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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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something to do with your laser
by daniel turner 03 Aug '08

03 Aug '08

This video shows how to entertain yourself while exercising your dog or cat. DT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRWHIQoHAmk

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Turn up the sound and enjoy!
by diveboss＠xmission.com 03 Aug '08

03 Aug '08

http://www.greatdanepro.com/Blue%20Bueaty/index.htm

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Name change?
by Patrick Wiggins 31 Jul '08

31 Jul '08

Reading over recent UA posts I see a lot of astronomy but a lot of other sciences as well. Technically anything not related to astronomy is off-topic here but with so much non-astronomy having been enthusiastically discussed here I'm wondering if maybe we should consider another name. Possibly something like Utah Science? Thoughts? Comments? patrick

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ISS Sun Disk Crossing 8-4 3:48 PM for SLC UT
by Canopus56 30 Jul '08

30 Jul '08

>From CalSky http://www.calsky.com/ I. Special ISS Sun disk transit 8-4 Monday 4 August 2008 15h48m57.62s ISS Crosses the disk of Sun. Separation=0.011° Position Angle=124.9°. Transit duration=0.65s Angular diameter=43.0" size=73.0m x 44.5m x 27.5m Satellite at Azimuth=240.8° WSW Altitude= 52.4° Distance=430.9 km In a clock-face concept, the satellite will seem to move toward 0:18 Closest Point: Longitude=111°52'38" W Latitude=+40°43'22" Public spaces on the ground track are: 4th-5th East and 2100 South - Parking lot behind the church at 5th East and 2100 South Arapeen Drive and Sunnyside (800 South) - Parking lot of the Pioneer Post Office (Post office just south of the entrance to This-is-the-Place Monument). Public Park at 1200 West and Rothchild Drive (approx. 3700 South) Oquirrh Park approx. 5900 South and 5200 West (parking lot of the Olympic Skating Oval) II. ISS Overpasses through Mon. 8-4 Thursday 31 July 2008 22h04m31s -1.7 mag alt 17 deg Face North Appears 22h00m00s 3.4mag az:313.6° NW horizon Culmination 22h04m31s -1.7mag az: 19.9° NNE h:17.1° Disappears 22h06m36s -1.8mag az: 64.8° ENE h:10.0° elevation of sun: -14° Saturday 2 August 2008 21h21m05s -2.0 mag alt 18 deg Face North Appears 21h16m33s 3.3mag az:313.6° NW horizon Culmination 21h21m05s -2.0mag az: 20.9° NNE h:18.0° Disappears 21h24m21s -1.5mag az: 79.7° E h:4.9° elevation of sun: -8° Sunday 3 August 2008 21h47m17s -3.3 alt 38 deg Face North Appears 21h42m25s 3.6mag az:310.6° NW horizon Culmination 21h47m17s -3.3mag az: 30.5° NNE h:37.9° Disappears 21h49m06s -2.7mag az: 92.5° E h:17.7° elevation of sun: -12°

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OT: Utah Rocketry Hellfire 13 - 7-31 (Thurs) to 8-3 (Sun)
by Canopus56 30 Jul '08

30 Jul '08

For those of you not going to Wolf Creek for the entire weekend, the Utah Rocket Club is having their annual Hellfire rocket launch fest at the Bonneville Salt Flats all this weekend. More info: http://www.uroc.org/ - Kurt

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Solar viewing a SPOC yesterday
by Patrick Wiggins 30 Jul '08

30 Jul '08

Those who arrived a SPOC early yesterday got a real treat. Siegfried Jachmann brought a large rejection filter with him which Bruce Grim was able to kluge to the front of the Bogdan refractor. Roger Butz then attached SLAS's newly refurbished .5 Å research grade H-Alpha filter in front of the eyepiece. The results were spectacular! Grandularity in the photosphere practically jumped out of the eyepiece at the viewer and while there weren't many prominences those that were there were contrasty and a delight to the eye. I can't wait until there's a chance to use the set up when the Sun's high in the sky (like at next month's Stansbury Day and at the Star-B- Q). Better still will be when there's more solar activity (yesterday's prominences were not very big and there were no sunspots). 'Course in order to do that SLAS is going to need to buy the rejection filter since the one Siegfried brought was only on loan from someone out of state. I think Sieg said the owner wants $400 for it. patrick

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Google
by Canopus56 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

The law establishing NASA was signed 50 years ago today. Thanks for the heads up. - Kurt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1139.html

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Report on Alta-Save-Our-Canyons star party
by Daren Campbell 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

I really enjoyed the location. I hope there will be future star parties there. The scenery is always breathtaking at Alta and it's not too far away. I enjoyed meeting many of you and looking through your scopes. My daughter and I had a good time. Thank you. I had one question about the party. I could not tell if some of the folks with the Save Our Canyons group were a little sloshed or maybe the stars were really THAT amazing. Did anybody else get that vibe? Maybe the people that I am referring to were not even associated with Save Our Canyons at all. I do not know. I mean know offense. On 2008-07-28 04:47, Rodger Fry wrote: > Kurt, The attendance at the star party was great. We had at least 15 > telescopes set up at the parking lot near the top of the Albion lift. The > skies were fairly dark (to the north-east-south) we chased clouds much of > the evening and had wind set in about 11:00 PM which kicked up much dust > from the dirt parking lot. The location does have potential > > Thanks > Rodger Fry > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Canopus56" <canopus56@???> > To: "Utah Astronomy List Serv" <utah-astronomy@???> > Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 6:01 PM > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Report on Alta-Save-Our-Canyons star party > > > > How did the SOC star party go? What was the seeing like at Alta? - Kurt > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > > Utah-Astronomy@??? > > 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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