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Name of speaker at SLAS meeting?
by Kurt Fisher 21 Jun '07

21 Jun '07

What was the name of the speaker at last night's SLAS meeting? - Kurt _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net

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Rats! Sooo close
by Patrick Wiggins 20 Jun '07

20 Jun '07

The 22:03 STS/ISS pass from Village Inn tonight was fun (we practically emptied the place out as so many people wanted to watch the show) but for me the big show was the 23:37 pass. I knew they were going to pass close to the Moon but from here at Stansbury they just skimmed by the bottom of the Moon missing by maybe 15 arc minutes at most. Bummer. It was so close it would not surprise me to hear from Boyd in Tooele that he saw a transit from there. I should have traveled south... Anyone have any better luck than me tonight? pw

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Re: satellites
by Kurt Fisher 20 Jun '07

20 Jun '07

Patrick, that was a very cool overpass with the shuttle following the ISS. Thanks for the heads-up at last night's SLAS meeting. - Kurt _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net

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satellites
by Gary Vardon 20 Jun '07

20 Jun '07

I saw two objects in the North east part of the sky at a little after 10:00 P.M. after the SLAS meeting that I assume are satellites. Are they the space shuttle and the ISS? -----Original Message----- From: Richard Tenney Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 5:52 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] A dip in the Lagoon Looks nice Joe! I could use a dip in a Lagoon right about now [wipes the sweat from his brow]... --- Joe Bauman <josephmbauman(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi all, here's my latest attempt -- the center of > the Lagoon Nebula, taken early Friday morning in the > Utah western desert. It's better than my old pic of > the Lagoon, so I booted that one out of the gallery. > Thanks for looking, Joe > > http://www.utahastronomy.com/Joeb/LagoonNebula > > > > > --------------------------------- > Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email > wherever you're surfing. > _______________________________________________ > 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 > ____________________________________________________________________________________ No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail _______________________________________________ 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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New lunar atlas online
by Kurt Fisher 19 Jun '07

19 Jun '07

The USGS Planetary Gazetter has issued a new online lunar Atlas. This is the new definite atlas for lunar features and nomenclature. USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/index_images.html - Kurt _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net

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ISS pass 6-17-07
by Howard Jackman 18 Jun '07

18 Jun '07

Hey everyone just wanted to check in with my view of tonights ISS pass. Nothing technical, I had all of 3 minutes to grab the camera and tripod praying the whole time that there was enough juice in the batteries, and the binos and run out to the front yard. Not the best place for viewing due to the street lamp and city lights. Anyways as soon as I had the tripod up and the camera turned on I noticed a red light to the north west just above the neighbors house, not sure if it was the ISS or a plane so a quick look in the binos showed that it was either a very fast plane without strobes or the ISS. Click goes the shutter for a 32second exposure. On a visual note it sure stayed reddish for quite awhile, it didn't seem white until it was up high and nearly due north. the camera took forever to process the long exposure so I repositioned the camera and waited and waited till I was able to take the 2nd and last shot again a 32 second exposure this one turned out pretty good. while that wa processing I watched the ISS and Shuttle cruise into Cygnus where it faded quickly before I could get another shot I should've grabbed the old SLR. I'm posting the pics in my album after I send this. Nice pass, very bright!! Howard ____________________________________________________________________________________ Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/

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Astroscan anyone?
by Patrick Wiggins 18 Jun '07

18 Jun '07

I've not used my Astroscan for quite a while. So maybe I ought to sell it (looks like I may be needing money for a Hawaii trip in the not so distant future). http://scientificsonline.com/product.asp? pn=3002001&sid=google&cm_mmc=google-_-cpc-_-edmu-_- astroscan&bhcd2=1182155326 Anyone interested? Looks like they go new for $200 these days. How does $150 sound? Patrick

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Haleakea pix from Bob
by Patrick Wiggins 18 Jun '07

18 Jun '07

A few pictures just received from SLAS Prez Bob taken during the tour of Haleakea observatory Rob took him on: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/ALOHA01.JPG pw

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Hawaii expedition
by Patrick Wiggins 17 Jun '07

17 Jun '07

Just back from Bryce. GREAT skies down there last night. Happily they're supposed to stay that way for a few more days (both here and there). Regarding the Hawaii trip there was a couple from Maui at Bryce last night. I told them about the trip and learned that they live on an estate that they just might make available to the SLAS group. I reached for my phone to call Rob so they could speak only to find I did not have his number in my phone (bummer). So I gave them contact info so they can contact Ann (and eventually Rob) when they get home. As for getting around over there, they pointed out the obvious that to get from Haleakala observatory on Maui to the various observatories on the Big Island we'll have to cross a small piece of ocean. Up to now most have flown. However our new friends noted that a new high speed ferry is about to go into service. Apparently once it gets up to speed the whole thing will rise up out of the water on 3 small hydrodynamic surfaces. Sounds like fun. pw

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See ISS & computer question
by Patrick Wiggins 16 Jun '07

16 Jun '07

Two more chances to see shuttle/ISS tonight: 23:43 to 23:44 MDT. Low (max 11 degrees), due north 01:16 to 01:17 MDT. Low (max 15 degrees), NW to NNW And for the computer wizards out there: The ancient (circa 1999) Windows box I use to run my mount and cameras recently started forgetting what day/time it is after it's been powered down for a while. When I bring it back on line it usually thinks it's some time in December 1999. Shortly after that started happening I started getting a message on a DOS looking screen during boot up reading: CMOS checksum error - Defaults loaded Press F1 to continue, DEL to enter SETUP 10/15/2001-i440BX-<P3B-F> I press F1 and Windows loads. Then I set the clock and spend a night taking data. The clock seems to hold time fine all night. Any ideas? FWIW, I found a 20mm diameter, wafer shaped 3 volt lithium battery buried in the guts of the machine. Pulled it out and measured less than half a volt (ie. dead). Would installing a new battery cure the machine's ills? Thanks for any help, Patrick

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