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This makes me feel old
by Patrick Wiggins 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

Boy, do I feel old. I still remember my mother taking me out in the driveway and watching as the 3rd stage flew over (which, at the time, we all thought was Sputnik). IAF to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik 1 http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMPXQN0LYE_index_0.html pw

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] This makes me feel old
by Michael Carnes 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

It might have been Echo I. That was a big mylar balloon that was placed into orbit in the late 50s. It had a leak, so it didn't last but a few weeks. Pretty cool while it lasted. MC >I was just 3 and 1/2 years old, and although I have an early memory of going >up Big Cottonwood canyon to see a satellite pass overhead (with my Mom) I >think it was more likely Telstar or some other later satellite.

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Changing features on Jupiter
by cmh856＠aol.com 05 Mar '07

05 Mar '07

This is interesting. I may have to dig out a bigger telescope one morning soon: _http://skytonight.com/news/Jupiters_Changing_Face.html_ (http://skytonight.com/news/Jupiters_Changing_Face.html) Right now may be the best time to see Jupiter this year. Later, when the weather warms, Jupiter is closer to opposition and visible earlier in the evening, the atmosphere will be much more turbulent. Jupiter is at a low elevation all year and the morning sky (now) will yield the steadiest seeing, unless you find yourself at an extraordinary site this summer. ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Re: Bosnia
by cmh856＠aol.com 05 Mar '07

05 Mar '07

I don't know, that's an awful lot of coupons, Joe... ;o) In a message dated 3/5/2007 6:09:01 PM Mountain Standard Time, josephmbauman(a)yahoo.com writes: Besides, the paper would be well worth it .... Joe Rob Ratkowski Photography <ratkwski(a)hawaii.rr.com> wrote: "Yeah, but the subscription price of the DesNews would go up to $1,850/yr... " True but we'd have a friend in high places .............. ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bosnia
by Michael Carnes 05 Mar '07

05 Mar '07

Holy Cow Joe! I had no idea they'd send you that far away. Did you have a chance to see the lunar eclipse? >Hi all, just wanted to say hi from Sarajevo.

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Look familiar?
by Patrick Wiggins 05 Mar '07

05 Mar '07

One of the companies looking to put the public into space is called Canadian Arrow. Looking at their web site I was surprised when I saw a picture of the rocket they plan on using. Does it look as familiar to any of you as it does to me? http://www.planetspace.org/lo I wonder if Dr. Von Braun ever imagined his design would be used some 70 years later to put people instead of amatol into space. BTW, on a somewhat related subject, Chuck was right. I went with a group to see Astronaut Farmer yesterday and came away disappointed. If other want to see it I'd suggest waiting until it shows up on late night tv. pw

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Last week's "eclipse"
by Patrick Wiggins 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

A movie showing the Moon passing in front of the Sun last week as seen by NASA's STEREO "Behind" spacecraft. http://www.nasa.gov/mpg/170688main_transit_label_Web.mpg (about 2 Meg) pw (I'm sending this out a 18:12 on Friday. Wonder when it will post to the list.)

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Cassini movie
by cmh856＠aol.com 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

Ah, Michael, I thought you didn't have any problems with your Mac? ;o) That is exactly the same problem some of us have been experiencing. List postings delayed by up to days. And the delay is different with individual providers. Some days, my Yahoo account gets tardy messages, some days it's AOL. There is no correlation between the two. In a message dated 3/2/2007 9:50:49 AM Mountain Standard Time, MichaelCarnes(a)earthlink.net writes: By the way, our list problems aren't over. You sent your message at 4:53 Thursday afternoon. It didn't show up in my mailbox until 9:37 on Friday morning. The archive shows it as having arrived at the time you mailed it, so it's still kind of pokey getting things out. A message I sent before 6:00AM just arrived at 9:42. I don't use Google mail or Yahoo. Reference emails from other sources arrive at my inbox virtually instantaneously. ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

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Cassini movie
by Patrick Wiggins 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

Nice movie from Cassini showing a ring plane crossing. http://www.nasa.gov/mpg/170640main_pia08356-movie.mpg pw

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Star Wreck
by Michael Carnes 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

Just ran across this (seems like something Patrick would have known about). A group of very talented young Finns with no money and several years' time--winters are long in Helsinki--put together a feature-length parody. Think of Star Trek meets Babylon 5. It's pretty funny. The film itself can be downloaded if you've got broadband (it's over 500 megabytes). http://www.starwreck.com/

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