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

Roads in Uintas
by Michael Carnes 16 Jun '05

16 Jun '05

Hi gang, I've got some friends coming out for a visit in a few days. I was thinking about driving up into the Uintas. As of a week or so ago, someone told me a lot of the roads were still blocked with snow. Does anyone know current status, or more importantly, is there a way I can find out without bugging people on the list? Michael

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Roads in Uintas
by Josephine Grahn 16 Jun '05

16 Jun '05

Hi Michael, This website is fairly good for the conditions in the Uintah National Forest area. For the rest of the group, it says the Wolf Creek campground is still closed due to snow :(. http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/uinta/conditions/ As a suggestion, If they are relatively fit sort of folks, the Timpanogas cave hike and tour never fails to please. Jo At 08:46 AM 6/16/2005 -0600, you wrote: >Hi gang, > I've got some friends coming out for a visit in a few days. I was thinking about driving up into the Uintas. As of a week or so ago, someone told me a lot of the roads were still blocked with snow. Does anyone know current status, or more importantly, is there a way I can find out without bugging people on the list? > >Michael

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Deep Impact on NTV
by Patrick Wiggins 16 Jun '05

16 Jun '05

I had a NASA ambassador training session tonight and during the session they said that NASA-TV will be carrying the Deep Impact "crunch" live starting late on the night of the 3rd and going through early morning on the 4th. Exact start and stop times of the NTV coverage are not yet set. Patrick

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Deep Impact (cont.)
by Patrick Wiggins 16 Jun '05

16 Jun '05

Sorry, I clicked on the "send" button too quickly. I meant to close that message with a note that as soon as exact times of the NTV Deep Impact "crunch" coverage are set I'll include them in News. Patrick

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Sun Tunnels this weekend
by Patrick Wiggins 15 Jun '05

15 Jun '05

I just heard from some folks who plan on camping out at Sun Tunnels ( http://www.trilobyte.net/paw/SUNTUNNELS.HTML & http://arts.utah.gov/publicart/sun_tunnels.html ) this coming Saturday night. They are not astronomers just folks that want to camp out there (they are with the group that organized the recent Utah Burn at Seabase). If you'd like to participate you can contact Dave at dave23532(a)yahoo.com . Patrick

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] Forbidden Planet
by Lambert, Aaron 15 Jun '05

15 Jun '05

I rented Forbidden Planet last year after a discussion on this newsgroup about old sci-fi films, and I have to say that I really enjoyed it. The idea behind the story was not original (there are many variations on that theme), but I thought it was told very well, with enough new spins to make it interesting. Aaron > -----Original Message----- > From: Kim Hyatt > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 12:35 PM > To: Utah Astronomy > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Forbidden Planet > > > One of my earliest memories is of seeing Forbidden Planet - I > was two years > old when it was released. Dr. Morbius's invisible mind > creature gave me > nightmares for weeks. (What were my parents thinking???) It's > still one of > my favorites. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Patrick Wiggins" <paw(a)trilobyte.net> > To: "utah astronomy listserve" <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 12:30 AM > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Forbidden Planet > > > | For those looking for a fun sci-fi experience, Forbidden > Planet will air > | on TCM this coming Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. MDT. > | > | Fun flick! > | > | Patrick

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] Forbidden Planet
by Michael Carnes 14 Jun '05

14 Jun '05

>Doesn't part of the theme relate to The Tempest? I thought I read >that somewhere ... Anyway, I enjoyed it except where the tiger gets >zapped. -- Joe Yep. The mad scientist is Prospero and the daughter is Miranda. The monster/spirit thingee is a bit of Caliban and a bit of Ariel. Nice catch. Wierd Shakespere.

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Forbidden Planet
by Michael Carnes 14 Jun '05

14 Jun '05

>One of my earliest memories is of seeing Forbidden Planet - I was two years >old when it was released. Dr. Morbius's invisible mind creature gave me >nightmares for weeks. (What were my parents thinking???) It's still one of >my favorites. I do enjoy seeing it every now and then, but I'm always expecting Leslie Nielson to trip over the furniture or something. All of his subsequent deadpan comedy makes it really hard to remind myself he was "serious" once.

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Forbidden Planet
by Patrick Wiggins 14 Jun '05

14 Jun '05

For those looking for a fun sci-fi experience, Forbidden Planet will air on TCM this coming Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. MDT. Fun flick! Patrick

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For tonight's SPOC Party - Comet 9P/Temple coordinates
by Canopus56 14 Jun '05

14 Jun '05

Patrick, if you are using the 30" tonight, here's the position of Comet 9P for this evening from the JPL generator. Its brightness is mag 9.3 - Time RA Dec 08:00 PM 13 04 34.30 -00 29 28.6 09:00 PM 13 04 36.72 -00 30 25.4 10:00 PM 13 04 39.14 -00 31 22.2 11:00 PM 13 04 41.58 -00 32 19.0 12:00 AM 13 04 44.03 -00 33 15.8 - Canopus56 (Kurt) __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Have fun online with music videos, cool games, IM and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/online.html

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