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Fwd: Notice: Two MAJOR Events
by Richard Tenney 11 Apr '06

11 Apr '06

--- James DeGooyer <jdegooyer(a)biology.utah.edu> wrote: > Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:42:15 -0600 > To: office(a)science.utah.edu > From: James DeGooyer <jdegooyer(a)biology.utah.edu> > Subject: Notice: Two MAJOR Events > CC: mortensen(a)science.utah.edu > > Final Notice: Two special events in College of > Science: > > 1-- You are cordially invited to attend the upcoming > Frontiers of > Science lecture on Weds, April 12, 7:30 PM, > featuring Joel R. Primack > and Nancy Ellen Abrams. This special presentation is > part of a > nationwide book tour and has already received > critical acclaim from > audiences in California and New York! Frontiers of > Science lectures > are always free and open to the public! > > See the official U. of U. press release at > http://unews.utah.edu/p/?r=040306-10 > See Primack's and Abrams website at > http://www.viewfromthecenter.com/ > > The U. bookstore will sell the new book at this > event, and Primack > and Abrams will sign books after the lecture. > > > 2-- You are invited to attend a special presentation > on Friday, April > 14, 7:30 PM, featuring Robert K. Wilson, NASA > engineer and Spitzer > telescope project manager. This appearance is > sponsored by the > College of Science and the Salt Lake Astronomical > Society. Free and > open to the public! > > See the official U. of U. press release at > http://www.unews.utah.edu/p/?r=040706-2 > > This event will take place in the Aline Wilmot > Skaggs biology > auditorium (same location as Frontiers of Science > lectures) See > http://www.map.utah.edu/ for a campus map. > > -- > James R. DeGooyer > Public Relations Specialist > College of Science > 1430 E. Presidents Cir. Rm. 220 > Salt Lake City, UT 84112 > Ph. (801) 581-3124 > Fax (801) 585-3169 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Jovian satellite single-shadow transit events for April-June 2006
by Canopus56 09 Apr '06

09 Apr '06

I have extracted the following list of Jovian satellite single-shadow transit events for April through June 2006 for SLC from the _2006 Observer's Handbook_. The SLAS website was down at the time of this writing, so I have not checked to see if any of the pre-midnight times coincide with a SLAS public star party. http://members.csolutions.net/fisherka/astronote/plan/200604JovianSat.html - Canopus56 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Lunar targets for 50.4W - 4/10/2006 3:00 UTC
by Canopus56 09 Apr '06

09 Apr '06

The terminator will be at 50.4W lunar longitude at 4/10/2006 3:00 UTC (4/9/2006 9:00PM). Some targets with Rukl Atlas and LOPD x-refs are are as follows. Those objects that will cross the terminator later in the evening are marked "later". Object Coords Rukl# Notes C Anaximenes 72.5N44.5W 3 80km R Sharp 44N50.5W 9 200km small rille Aristarchus Plateau 23.7N47.4W 18 L100#22; 100km plateau with c's. LPO Gallery images: http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-73 http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-348 http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-300 http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-140 V Schroter 26N51W 18 L100#17; 160km valley (later) R Marius 17.9N49W 18 250km sinuous rille C Marius 11.9N50.8W 29 41km flooded crater Marius Hills 12.5N54W 18,29 L100#42; 50km of lava domes (later - 5-8UTC) LPO Gallery: http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-80 Mtn Hansteen 12S50W 40 30km mountain massif; aka "The Arrowhead" LPOD Gallery: http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-351 C Billy 13.8S50.1W 40 46km dark floor LPOD Gallery: http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-351 C Mersenius 21.5S49.24W 51 L100#44; 84km flooded crater with chain of craterlets http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-390 R de Gasparis 25.3S50W 51 L100#91 (later); 130km rille system LPOD Gallery: http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-21 C Segner 58.9S48.3W 71 67km degraded crater with undulating floor C Bettinus 63.4S44.8W 71 71km C Kircher 67.1S45.3W 71 73km flooded crater - Canopus56 P.S. - For determining when nearby objects might appear out terminator darkness: The speed of the lunar terminator at the equator is approx. 15.4 km per hour; at 30N it is approx. 13.4km per hour; at 50N, approx. 9.9km per hour. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.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] Ed Lunt's Messier Images
by Don J. Colton 09 Apr '06

