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Gravel Pit tonight (Friday)
by Michael Carnes 27 May '05

27 May '05

Anyone trying to make it up to the Gravel Pit tonight? Looks like the sky will be clear or mainly clear. Michael

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Gravel Quarry Thursday Night
by Richard Tenney 26 May '05

26 May '05

I have a family reuinion this weekend at Sundance (Timp Lodge); I'll be doing some family star party stuff, so won't be able to join any of you this weekend. Perhaps next weekend... Rich --- Olhomorto(a)aol.com wrote: > So, is anyone planning seriously to observe at the > gravel quarry on Thursday > and/or Friday? I think I would like to come, too. > :) > > Mike Bailey > _______________________________________________ > 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!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Gravel Quarry Thursday Night
by Olhomorto＠aol.com 26 May '05

26 May '05

So, is anyone planning seriously to observe at the gravel quarry on Thursday and/or Friday? I think I would like to come, too. :) Mike Bailey

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Gravel Quarry Thursday Night
by Michael Carnes 25 May '05

25 May '05

Just checked Weather.com. Looks like some degradation on Saturday, but they're still calling for clear on Friday. Thursday's hard for me to get away, but I might see you up there on Friday. Oh, rats, I'll have to miss it. I still may head up Friday but I need to check the weather. Many thanks, 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

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Gravel Quarry Thursday Night
by Canopus56 25 May '05

25 May '05

Joe, Looks like I called this one wrong. The Io shadow transit on Jupiter is on about Thursday, May 26 1 UTC (6pm local) to about 3:50 UTC (9:50 pm local), not Friday as previously stated. - Canopus56 (Kurt) --- Joe Bauman <bau(a)desnews.com> wrote: > Hummmm. Friday sounds good to me. Thanks, Joe __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new Resources site http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/

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Moon occults Antares tonight 5-24 at 1:12am
by Canopus56 24 May '05

24 May '05

Reappears at 2:21am. - Canopus56 (Kurt) P.S. - If you are up that late. http://www.space.com/spacewatch/050520_antares_occult.html __________________________________________________ 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] Gravel Quarry Thursday Night
by Canopus56 24 May '05

24 May '05

Joe, If you do go on Friday, there is a single shadow transit of Io on Jupiter beginning before sundown and continuing to 3:50 UTC (9:50pm). This should be visible in the civil-astronomical twilight period. See your 2005 Observer's Handbook, Jovian Satellite's section. - Canopus56 (Kurt) --- Joe Bauman <bau(a)desnews.com> wrote: > Hummmm. Friday sounds good to me. Thanks, Joe __________________________________________________ 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] Gravel Quarry Thursday Night
by Canopus56 24 May '05

24 May '05

By the 25th, moonrise is at 11:30pm. On Friday morning (for Thursday night observing), it rises at about 12:30am. Sunset is at about 8:45pm. Useable twilight (??) maybe 9:30pm. So you've got a good 2 1/2 to three hours of dark sky with some wrap-up lunar viewing. - Canopus56 (Kurt) http://www.sunrisesunset.com/custom_srss_calendar.asp --- Joe Bauman <bau(a)desnews.com> wrote: > The moon's going to be pretty bad then, isn't it? > thanks, Joe __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Gravel Quarry Thursday Night
by daniel turner 23 May '05

23 May '05

Ill be going to the gravel quarry on Thursday night. The directions are at the bottom of this email. The weather has finally started to bake out the moisture ground moisture. Looking at weather station overnight histories: Argonite shows no dewfall at all and RH stays below 50% all night and the temperature is in the 50s all night. This is near the Lake Side site on the SLAS star party maps but it is at least a thousand feet higher in elevation. Lake Side and itself can be 20 degrees cooler and still have a heavy dewfall this late in the year. Pony Express weather station is out near the Rush Valley observing site. It shows humidity hitting 100% about midnight. Not good with an early moon rise. Burns weather station is north of Heber City at about the same elevation as the Gravel Quarry. Weather there stayed dry all night and the wind was only 5 mph gusting to 10 mph. The last quarter moon isnt until this weekend but the moons low declination makes it rise late. Thursday doesnt have a moonrise according to the USNO because it rises at 11:30 pm on Wednesday night and 12:30 am on Friday morning. Astronomical Twilight will be at 11:00 pm Thursday so there is ninety minutes of good dark before the moon rises. Thats good enough for me to make the short run to Gravel Quarry. Directions to Gravel Quarry: Take I 80 eastbound until you reach US 40 and turn south. take the Park City/Kamas Exit 4. At the bottom of the exit ramp, go East (left) towards Kamas. Take this road for 1.6 miles to the Peoa - Oakley turn-off. This turn-off will be on your left. You know you are approaching it because there are several "Deer-Crossing Ahead" signs. Since the Deer Crossing is at the turn off, the distances on the signs are also the distances to the turn-off. This is Browns Canyon, but the sign says Peoa - Oakley. Take this road for 4.2 miles, to the Park City Harper Gravel Pit road and sign on the left. (About 1000 feet before you get to the gravel pit road, there will be an orange sign on the right that says "truck entrance ahead".) At the gravel pit sign, turn in. Watch out for the speed bump at the entrance! Go about one and a half miles up this road. There is a "mobile home" weighing office off to the left. Just after the office there is a parking area (for the office), which is where we set up. Park towards the far side of the parking area, so that your vehicles are not blocking scopes that are set up to view towards the South and East, which is where the best skies are. --------------------------------- Discover Yahoo! Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news & more. Check it out!

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SLAS meeting tomorrow
by Patrick Wiggins 23 May '05

23 May '05

A reminder that SLAS will be holding it's regular monthly meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. Map: http://slas.ws/location.htm Siegfried tells me he has scheduled Dr. Karl Haisch Jr. from Utah Valley State College for the evening's guest speaker. Patrick

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