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News, 03 JUN 2006
by Patrick Wiggins 03 Jun '06

03 Jun '06

News, Saturday, 03 June 2006 Star Party Tonight SLAS will be opening SPOC this evening (Saturday), weather permitting. Details at: http://slas.us/displayevent.asp?EventID=842 +++++ Monday: NASA Presents Exploration Program Update NASA Associate Administrator for the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate Scott Horowitz and Constellation Program Manager Jeff Hanley will brief the media about the exploration program and the work being assigned to NASA centers at 12:30 p.m. MDT Monday, June 5. http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/jun/HQ_M06095_Griffin_ESMD.html +++++ Droids on the ISS A little droid is roaming the corridors of the International Space Station, and more are on the way. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/01jun_spheres.htm?list864576 +++++ Floating Pile of Rubble a Pristine Record of Solar System's History A small, near-Earth asteroid named Itokawa is just a pile of floating rubble, probably created from the breakup of an ancient planet... http://www.umich.edu/news/?Releases/2006/Jun06/r060106c More on the spacecraft: http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/e/snews/2006/0601.shtml +++++ SMART-1 Close-Up on Zucchius Crater This image, taken by the advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA’s SMART-1 spacecraft, shows the central peaks of crater Zucchius. http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMVQM9ATME_index_0.html +++++ A Summer's Crossing of the Asteroid Belt New Horizons has entered the asteroid belt and will be traversing this part of our solar system through August. http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/overview/piPerspectives/piPerspective_current.php +++++ Thirty Meter Telescope Passes Conceptual Design Review The detailed design for the Thirty Meter Telescope is capable of delivering on the full promise of its enormous light-collecting area, according to the findings of an independent panel of experts. http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Thirty_Meter_Telescope_Passes_Conceptual_… +++++ Cassini Update http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/sig-event-details.cfm?newsID=664 +++++ STS Update http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/status/2006/status-20… +++++ ************************************************** ************************************************** Images and Data From Cassini-Huygens At: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/latest/index.cfm http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press-releases.cfm +++++ Information On The Mars Rovers At: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html +++++ SLAS 2006 Star Party Schedule http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/LOCAL.HTML +++++ SSA / UMNH 2006 Southern Utah Public Star Party Schedule http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/STARPARTIES.HTML +++++ ************************************************** News is being sent to you because of your affiliation with the Salt Lake Astronomical Society or because you asked to be subscribed. To unsubscribe please send your request to paw at wirelessbeehive dot com. Check out my NASA Solar System Ambassador web site at: http://www.umnh.utah.edu/utahsky and mirrored at http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/ For astronomy clubs in Utah see: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/UTAHCLUBS.HTML For the Utah Astronomy Listserve see: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy ************************************************** -- Patrick Wiggins NASA Solar System Ambassador to Utah & NE Nevada paw at wirelessbeehive dot com http://www.umnh.utah.edu/utahsky http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/ 435.882.1209 801.918.9092

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Solar filter for sale
by Chuck Hards 03 Jun '06

03 Jun '06

Cleaning-up the shop! For Sale: Genuine Thousand Oaks type-2 solar filter, stainless-steel/nickel on glass, aluminum cell, felt-lined. Fits most 80mm refractors. This filter is over 10 years old, but carefully used and stored, coating in excellent shape. The TO type-2 filter yields an orange-tinted solar disk. For visual or photographic use. Includes original factory cardboard box and printed information sheet. Asking $30 (weren't these about $60 brand-new back then?), pickup preferred (West Valley) but will ship for an additional charge. Contact me off-list if interested. I'll have a few more hardware items & optics for sale periodically, as I dig them out of their hiding places this summer. Thanks! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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A Wasatch Mtns on the Moon
by Canopus56 02 Jun '06

02 Jun '06

Recently while browsing Chuck Woods recent LPODs, I noticed he has assigned an informal name to the western rim of Mare Crisium near C. Swift - the Wasatch Mountains. Wood's description is: "Although basins are the biggest impact features on the Moon, on the nearside we get to see relatively fresh rim segments only at the Altai and Apennine mountains. At other basins the rims are much reduced in height or virtually gone altogether. . . . The [Crisium] main rim Â which lacks a name so I henceforth call them the Wasatch Mts Â rises 5.4 km above the nearby Mare Crisium west of Yerkes and 5.0 km above the mare west of Swift (Peirce B)." Wood, C.A. 2/3/2006. Sunset on the Wasatch Mountains. LPOD http://www.lpod.org/?m=20060203 Crater Swift is 10 km diameter crater at 19.3N 53.4E. See Rukl Chart 23. - Canopus56 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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News, 01 JUN 2006
by Patrick Wiggins 01 Jun '06

01 Jun '06

News, Thursday, 01 June 2006 Columbus Arrives in Florida After a journey that started at the weekend, the European Columbus laboratory arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, the United States, yesterday afternoon. http://www.esa.int/esaHS/SEMN0S9ATME_index_0.html +++++ NASA-funded Study Says Saturn's Moon Enceladus Rolled Over Saturn's moon Enceladus -- an active, icy world with an unusually warm south pole -- may have performed an unusual trick for a planetary body. http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press-release-details.cfm?newsID=662 +++++ NASA's FUSE Mission Discovery Featured in Media Briefing NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. MDT Wednesday, June 7, about the discovery of carbon-rich gas around a young star that may be forming terrestrial planets. http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/may/HQ_M06094_FUSE.html +++++ Black HoleÂ–Galaxy Link Extended Galaxies big and small share a common trait: the more massive their nuclei, the more massive their central bulges. http://skyandtelescope.com/news/article_1734_1.asp +++++ Discovery Still On Track For July Launch NASA officials said Wednesday they remain determined to keep to the current space shuttle launch schedule and to continue to examine possible safety hazards as closely as possible in the meantime. http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Discovery_Still_On_Track_For_July_Launch.… +++++ Polar Core is Hot Stuff There was once little difference between equatorial and arctic climates. http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060529/full/060529-5.html +++++ Even Hurricane Katrina CanÂ’t Stop Fun Science for Families Day Children and adults enjoyed Fun Science for Families Day on Saturday 20 May in Jefferson Parish, just outside of New Orleans. http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2006/0531orleans.shtml +++++ Venus Express Update http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=39310 +++++ ************************************************** ************************************************** Images and Data From Cassini-Huygens At: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/latest/index.cfm http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press-releases.cfm +++++ Information On The Mars Rovers At: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html +++++ SLAS 2006 Star Party Schedule http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/LOCAL.HTML +++++ SSA / UMNH 2006 Southern Utah Public Star Party Schedule http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/STARPARTIES.HTML +++++ ************************************************** News is being sent to you because of your affiliation with the Salt Lake Astronomical Society or because you asked to be subscribed. To unsubscribe please send your request to paw at wirelessbeehive dot com. Check out my NASA Solar System Ambassador web site at: http://www.umnh.utah.edu/utahsky and mirrored at http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/ For astronomy clubs in Utah see: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/UTAHCLUBS.HTML For the Utah Astronomy Listserve see: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy ************************************************** -- Patrick Wiggins NASA Solar System Ambassador to Utah & NE Nevada paw at wirelessbeehive dot com http://www.umnh.utah.edu/utahsky http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/ 435.882.1209 801.918.9092

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