09 Apr '06

Great work Ed! Did you take the images via internet link with the telescopes or did you actually go to Cloudcroft? Clear Skies Don -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+djcolton=piol.com(a)mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+djcolton=piol.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Edward Lunt Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 8:12 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Ed Lunt's Messier Images Dear Friends; Yesterday I completed a personal milestone when I finished processing image 102 of the Messier Cataloger of deep sky objects. I now have a complete "set" of all 110 Messier images, all of which were taken through telescopes located at the RAS Observatory in Cloudcroft, New Mexico. One of the unique aspects of my collection of images (in addition to all of the images being mine), is that I was able to use various telescopes, various filters, and various processing techniques, which has allowed me to acquire several different images of many of the various objects, something that I have not seen in other collections of Messier objects. This project has taken me 27 months to complete and required literally hundreds of hours to image, process, and post these images. You can view images of all 110 Messier objects by going to my Album of Messier Objects at: http://www.edsgalaxy.com The album of Messier objects is the second album and can be accessed by clicking on the second image (M1-the Crab Nebula) that looks like a very colorful mess of spaghetti. The web site for these images is the Utah Astronomy Gallery. This site is graciously provided by Cynthia Blue and can be accessed at: http://www.utahastronomy.com __________________________________________________ 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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Lunar targets 38.2W lunar long 4/8/2006 star party
by Canopus56 08 Apr '06

08 Apr '06

Although tonight's SLAS star party at SPOC may be weather limited here's a list of lunar targets and resources: The terminator will be at 38.2W lunar longitude at 4/9/2006 3:00 UTC (4/8/2006 9:00PM). Some targets with Rukl Atlas, LOPD, and Modern Modern x-refs are are as follows. Tonight's moon has good contrasts between simple and complex craters and degraded and intact craters. Some examples: Filled J. Herschel vs. Unfilled Kelper; Complex Kepler vs. simple C. Braley or C. Wichman; Complex floors of Gassendi and Vitello vs. the undulating floor of Schiller. Links to photos and LPODs also are provided. Object Coords Rukl# Notes C. J. Herschel 62N14.2W 2 154km; disintegrated large crater; ModernMoon p. 67-68 Mare Frigoris 58N20W 3 ModernMoon p. 66 C. Foucalt 50.4N39.7W 2 23km Sinus Iridium 45N32W 10 Lunar100 #14; large crater with flooded floor http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=31&pos=0 C. Brayley 20.9N36.9W 19 14.5km; simple crater http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-24 R. Brayley 23N36W 19 240km narrow rille; challenge object C. Kepler 81.N38W 30 32km; prominent showcase crater http://www.lpod.org/archive/archive/2004/04/LPOD-2004-04-30.htm http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=11&pos=0 LAC Map for Kepler - http://www.fabiolottero.it/lac/57.htm LAC Geologic Map for Kepler - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I355/ C. Wichman 7.5S38.1W 41 10.6km simple crater Oceanus Procellarum 8S36W 41 ModernMoon p. 161 http://www.lpod.org/archive/LPOD-2004-08-20.htm Dorsa Ewing 11S38W 41 320km mare wrinkles and the Pillars http://www.lpod.org/archive/LPOD-2004-07-04.htm Rima Herigonius 13S37W 41 100km sinuous rille http://www.lpod.org/archive/LPOD-2004-07-04.htm C. Gassendi 17.5S39.9W 52 Lunar100 #13; prominent 33km crater with fractured floor Terminator will be on east rim at 3:00 UTC. Crater may not be visible. http://www.lpod.org/archive/archive/2004/06/LPOD-2004-06-02.htm http://www.lpod.org/archive/LPOD-2004-10-13.htm http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-86 Mare Humorum 24S38W 52 ModernMoon p. 153 http://www.lpod.org/archive/archive/2004/06/LPOD-2004-06-06.htm http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=28&pos=12 http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=28&pos=9 Kelvin Scrap and 28S32W 52 ModernMoon p. 154 Square Apparent fault scarp and "square" fault block near Promentory Kelvin. C. Puiset 27.8S39W 52 Flood crater; contrast with Vitello and Gassendi C. Vitello 30.4S37.5W 62 Note rille system in floor C. Schiller 51.8S40W 71 Lunar100 #30; undulating floor and oblong crater; Modern Moon p. 177 http://www.lpod.org/archive/archive/2004/05/LPOD-2004-05-12.htm http://www.lpod.org/archive/LPOD-2005-03-26.htm http://www.lpod.org/archive/LPOD-2004-11-12.htm http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=17&pos=5 - Canopus56 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.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] Ed Lunt's Messier Images
by Tyler Allred 08 Apr '06

08 Apr '06

Great stuff Ed! Congrats on completing such a large undertaking. The images look great. Tyler

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Website announce: Consolidated DSO Catalogues - Clark, Herschel 400, Messier and Caldwell
by Canopus56 08 Apr '06

