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Meteorite Men and the Nov 18 2009 SLC Meteorite
by Jay Eads 24 Nov '10

24 Nov '10

Anyone else see on the Science Channel which is 284 on Direct TV if I remember it right, tonight at 10:00p.m. is a repeat of the show Meteorite Men from 7:00p.m. . It is on the meteorite that fell about a year ago over Utah and landed out by or in Dugway. They actually got permission to search on Dugway and the Testing Range. Kinda of interesting.

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New M31 (Andromeda) Model
by Jay Eads 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

Found at this link http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/11/23/andromeda-born-ou… new study by some French astronomers show that Andromeda went through a major merger about 6 billion years ago. The first link shows their model of this collision.The second part of the study (see this second link http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Major_Collision_In_Local_Galaxy_Cluster_S…) shows that the Magellanic galaxies may actually have formed from the tidal tails that formed when M31 was formed. -- Jay Eads

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Once in a Blue Moon
by Canopus56 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

With respect to Sunday (tonight's full moon), in the 1930s, a miscalculation in S&T starts a viral rumor that the Blue Moon occurs in a month with two full Moons. http://www.space.com/spacewatch/november-full-moon-blue-moon-101119.html

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ALCON 2011 viewing at Rainbow Point
by Lowell Lyon 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

Bob: The special use permit from the Park Service allows us to partition a portion of the parking area off for ALCON attendees. The public will have ready access to Rainbow Point that is true, yet we are allowed to restrict access to at least a portion of the parking area where we are observing. Some of these details will be worked out at future ALCON planning meetings. Thanks. Lowell

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ALCON 2011 website
by Lowell Lyon 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

Hello: The ALCON 2011 website is now up and running. Please go to www.astroleague.org, click on the ALCON 2011 logo to go to the site. Thanks. Lowell Lyon, ALCON 2011 Co-Chair

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Meteor Crater panoramas
by Patrick Wiggins 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

A guy in Germany who saw my Meteor Crater images on another list just emailed me two very nice panoramas of the crater that he assembled from my originals. They were so nice I immediately asked for his permission and then added them to my Meteor Crater webpage: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/MCAPR73.HTML The only bad news is that after 37 years I now know I do not have a complete panorama as I now see that one section is missing (I always thought I had a complete pan). Maybe one day I'll go back and reshoot the missing section. :)

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ALCON 2011
by Lowell Lyon 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

Debbie: ALCON 2011 will require a registration fee to attend the event. Watch the League's website as it will soon have PayPal ready to go to make your advance reservations. You will need to be an ALCON registered participant to attend the private star gazing at Rainbow Point as well as attend the speakers/workshops that are being planned for the four days of the convention. There will of course be registration on-site yet we are planning a discount if people register in advance. Thank you. Lowell Lyon

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Australian meteor craters
by Patrick Wiggins 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

A few pictures from a long ago visit down under: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/HMCAPR88.HTML patrick

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Meteor crater, looking up
by Patrick Wiggins 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Years ago my then wife Colleen ("Collie") and I traveled to Meteor Crater in Arizona. Unlike today where all you can do is look down into the crater back then (I'm guessing before the legal system got involved) visitors were welcome to climb to the bottom. A while back I scanned the slides I shot of our excursion and added them to my website. But now that I've got a better scanner I rescanned and reposted the results. Color on most (but not all) is better and somehow the scanner even removed most of the dust that I could not get off the slides and even most scratches. Magic? :) Results posted here: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/MCAPR73.HTML Enjoy, patrick

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Want a portable DVD player?
by Patrick Wiggins 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

A while back I bought a portable DVD player thinking I'd use it in my astronomy talks. But shortly thereafter I figured out how to make PowerPoint files so the DVD player got retired after just a few uses. Still in it's original packaging with all documentation. Details here: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Polaroid-7-16-9-Widescreen-Portable-DVD-Player-wi… I think I paid around $100. I'll take half that. Any takers? patrick

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