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hello
by RON VANDERHULE 31 May '08

31 May '08

anyone out there?

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Fwd: astrophotography activity + star party
by Canopus56 30 May '08

30 May '08

Rich, Another option would be to refer them to the UofU Astro Club. Paul Ricketts, the student docent at the UofU Physics Building, ( radioman 99 at hotmail.com ), is an accomplished astrophotographer. He also teaches astrophotography at the undergraduate level as part of a general UofU astronomy course using the South Physics Building facility. More details on the UofU Astro club weekly public star parties at the UofU Physics Building facility at: http://web.utah.edu/astro/ Personally, I would like to tour BYU's West Mountain Observatory near Payson. http://astronomy.byu.edu/wmo.php Best wishes - Kurt P.S. - To the club leadership, BYU also has an active radio astronomy project. See - http://ece.byu.edu/rfi/ May be a potential source for a SLAS club presentation. - Kurt

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Fly through the universe
by Chuck Hards 28 May '08

28 May '08

Cool video, forgive me if this is a repost: http://www.space.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=mm31A_ScaleUniverse

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Here's looking at ya.
by RON VANDERHULE 28 May '08

28 May '08

I really hate to do this, but..... on the landing pad photo there is the face of an actual martian staring back at you. I don't know how this one slipped thru the NASA censors but there should be some big headlines any day now. Ron Vanderhule

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New stereo shot
by Patrick Wiggins 27 May '08

27 May '08

Going through the latest images from Phoenix's stereo camera it looks like most are either just left or right (not both) or very small, super compressed thumbnails. In other words, not suitable for Chuck's cross eyed technique or anaglyphs. However, I did come across one suitable set showing the shadow of the mast on some nice surface detail: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/STEREO02.JPG patrick

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Hello everyone, and a request
by Canopus56 26 May '08

26 May '08

Ms. McFarland, I don't see any responses going to your request. I was waiting for our club publicity person to weigh in. If you still need a response for article ideas, please let me know and I'll put something together. Thanks for covering last year's eclipse party. Sincerely, Kurt

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Mars (1st pictures)
by Canopus56 26 May '08

26 May '08

First impression, the soil look "clumpier". But, looking at Viking lander footpads, maybe it is just an artifact of the landing rocket blast. - Kurt MPE http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/images/press/false_color_postcard… http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/images/press/9271_cutout.html Viking lander shot http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA03164.jpg Pathfinder soil shot s http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/imp/sol/sol1/80816_full.jpg http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/imp/sol/sol3/81000_full.jpg Spirit soil shots http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/images/mer-20060710.html http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/images/pia08094.html Opportunity soil shot http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/images/pia08807.html

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Mars
by Dunn, Dave 25 May '08

25 May '08

What time are we landing on Mars today? ----- Original Message ----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces(a)mailman.xmission.com <utah-astronomy-bounces(a)mailman.xmission.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sun May 25 15:20:02 2008 Subject: [Utah-astronomy] July-August 2008 SolarEclipse Hi All, I received a flyer for Total Solar Eclipse in Mongolia. Wilderness Travel is an excellent travel company for international trips. They have a few spots left. http://www.wildernesstravel.com/itins/evmongol.html Erik _______________________________________________ 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://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com

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News continues good
by Patrick Wiggins 25 May '08

25 May '08

Data from Mars are only trickling in now (expect a large burst of more data, possibly including pictures, about 19:30 MDT) but everything is "nominal" (NASA-speak for "great"). patrick

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July-August 2008 SolarEclipse
by erikhansen＠TheBlueZone.net 25 May '08

25 May '08

Hi All, I received a flyer for Total Solar Eclipse in Mongolia. Wilderness Travel is an excellent travel company for international trips. They have a few spots left. http://www.wildernesstravel.com/itins/evmongol.html Erik

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