08 Apr '06

Website announce: Consolidated DSO Catalogues - Clark, Herschel 400, Messier and Caldwell http://members.csolutions.net/fisherka/astronote/Clarkxref/ClarkXrefProject… This amatuer astronomy site contains 3D VRML and 2D renderings of the Milky Way Galaxy and the Virgo local supercluster based on a consolidated catalogue of 823 deep sky objects. Distances to objects used in the catalogue are supported by reference to professional astronomical journals and catalogues. This amatuer astronomy site contains sortable cross-referenced lists for an 823 object consolidated catalogue based on a non-duplicative set of the astronomical deep sky objects in the catalogues of Clark, Herschel400, Messier and Caldwell. Cross-referencing to Barnard, Lynds, Arp, NGC and PGC catalogues are provided. These cross-referencing lists may be of interest to intermediate amateurs interested in reducing duplication of effort when working through the Messier, Caldwell and Herschel 400 lists. A catalogue file for Cartes du Ciel is provided to aid in plotting and locating the 823 objects. An index of approx. 450 entries is provided to astronomical journal literature. The index is hyperlinked to the NASA ADS journal service. Therefore, amateurs and students can quickly review the underlying article. The index is suitable for studying key topics in astronomical history and the discovery of the structure of the Milky Way and supergalactic structure be a casereader method. The site includes a narrative, loosely based on the Powers of Ten analogy, which walks beginner and intermediate amateurs through the structure of the Milky Way Galaxy, the local Virgo Supercluster to 40 megaparsecs from Sol based on the 823 objects in the consolidated catalogue. Users study can plan observing sessions by groups of objects, for example open clusters in the Perseus Arm. A partial set of stars in various constellations are rendered in 3D. Links to major sky surveys beyond the limits of amateur telescopes to z=6.3 and 3D renderings of the bounaries of those major surveys are included as an introduction to supergalactic space and cosmology. In this regard, the structure of the narrative is similar in content to Powell's popular _Atlas of the Universe_ site. The intended audiences for this site are intermediate amateur astronomers, secondary and college students and teachers, and astronomy club education coordinators. The 3D renderings, the consolidated catalogue lists, may be of use in demonstrating the answers to Milky Way structural and observing questions. 3D renderings are generated over the internet using the Parallegraphic Cortona VRML plug-in for Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. An example of the 2D vs. the 3D approach is Shapley's 1919 plot of Milky Way Globular Clusters in 2D - http://members.csolutions.net/fisherka/astronote/Clarkxref/img/ShapleyFig1.… vs. a 3D rendering of 81 nearby, observable globular clusters in the consolidated catalogue - http://members.csolutions.net/fisherka/astronote/Clarkxref/img/GlobClusClr.… http://members.csolutions.net/fisherka/astronote/Clarkxref/vrml/World_GalHa… Another example is a rendering of 423 galaxies in consolidated catalogue out to 40 megaparsecs - first in 2D - http://members.csolutions.net/fisherka/astronote/Clarkxref/img/MNight2.jpg - and then in 3D - http://members.csolutions.net/fisherka/astronote/Clarkxref/img/3DUniv40Mpc2… http://members.csolutions.net/fisherka/astronote/Clarkxref/vrml/WorldClarkG… Keywords: astronomy, 3D, milky way, schematic, DSO, deep sky object, catalogue, Clark, Messier, Caldwell, Barnard, Lynds, Virgo supercluster, VRML Site author: fisherka(a)csolutions.net 3/2006 __________________________________________________ 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] Ed Lunt's Messier Images
by Rob Ratkowski Photography 08 Apr '06

08 Apr '06

Hi Ed Great set of Messier images, your efforts and patience are an inspiration to us all. Aloha Rob

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Ed Lunt's Messier Images
by Canopus56 08 Apr '06

08 Apr '06

--- Edward Lunt <lunco(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Dear Friends; > Yesterday I completed a personal milestone when I > finished processing image 102 of the Messier > Cataloger of deep sky objects. <snip> You can view > images of all 110 Messier objects by > going to my Album of Messier Objects at: > http://www.edsgalaxy.com <snip> Congratulations on completing a truly amazing imaging project. You've really demonstrated how much amateur astrophotography has progressed over the last 25 years. I'm really enjoying the pictures. - Canopus56 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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gallery login woes
by Howard Jackman 06 Apr '06

06 Apr '06

Has anyone had any trouble logging onto their gallery page? I've been trying since Saturday and I can't seem to get it to accept my username/password. I've got a few pictures of Saturdays Moon-Pleiades conjuction I'd like to post, nothing spectacular but still I'd like to show them. Is Cynthia back yet?? I can't remember how long she said she'd be gone. Howard __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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