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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Cloudy night funny
by steve.nielsen＠comcast.net 05 Mar '06

05 Mar '06

Very funny and well done. -------------- Original message -------------- From: Patrick Wiggins <paw(a)wirelessbeehive.com> > Nothing to do with astronomy but it's something fun to do on a cloudy night. > > http://www.cowabduction.com/ > > Patrick :-) > > _______________________________________________ > 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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radio astronomy
by William Biesele 04 Mar '06

04 Mar '06

The five 60-foot dish antennas built by Professor Ronald Bracewell at Stanford are at risk of imminent demolition. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_N._Bracewell http://www.bambi.net/stanford_dishes/rescue.html http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/03/ help_save_the_stanford_dish_an.html What science could be done with that setup now??

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Anyone awake now?
by Patrick Wiggins 04 Mar '06

04 Mar '06

Anyone awake now? I'm having a problem with my email and if anyone here's awake at the moment (`3:00 am) I'd appreciate it if you could send a test message to my old and new email addresses. Old: paw(a)trilobyte.net New: paw(a)wirelessbeehive.com Thanks, Patrick

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Cloudy night funny
by Patrick Wiggins 04 Mar '06

04 Mar '06

Nothing to do with astronomy but it's something fun to do on a cloudy night. http://www.cowabduction.com/ Patrick :-)

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Can this be correct?
by Michael Carnes 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

That crack was good for a laugh. At least 'till the vein in my neck started throbbing. >The polling apparently took place at the monthly Eagle >Forum meeting. > >--- "Barney B." <aaah(a)sisna.com> wrote: > >> This morning's Salt Lake Tribune, published a poll >> taken in January showing, among other things, that >> "53.5% [of those polled] wanted public schools to >> label evolution as a theory on which scientists >> disagree." >>

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Can this be correct?
by Barney B. 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

This morning's Salt Lake Tribune, published a poll taken in January showing, among other things, that "53.5% [of those polled] wanted public schools to label evolution as a theory on which scientists disagree." I thought the vast majority felt just the opposite. Barney

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Jupiter's new red spot
by Michael Carnes 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Hey that's cool. Thanks Guy. > >Has anyone noticed this yet? > >http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/02mar_redjr.htm?list96515

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Re: Gallery additions
by astrodeb＠charter.net 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Hi Chuck, I'm thinking about getting an 8" f/4 Newtonian that weighs less than 15 lbs. The scope that I've been looking at, the Vixen R200SS, weighs 11.7 lbs and could mount on my GM-8 German Equatorial mount. But I'm like you, I don't have the space for it right now unless I store it in a neighbors garage or buy another house. In fact, I need to clean out my closet to store more equipment. Debbie ---- Chuck Hards <chuckhards(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Thanks, Joe. BTW, I have tried keeping them > on-display in the living room- but my wife prefers > them stored elsewhere... ;) > > > From: Joe Bauman <bau(a)desnews.com> > > > Very nice, Chuck! Your telescopes are works of art > > that deserve to be > > shown off in the living room, as well as used in the > > outdoors. > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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: Gallery additions
by Chuck Hards 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Nope, in fact I've never been to Riverside. I would prefer to not enter in any kind of competition on that scale. The tension and stress of competition take away all the enjoyment...but thanks for the kind words, you and Joe are doing wonders for my ego! I stopped grinding mirrors about 30 years ago, when I realized there were others who could do it faster than I, and just as good or better, freeing me up to work on the parts of the telescope that show ;) Since then I have purchased my mirrors. I usually list the source on the Gallery- the yellow 8" f/3.75 came from Intermountain Optics, but I didn't buy it, the man who commissioned the scope bought it and asked me to build a telescope around it. I took the job as a challenge- it's still the optically "fastest" Newtonian I have ever built. It's owned by Mr. Gerry Bourke of Murray, UT. Built about eight or ten years ago. I can't recall the weight. It had a fiberglass tube (of my manufacture), aluminum bridge plates, trunnions made of MDF cores with thin aluminum ring bearing surfaces, cast aluminum mirror cell, pretty standard stuff. The tube rings were a very old cast-aluminum pair made by Pacific Instruments (I sure miss that company) that I re-conditioned. > From: <astrodeb(a)charter.net> > Do you ever take your telescopes down to RMTC? They > are worthy of an award or two. By the way, your > yellow 8" f/3.75 newtonian caught my attention. How > much does the OTA weigh? Did you grind your own > mirrors or do you buy them commercially? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: Gallery additions
by Chuck Hards 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Thanks, Joe. BTW, I have tried keeping them on-display in the living room- but my wife prefers them stored elsewhere... ;) > From: Joe Bauman <bau(a)desnews.com> > Very nice, Chuck! Your telescopes are works of art > that deserve to be > shown off in the living room, as well as used in the > outdoors. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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