 Oct '05

>My first PC was a Heath/Zenith Z-100, dual cpu and OS, >ran both DOS and CPM. Yup, I'm a dinosaur. Hey dino. That was an S100 bus, wasn't it?

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Illinois Man Applies for Planetary Status
by Patrick Wiggins 06 Oct '05

06 Oct '05

An Illinois man has added fuel to a furious astronomical debate by officially applying to the International Astronomical Union for status as a planet. http://watleyreview.com/2005/080205-2.html Grins, Patrick

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Illinois Man Applies for Planetary Status
by Michael Carnes 06 Oct '05

06 Oct '05

>An Illinois man has added fuel to a furious astronomical debate by >officially applying to the International Astronomical Union for status >as a planet. Excellent! There's another good one here: http://watleyreview.com/2005/091305-3.html

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Fwd: University of Texas - Webcast on Mars Exploration Rover Mission
by Richard Tenney 06 Oct '05

06 Oct '05

I assume this is legit; download the plugin at your own risk however! This email was unsolicited, but the content could easily be verified (which of course I have not yet done)... -Rich --- brian.zavala(a)mail.utexas.edu wrote: > Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 11:16:29 -0500 (CDT) > To: retenney(a)yahoo.com > Subject: University of Texas - Webcast on Mars > Exploration Rover Mission > From: brian.zavala(a)mail.utexas.edu > > Dear Richard Tenney, > > A member of the NASA Mars Exploration Rover Mission > Team, Dr. John Grotzinger from the California > Institute of Technology, is giving a lecture on "The > 2004 Mars Exploration Rover Mission: Evidence for > Water and Prospects for Life" on Thursday, October > 13, 2005. > > We would like to invite members of your organization > and/or visitors of your website to view our Live > Webcast of the lecture, October 13, 2005 at 7 pm > CST. If possible, you can post a link to this event > on your website or forward the information to your > members who may be very interested in this lecture. > Our webcasts are very high quality, and viewers can > submit questions to the speaker through our website. > The webcasting software we use requires viewers to > download a small plugin, but it is very simple and > quick to install. > > A link to the details of the lecture and the webcast > could be found at: > http://www.esi.utexas.edu/outreach/ols/lectures/Grotzinger/grotzinger.html?… > > A suitable website link could read "The 2004 Mars > Exploration Rover Mission: Live Webcast on Oct. 13 > at 7 PM CST". > > Please let me know if you will consider sending this > information to your members and/or posting this > information on your website. Thank you! > > > > Thanks for your time, > > Brian Zavala > Environmental Science Institute > The University of Texas at Austin > brian.zavala(a)mail.utexas.edu > 1-512-471-5847 > ______________________________________________________ Yahoo! for Good Donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/

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New Images
by Edward Lunt 05 Oct '05

05 Oct '05

I have just posted four new images in my Utah Astronomy Album. They are of M19, a Wide field and a close-up of M11 and an image of M1. The images may be accessed at: http://www.utahastronomy.com/album24 or in the Recent Images album at: http://www.edsgalaxy.com I particularly like the wide field of M11 as it shows a great background of stars and some large dark nebula. Hope you enjoy; Ed Lunt __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

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Association of Space Explorers XIX Congress at Grand America/Salt Palace 10/9
by Canopus56 05 Oct '05

05 Oct '05

Conference Website - http://www.getignited2005.org/index_flash.html Press Releases - http://www.getignited2005.org/newsroom.html SLC Trib Art 9/27/2005 ----------------------------- Space explorers will land in Salt Lake City Date: September 27, 2005 Buzz Aldrin will be here. So will M. Scott Carpenter, Alexei Leonov, and, of course, retired Utah Sen. Jake Garn. If you ever wanted to meet an astronaut or a cosmonaut, your chance has come. On Oct. 9, the Association of Space Explorers will convene its annual Planetary Congress at the Grand America in Salt Lake City, and several events planned as part of the elite gathering will offer Utahns a unique glimpse at Aldrin, one of the first men to walk on the moon, or Leonov, the first man to... ================================== Opening ceremony 10/10 - Monday, October 10 9:00am - 10:30am Opening Ceremony Salt Palace - Grand Ballroom A - B ______________________________________________________ Yahoo! for Good Donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/

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Fwd: An Invitation to attend Forum on Cassini-Huygens mission
by Richard Tenney 05 Oct '05

05 Oct '05

In case the first attempt didn't get the attachment... --- Christa Stratton <CStratton(a)geosociety.org> wrote: > Subject: An Invitation to attend Forum on > Cassini-Huygens mission > Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 11:10:21 -0600 > From: "Christa Stratton" <CStratton(a)geosociety.org> > To: <retenney(a)yahoo.com> > > To: Rich Tenney, Utah Valley Astronomical > Association > > Dear Rich, > > I would like to cordially invite members of the Utah > Valley Astronomical > Association to attend a Public Forum entitled > "Saturn & Its Moons: A > Ring-Side View from Cassini-Huygens" which will be > presented free of > charge at the Salt Palace Convention Center in > conjunction with the > 117th Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of > America. On Monday > evening, 17 October, 2005, from 7:00-8:30 p.m., a > panel of top mission > scientists will present a non-technical overview of > the latest > scientific findings from this international mission > of science and > exploration. > > > > See spectacular new images from space, learn about > leading-edge > research, and ask questions of mission specialists, > including: Torrence > Johnson and Rosaly Lopes from NASA's Jet Propulsion > Laboratory, Carolyn > Porco from the Space Science Institute, and Laurence > Soderblom from the > U.S. Geological Survey. > > > > Hosted by the GSA Planetary Division, this program > is open to the public > and is sponsored by Subaru of American, Inc. For > more information visit > > > <http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2005/PublicForum> > http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2005/PublicForum > <http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2005/PublicForum> > .htm > > > > Please help us spread the word! This is a unique > opportunity for > space-lovers young and old. Questions are > encouraged! > > > > Best regards, > > Christa Stratton > Marketing Manager > Geological Society of America > 3300 Penrose Place > Boulder, CO 80301 > (303) 357-1093 > (303) 357-1070 (fax) > cstratton(a)geosociety.org > > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

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