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M57 +73PSW-3
by daniel turner 27 Mar '13

27 Mar '13

Mark your calendar for early evening May 7. Their will be a close encounter between the Ring nebula and periodic comet 73P. The comet will be close to earth so its exact position in the sky will depend stongly on your location on the globe. Go to spaceweather.com and use the link at the bottom of the page for "Observable Comets". 73p is in the list and includes orbital elements and a link for daily ephemerides. DT __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Mars
by Naz & David 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

The higher mass of Phoenix ruled out the use of air bags. Apparently its possible but the increased weight requirement of the bags makes the Viking/Phoenix method a more efficient approach (less launch mass). It will be interesting to see how NASA chooses to get the Mars Science Laboratory to the surface, it looks very heavy....http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/spotlight/images/MSL_20080512.… Cheers David

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Gravel Quarry Fri/Sat Night
by Robert Taylor 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

There will be a small group up at the Z-Rock Gravel Quarry (Pit) outside Park city Friday and Saturday nights. For those not able to attend the activities at Bryce Canyon the weather looks great and temps should be fairly warm, the Moon is not scheduled to make an appearance till after 2AM giving us several good hours of viewing at a relatively dark sky close to SLC. Join us if you can. The SLAS website has a map (SLAS.US) to the site. Bob Taylor

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Nova scienceNOW
by Patrick Wiggins 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Episode 1 of the new series Nova scienceNOW repeats tomorrow (Monday) early morning at 1:00 a.m. patrick

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Sidewalk astronomers?
by Patrick Wiggins 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

I'm finally getting around to watching the special about John Dobson that aired on PBS recently. So now I've got this weird thought: Is there any interest in a few of us setting up a few scopes on some downtown SLC street corner some evening soon when the Moon is out? No advance PR. Not sponsored by any club. Very John Dobson like. Just to see how the public responds. Thoughts from the group? patrick

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Happy 100th birthday Tunguska
by Patrick Wiggins 27 Jun '08

27 Jun '08

100 Years of Space Rock: The Tunguska Impact http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=1769 patrick

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No beer tabs found, but...
by diveboss＠xmission.com 27 Jun '08

27 Jun '08

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,372481,00.html

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Phoenix lander discovery -place your bets-
by Canopus56 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

Chuck Hards asked: > Has sublimation been observed yet? Yes, the picture is in; the evaporation has been observed. - Kurt http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/06_19_pr.php http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/images.php?gID=0&cID=85 Is it too late to put down my $20 on the bet? - Kurt

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Vertigo anyone?
by Wilson Family 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

It's about 6 minutes long, but once you start, you won't be able to stop watching. http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1438490562

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Sun Tunnels pictures
by Canopus56 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

Thank you for sharing those, Patrick. You did a really nice set of evocative pictures. The one's I liked (the titles are my inventions): "Meteorite" Re-entry http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/suntun/24.jpg "Bracelet" shadows http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/suntun/11.jpg Illuminated dust http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/suntun/21.jpg Changing nature http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/suntun/01.jpg Salt column eruptions? http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/suntun/05.jpg Ice age Bonneville shorelines http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/suntun/07.jpg It is a testatement to man's need to feel connected to natural time through astronomical events that about twenty carloads of people (and one airplane) would choose, when gas is $4.40 a gallon, make a 400 mile round trip to stand witness to the event. "Meteorite rentry" is APOD worthy material or local news worthy. You should submit that one to APOD tonight since they give preference to current astronomical events pics. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/suntun/24.jpg "Changing nature", "Salt column eruptions?" and "Ice age Bonneville shorelines" are all EPOD ( http://www.epod.org ) worthy submittals. - Kurt P.S. - To Rodger (Fry, geologist), what makes those round structures in "Salt column eruptions?"

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