September 2006 - Utah-Astronomy - mailman.xmission.com

News, 05 SEP 2006
by Patrick Wiggins 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

News, Tuesday, 05 SEP 2006 SLAS Meeting Preview SLAS President Lowell Lyon reports he has updated the club's web site with information on this month's general meeting. http://www.slas.us/displayevent.asp?EventID=813 +++++ SMART-1 Impacts Moon At 11:42:22 MDT Saturday night the SMART-1 spacecraft impacted the Moon's surface as planned... http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/SMART-1/ http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/SMART-1/SEM2N58ZMRE_0.html http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/SMART-1/SEM7A76LARE_0.html +++++ SMART-1 Swan Song: Valuable Data Until Final Moments Right up to its final orbits, SMART-1 continued delivering valuable data... http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/SMART-1/SEMC378ZMRE_0.html +++++ SMART-1 Mission Review At a press conference held today at ESOC recent results from the SMART-1 mission were presented along with an overview of the Operational, Technical and Scientific successes of the mission. http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=39965 +++++ STS-115 Launch Coverage Begins Wednesday Morning http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Breaking.html +++++ STS-115 Press Kit http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/154433main_sts115_press_kit.pdf +++++ STS-115 Fact Sheet http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/155942main_115factsheet.pdf +++++ Building Tough Crops to Grow on Mars Imagine tomatoes that grow through the chill of winter or a front lawn that doesn't need watering all year. http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/09/01/superplant_spa.html?category=techn… +++++ New Clue to World's Tiniest Particles Discussion at PhysOrgForum Particle physicists around the world will be designing their next generation of billion-dollar experiments following new findings from a University of Adelaide-led research team. http://www.physorg.com/news76599449.html +++++ Pope's debate group to publish evolution talks The minutes, to be issued later this year, will show how Catholic theologians see no contradiction between their belief in divine creation and the scientific theory of evolution... http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=A0608743660C09FEB35… +++++ ************************************************** ************************************************** Free Telescopes For SLAS Members SLAS has several scopes available for free, long term loan to current SLAS members who have belonged to SLAS for at least 30 days. http://slas.us/membership_benefits.htm +++++ Images and Data From Cassini-Huygens At:s 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 are subscribed to the Utah Astronomy Listserve. 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Check out my NASA Solar System Ambassador web site at: http://www.umnh.utah.edu/utahsky and mirrored at http://utahastro.info/ 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://utahastro.info/ 435.882.1209 801.918.9092 +++++ ************************************************** ************************************************** Free Telescopes For SLAS Members SLAS has several scopes available for free, long term loan to current SLAS members who have belonged to SLAS for at least 30 days. http://slas.us/membership_benefits.htm +++++ Images and Data From Cassini-Huygens At:s 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 are subscribed to the Utah Astronomy Listserve. 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://utahastro.info/ 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://utahastro.info/ 435.882.1209 801.918.9092

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HAIP 2.0 Tutorial C13 - AIP4WIN help
by Canopus56 04 Sep '06

04 Sep '06

I tried to work through the last tutorial in Berry and Burnell's Handbook for Astronomical Imaging Tutorial C13 - Color image creation - without success. If there are any local SLC AIP4WIN gurus, mavins or tech-wizs out there who could take a few minutes at the next star party or club meeting to work through the tutorial with me, it would be greatly appreciated. - Regards, Kurt __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Excellent ISS pass tonight
by Patrick Wiggins 03 Sep '06

03 Sep '06

Northern Utah has an excellent ISS pass on tap for tonight (Sunday) between 20:57 and 21:02: http://www.heavens-above.com/allsats.asp?lat=40.761&lng=-111.890&alt=0&loc=… pw

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Vacation
by Cynthia Blue 03 Sep '06

03 Sep '06

Well, starting tomorrow I'll be on vacation for a week. I'm headed up to Lake Tahoe and Dog Camp! =) I'm excited. We'll get to do tons of things and swim in the lake (if it's not freezing cold). So end of today I'll be going no-mail. And my husband will keep an eye on the server, if it goes out Patrick can contact him to get it going again, or hopefully he'll check it himself as well. He's not a Linux guy but he can hit the power button. ;) Ya'll take care and I'm looking forward to being in doggie heaven! Cynthia -- http://www.hexwitch.com Elsinore Lucilla Aurelius ASCA-CD RN CGC CH Pembroke Faded Glory VC HT RN NAP NJP NAC OJC CGC Angel Pumpkin Spice Lady DPP CGC Spirit Chasers Spice NA NAJ CGC "We need to respect our limits, but not accept them. And we need to acknowledge our successes, but not be satisfied with them." -William

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Hope they learned their lesson with MCO
by Patrick Wiggins 03 Sep '06

03 Sep '06

Joe wrote today in the D News: "NASA announced Thursday it has selected Lockheed Martin Corp. to build Orion..." Hmmm, Lockheed Martin? Aren't they the ones that lost Mars Climate Orbiter by using American units while NASA uses metric? pw

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Warning! Off Topic
by Kim 03 Sep '06

03 Sep '06

Y'all are the only folks I regularly keep in touch with, so I hope you don't mind if I share a thought or two unrelated to astronomy. I've been listening to some old tunes today. I set my iPod to "shuffle" and lo, Cat Stevens' "Peace Train" came on just as I was thinking about the war in Iraq and Mr. Bush's visit to Utah. I just hope peace can indeed be restored - sooner, rather than later. Another thing: It's such a nice day here in paradise, that I wanted someone else to know besides me. The world is still a beautiful place. It isn't entirely screwed, yet. (Sorry about the language.) OK - I'll conclude with an astronomy-related thought: The universe is a grand thing of which to be a part, no? Kim

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SMART-1 imapct: No joy from SPOC
by Patrick Wiggins 03 Sep '06

03 Sep '06

Out at SPOC everything from binoculars through the 40 cm Ealing was used to watch for the SMART-1 impact (the Moon was too low to use the Grim scope). Most observations were made eyeball-to-eyepiece but a Super Circuits PC-164 low light level camera was attached to the Ealing. No one reported seeing any sign of the impact. Here's what ESA has to say: http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/SMART-1 pw

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First image of Smart-1 impact
by Canopus56 03 Sep '06

03 Sep '06

First reported Smart-1 impact image - with "only" 3.6 meters of aperture. http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/News/Smart1/ First posted in yahoo lunar group. - Canopus56 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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UCAC2 3CD set - anyone have a copy?
by Canopus56 02 Sep '06

02 Sep '06

I am trying to set up my copy of AIP4WIN for photometry. The software needs the USNO UCAC2 catalogue. I understand the usual route is to order the 3CDs from the USNO. Do any of club members have a set locally that I can borrow? Thanks - Kurt __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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NSS Regional Space Development Conference Information
by baxman2＠comcast.net 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

For those interested in the National Space Society western Regional Space Development Conference, the deadline for the $45 registration fee is September 15, 2006. This is also the deadline for Ogden Marriott Hotel Reservations at the $69 per night rate + 10.6% state tax. We also would like to have meal fees sent to us by September 15th, if possible. This will be a very interesting conference for anyone interested in space exploration. The RSDC will be held October 6 - 7 2006, at the Ogden, Utah Marriott Hotel. For more information, please contact me. Sincerely, J. David Baxter baxman2(a)comcast.net

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