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Binoviewer for sale
by Craig Smith 22 Mar '10

22 Mar '10

Selling more stuff: Denkmeier binoviewer with dual arm power x switch, OCS cell and extender tube to enable use with any scope, and hard case. Also includes 2 20mm eyepieces. Set up only once. Asking $575. 2 new 15mm Orion Expanse eyepieces also available at additional cost. Craig

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For sale items
by Stephen Peterson 22 Mar '10

22 Mar '10

Moving to S. UT and have the following for sale: Meade DSI camera. New $300 asking $100; Shoestring GPUSB interface new $70 asking $35; 2 "field tables". The latter are white PVC tables that attach to a photographic tripod (not incl) and have holes for pencils, lights, 1 1/4 and 2 inch eyepieces. The tables are about 19 X 28 inches. Prototype cost $109 ea asking $50. If interested I'll try to dig up a photo. H 801 278-2727, C 801 712-8071 B 8PM.

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Spoc on Saturday Night
by daniel turner 22 Mar '10

22 Mar '10

We had a good crowd at SPOC on Saturday night. These two guys saw something "up there" and were all excited about it. DT http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3189

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Saturday Observing
by Jay Eads 21 Mar '10

21 Mar '10

Just got back from the Pit and the Pole and it was a wonderful evening. Nice clear skies, Antoniadi II (Slight quivering of the image with moments of calm lasting several seconds). In the later evening and into the early morning, just terrific. Open skies all around and humidity tonight never came into play . . . temp is 14 right now with 9 being the dew point at the Pit so right before sunrise dew might become an issue but no one is there as I was the last to leave. I bagged 12 Herschel 400's and sketched 7 of them (the other 5 weren't worth it) and saw about 10 other items. Not a bad night for me as I take my time observing, trying to bring out details and really studying my object. That 25 is HUGE I'll say that. Regardless of where, I hope a lot of people got out tonight, it was a fairly good night. Joe, I truly hope your scope makes it back into service for the next wanning crescent and new moon phase. On 2010-03-20 22:53, Joe Bauman wrote: > If anyone is heading to Pit'N'Pole from the Tooele side, here are precise directions, made when I was returning from my Monday night- Tuesday morning disaster: Start counting miles from the Tooele city hall as you head south on Utah 36. At 27.1 miles from the city hall you'll be in Faust, a tiny farming community. On the right (west) of the highway is a marker for the Old Pony Express Trail; turn left onto the trail heading east. At 9.2 mies from that turnoff you'll come to a small road sign, like a mile marker, that says "PA 3." Turn right there onto a dirt road. After 0.3 miles make another right onto a side road. A short distance farther and you're at Pit'N'Pole, which features, of course, a pole and a pit. -- Joe > > > > > > Some of us will be at Pit n Pole tonight (about 5 so far). One will have a new 25 inch Obsession Truss Dob out there that he'll be trying out for the first time. Watch out for dew if you come though as it may or may get frosty. Clear skies and good seeing to everyone though no matter where you may observe from tonight. Lakeside is really tempting with low humidity and very excellent skies. > > Clear Sky clock shows high humidity until sundown and then it fading away for Camp Floyd (the nearest site on the list). This should make for a decent evening of observing. > > http://www.cleardarksky.com/c/CpFldPUTkey.html?1 > > On 2010-03-19 05:28, Joe Bauman wrote: > > Jay and Michael, my son, Sky, just read my blog and said I had "very kind" observing partners and Pit'N'Pole. He's right. -- Joe > > > > > > > > > > > > Saturday's weather is looking clear. I am going to head out to a darker location one last time this month to either the Grantsville Reservoir which is not hitting high of humidity or out to Lakeside which is having lower humidity than Pit n Pole (Grantsville is the best of the two but has more LP). If anyone is interested in hooking up and observing let me know. Just respond here and we can meet up either at the location, or before and drive out together. > > > > Just so you know according to the USNO site we'll have a waxing crescent moon until after midnight. Still, should make for some good viewing on some objects and I still have items to go after before the waxing moon begins to interfere. > > > > > > > > > > > >

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Saturday Observing
by JayLEads 20 Mar '10

20 Mar '10

Some of us will be at Pit n Pole tonight (about 5 so far). One will have a new 25 inch Obsession Truss Dob out there that he'll be trying out for the first time. Watch out for dew if you come though as it may or may get frosty. Clear skies and good seeing to everyone though no matter where you may observe from tonight. Lakeside is really tempting with low humidity and very excellent skies. Clear Sky clock shows high humidity until sundown and then it fading away for Camp Floyd (the nearest site on the list). This should make for a decent evening of observing. http://www.cleardarksky.com/c/CpFldPUTkey.html?1 On 2010-03-19 05:28, Joe Bauman wrote: > Jay and Michael, my son, Sky, just read my blog and said I had "very kind" observing partners and Pit'N'Pole. He's right. -- Joe > > > > > > Saturday's weather is looking clear. I am going to head out to a darker location one last time this month to either the Grantsville Reservoir which is not hitting high of humidity or out to Lakeside which is having lower humidity than Pit n Pole (Grantsville is the best of the two but has more LP). If anyone is interested in hooking up and observing let me know. Just respond here and we can meet up either at the location, or before and drive out together. > > Just so you know according to the USNO site we'll have a waxing crescent moon until after midnight. Still, should make for some good viewing on some objects and I still have items to go after before the waxing moon begins to interfere. > > > >

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My remodel project
by Dale Wilson 19 Mar '10

19 Mar '10

Hi all, I have begun the project of remodeling my current observatory. Here's some pics. Later, Dale W. http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3174 http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3177

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] An awful astronomy expedtion
by Jay Eads 19 Mar '10

19 Mar '10

Joe or anyone, Does Steve Dodds out here in Herriman aluminize secondary mirrors? Here is Nova's link: http://www.nova-optical.com/ On 2010-03-18 19:49, Joe Bauman wrote: > Lucky!! > > > > > > Joe, I can feel your pain. > > During Comet West's apparition, I had a near-death experience when a > borrowed Nikon F1 fell off my 8" Newtonain, where I was using it for > piggy-back shots. It and it's lens suffered severe damage, falling on the > rocks and snow at Little Mountain. Fortunately, the owner didn't kill me (I > was just a teen-ager and he was a professional photographer). > > > >

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Utah Astronomy subscriber / SLAS member makes good (OT)
by Patrick Wiggins 19 Mar '10

19 Mar '10

http://www.seacoastnh.com/History/History_Matters/Rare_Photo_Shows_NH_Revol… :) patrick

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Did it again
by Patrick Wiggins 19 Mar '10

19 Mar '10

Well look who made EPOD: http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2010/03/zodiacal-light-above-haleakala.html Kudos Rob! patrick

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Saturday Observing
by JayLEads 18 Mar '10

18 Mar '10

Saturday's weather is looking clear. I am going to head out to a darker location one last time this month to either the Grantsville Reservoir which is not hitting high of humidity or out to Lakeside which is having lower humidity than Pit n Pole (Grantsville is the best of the two but has more LP). If anyone is interested in hooking up and observing let me know. Just respond here and we can meet up either at the location, or before and drive out together. Just so you know according to the USNO site we'll have a waxing crescent moon until after midnight. Still, should make for some good viewing on some objects and I still have items to go after before the waxing moon begins to interfere.

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