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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Edgar Mitchell at it again
by Dunn, David 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

And 72% have never seen a UFO. ----- 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: Wed Apr 22 15:48:18 2009 Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Edgar Mitchell at it again >Did you look at the voting, close to 75% think we have been visited by ET and the government is hiding it. http://news.aol.com/article/were-not-alone-ex-astronaut-says/437766 > > I can't take him at his word, I still need evidence. But I'm sure hoping > that he's right! > > If we indeed have been visited by aliens, or are otherwise in contact with > them, we could sure save a lot of R&D dollars by licensing their > technology! > _______________________________________________ > 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.slas.us/gallery2/main.php > Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com > _______________________________________________ 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.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com

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Not a UFO but maybe sprites
by Joe Bauman 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

Hi all, thanks to Steve Peterson, Patrick Wiggins and Dan Pope, my strange photo is identified! http://www.deseretnews.com/blogs/1,5322,10000034,00.html?bD=20090422 -- Joe

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Natural Bridges star party
by Lowell Lyon 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

Hello: The latest weather forecast that I have seen for southern Utah is at worst partly cloudy on Friday with Saturday improving somewhat over Friday. There is no rain in the forecast for southern Utah. I am leaving Thursday so I can have one good night Thursday, Friday or Saturday evening. Myself along with the Kennedy's and Ann House are staying in a motel in Blanding called the 4 Corners Inn. We are planning to star gaze near the visitor's center/ranger station at Natural Bridges. My cell phone number for those who may want to call is 801-699-7283. Thank you. Lowell Lyon

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Edgar Mitchell at it again
by Chuck Hards 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

http://news.aol.com/article/were-not-alone-ex-astronaut-says/437766 I can't take him at his word, I still need evidence. But I'm sure hoping that he's right! If we indeed have been visited by aliens, or are otherwise in contact with them, we could sure save a lot of R&D dollars by licensing their technology!

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Finding myself on the Stellafane Website
by Joe Bauman 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

Congratulations, Chuck! That is very cool. -- Joe --- On Wed, 4/22/09, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Finding myself on the Stellafane Website To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 12:15 PM LOL, thanks, Jim, only her hair is black now with a red streak, and she thinks astronomy is pretty lame. *:o(* ** A man cannot be a prophet in his own house. I also found a link to Peter John Smith's Website on the Stellafane links page, in which he acknowledges a diamond bit that I sent him years ago for experimenting in curve generation in glass. This was back when I was active on the ATM list. I had completely forgotten about that. _______________________________________________ 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.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Finding myself on the Stellafane Website
by Jim Gibson 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

Chuck, I checked out your stuff on the Stellafane site. http://www.charm.net/~jriley/sky/hardstel.html That little dish-water blond is still the best design you came up with. Jim --- On Mon, 4/20/09, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Finding myself on the Stellafane Website To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, April 20, 2009, 1:35 PM While I was looking for references to the manual Dob setting circles I rememer seeing, I found a link to my Woodshop design on the Stellafane site! http://stellafane.org/misc/links.html#AltAz Way down, under "Dobs and Other Alt-Az Mounts", we find a link to "Woodshop Scope plans by Chuck" I'll be darned! I've never even been to Stellafane, but hope to make it before I die. _______________________________________________ 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.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Stephen Hawking
by Joe Bauman 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

Hawking is a wonderful man and a great inspiration. The latest I heard is that he's expected to make a full recovery. Once when he visited SLC, my son, Sky -- then a youngster -- asked him if there was one Big Bang, could there have been others. The response was dead silence for minutes. Then the mechanical voice replied that as far as we know, there was only one in this neighborhood. Sky is now a physicist at the University of Wisconsin, where he is working on a project related to string theory. If I understand string theory correctly, one aspect says that the Big Bang resuled from a collision of the membranes that make up the multiple dimensions of the universe. And I supposed there could easily have been other collision. -- Joe --- On Mon, 4/20/09, erikhansen(a)TheBlueZone.net <erikhansen(a)TheBlueZone.net> wrote: From: erikhansen(a)TheBlueZone.net <erikhansen(a)TheBlueZone.net> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Stephen Hawking To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, April 20, 2009, 11:49 AM > It is incredible that he has lived as long as he has. I know a county paramedic that was a river guide before coming a paramedic. He put Hawking in an inner tube and swam him up some tributaries of Lake Powell. Hawking is said to have fond memories of Utah. Good luck to him. I remember seeing him when he was here in SLC in > '95. I was pretty impressed with him before then, but seeing him in > person really was cool. > > Hope all is ok. > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Jim Gibson <jimgibson00(a)yahoo.com> > wrote: >> Just saw this >> >> LONDON – Famed mathematician Stephen Hawking has been rushed to a >> hospital and is seriously ill, Cambridge University said Monday. >> >> Sorry to hear that. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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.slas.us/gallery2/main.php >> Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com >> > > > > -- > ++++++++++++++++++ > Troy Davidson > > _______________________________________________ > 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.slas.us/gallery2/main.php > Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com > _______________________________________________ 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.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com

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Natural Bridges
by Jim Gibson 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

What is the best way to get to Natural Bridges; Hanksville or Balanding? And where are you meeting? Jim

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Natural Bridges
by Jim Gibson 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

Weather at Blanding looks like mostly cloudy Fri and rain Sat. Dang. I have not been there before. Jim --- On Wed, 4/22/09, Rodger C. Fry <rcfry(a)comcast.net> wrote: From: Rodger C. Fry <rcfry(a)comcast.net> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Natural Bridges To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 7:21 AM Jim, The quickest way (and most sceinic) is Price, Green River, Moab, Monticello and Blanding. It is about a 5 hour drive. The viewing is spectacular down there but the weather this weekend might be problematic. Rodger Fry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Gibson" <jimgibson00(a)yahoo.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 7:15 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Natural Bridges What is the best way to get to Natural Bridges; Hanksville or Balanding? And where are you meeting? Jim _______________________________________________ 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.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com _______________________________________________ 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.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Natural Bridges
by Jim Gibson 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

Thanks Roger! --- On Wed, 4/22/09, Rodger C. Fry <rcfry(a)comcast.net> wrote: From: Rodger C. Fry <rcfry(a)comcast.net> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Natural Bridges To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 7:21 AM Jim, The quickest way (and most sceinic) is Price, Green River, Moab, Monticello and Blanding. It is about a 5 hour drive. The viewing is spectacular down there but the weather this weekend might be problematic. Rodger Fry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Gibson" <jimgibson00(a)yahoo.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 7:15 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Natural Bridges What is the best way to get to Natural Bridges; Hanksville or Balanding? And where are you meeting? Jim _______________________________________________ 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.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com _______________________________________________ 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.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com

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