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

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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The end of Hubble.
by James Helsby 07 Mar '05

07 Mar '05

Just saw this pop up on Slashdot. http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2005/02/07/aids-human050207.html to quote: /"The famous but troubled camera is heading for a "robotic de-orbit mission," the space agency said Monday in its budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1.' 'That means the Hubble, which hovers about 600 kilometres above the Earth and circles it every 95 minutes, will be guided into the ocean once it has worn out. "The timing and content of the de-orbit mission will be a result of activities conducted in 2005," NASA said."/ Is this the end of our quests to the farthest reaches of space? Or just a new chapter. IMHO, this is a sad day for one of my fondest childhood memory makers. Cheers, James H.

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New Canon EOS 20Da for astrophotography
by astrodeb＠charter.net 02 Mar '05

02 Mar '05

I found this on the digital-astro group. I wish Canon would put the pages in English. Debbie "It appears Canon has done something few of us would have expected and will soon produce a 20D made specifically for A-P work. Here are some links to provide some info, although the pages are in Japanese: http://cweb.canon.jp/camera/eosd/20da/special/index.html http://cweb.canon.jp/camera/eosd/20da/index.html http://cweb.canon.jp/camera/eosd/20da/attention/index.html It will be quite interesting to see how this camera performs and how much of a market it will draw."

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Fwd: Launch is a GO!]
by Patrick Wiggins 26 Feb '05

26 Feb '05

This just showed up on the Utah Rocket group's email list. If you've ever launched Estes type model rockets and thought they were impressive wait until you see the stuff these guys put up in the sky. Their web site is http://www.uroc.org/ . Patrick -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [UROC Mail List] Launch is a GO! Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 03:01:17 -0000 From: nealbaker1 <president(a)uroc.org> Reply-To: uroc-owner(a)yahoogroups.com To: uroc(a)yahoogroups.com The launch re-scheduled for February 26th is a GO. Weather looks to be great. Mitch Adamson (UROC Vice Pres.) drove out to the launch site last week and checked the ground. At that time the ground was driveable and since the site has not had any signifcant precip since then it should still be good. Rumor has it that amongst the stuff flying tomorrow, Mich will be flying a large number of Hybrids. (Cool weather is the best time to fly them). As is usually the case in the early months (jan and feb) the launch will be a Misfire alley launch. This means that the UROC equipment trailer will not be making the trip out. Mitch will be allowing people to fly off of his equipment (up to 1/2" rod) and you are welcome to bring your own gear as well. Should be a great launch. Flying starts arond 9:00am. Make sure to tell Mitch "thanks" for putting the launch together.

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Mars Ice [was "WOW!!!"]
by Canopus56 25 Feb '05

25 Feb '05

Patrick reported in the SLAS 2-24-2005 daily newswire that - ESA's Mars Express sees signs of a 'frozen sea' 23 February 2005 This image, taken by the Mars Express spacecraft, shows what appears to be a dust-covered frozen sea near the Martian equator. http://www.esa.int/export/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/SEMCHPYEM4E_0.html A more detailed abstract of Murray's paper can be found at the March 18th morning session of the - 36th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference March 14-18, 2005 http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2005/ Evidence from HRSC Mars Express for a Frozen Sea Close to Mars Equator [#1741] Murray J. B. * Muller J.-P. Neukum G. Werner S. C. Hauber E. Markiewicz W. J. Head J. W. III Foing B. H. Page D. Mitchell K. L. Portyankina G. HRSC Investigator Team Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXXVI (2005) "We present evidence for a presently-existing frozen sea, with surface pack-ice, at 5°N, 150°E, age ca. 5 million years. It measures ca. 800 × 900 km and averages ca. 45 m deep. It has probably been protected from complete sublimation by ash and a sublimation lag of exposed sediment." ftp://www.lpi.usra.edu/pub/outgoing/lpsc2005/full97.pdf The March 18th morning session of the LPSC has many papers that may change our worldview of Mars as a "dry" planet. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2005/pdf/program.pdf - Peace - Canopus56 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Tin Foil Alert!
by astrodeb＠charter.net 24 Feb '05

24 Feb '05

One of the funniest videos I ever saw was a documentary called "Debunking UFOs". I wish I could see it again sometime. Debbie > > From: diveboss(a)xmission.com > Date: 2005/02/24 Thu PM 01:09:48 MST > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Tin Foil Alert! > > This evening, Channel 4 will be airing a 2 hour program about UFO's and > Aliens. > > Now for the tin foil part of the message. Tin foil can also be used to cook > with. ;) > > _______________________________________________ > 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] 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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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Big Scope dedication
by Canopus56 23 Feb '05

23 Feb '05

Patrick wrote for the date of the Big Scope dedication: > 16 April. Thanks. - Canopus56 P.S. That gives SLAS 50 days to come up with a better name than "BS" for its newest outstanding accomplishment. -:) (Sorry, couldn't resist. But if I could quickly think of it, what will the public do with the name?) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250

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Some astro-comic relief
by Canopus56 23 Feb '05

23 Feb '05

Some comic relief - http://www.astronerds.com/download.html#menu You know your're an astronomer when your coworkers known the phase of the moon just by looking at you - http://www.astronerds.com/Newsletter%20Comics/newmoonatwork.jpg Peace - Canopus56 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250

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