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Bill C's brother in law
by Steve FISHER 15 Sep '10

15 Sep '10

I just got off the phone with Bill Cowles. He is at Strawberry reservoir and tells me they have just found his brother in laws body after a drowning accident. (That would be Joan's sisters husband) He was apparently kayaking and has been missing and just now found. I'm sure he and Joan would like to hear from friends when the time is right. Steve Fisher

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103P-Hartley
by Patrick Wiggins 14 Sep '10

14 Sep '10

The other night at SPOC Daniel mentioned Comet Hartely being in the sky. So tonight I thought I'd have a go at it when it was near the zenith. Shot 10 one minute exposures tracking on the comet. Applied dark and flat to each and then combined them. As usual my image tweaking skill failed me and all I can come up with is a small bright coma. So I've posted the combined but otherwise untweaked image here so maybe some of you with better skills than I can have a crack at it: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/103P-HARTLEY-01.FIT.ZIP Cheers, patrick

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High Altitude Balloon Photos of Planet Earth
by M Wilson 14 Sep '10

14 Sep '10

For those on this list who attended last month's SLAS General Meeting featuring Jonathan Adams and his high altitude balloon aerial photography, here's some pictures along the same line that were taken by one of my financial advisors. Obviously this is becoming the latest hobby. http://picasaweb.google.com/thomkhall/BalloonLaunchHighlights?authkey=Gv1sR…

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Lakeside
by Nate Jackson 14 Sep '10

14 Sep '10

Taking my son out to Lakeside tonight. (I go to a slightly different spot) anyone interested is welcome to join us.

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new/old pics
by Kim 13 Sep '10

13 Sep '10

While cleaning up my office I came across a disk of older photos that I took when I first moved to Mt. Pleasant, in 2005. I’ve posted a handful of them to my album: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3681 <http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3681&g2_page=2> &g2_page=2. We first lived for two years just outside of town where the sky was very dark. I took a photo of the summer Milky Way from my backyard where the sky was dark right down to the horizon. I especially like the “dark horse” in that part of the sky. It looks more like a photo taken from a dark site like Wolf Creek pass. I also caught an exciting electrical storm that summer. I took those photos from my front porch where I thought I would be safe. I lived. Enjoy. Kim

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Star Gazing Party at Snowbird
by Greg Engh 12 Sep '10

12 Sep '10

My colleague and I have been asked to host a Star Gazing Party at Snowbird Resort on the 17th of this month. We are in need of assistants to manage telescopes as well as telescopes themselves on tripods, or some Dobsonians, for this event. In total, we need five telescopes that have primary mirrors of 6 to 8 inches or bigger. If you can lend us your assistances or know anyone who can, please contact me ASAP. You may reach me at the email: gregosmoros(a)gmail.com Again, the star party is on the 17th of this month.

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Jupiter-Uranus conjunction
by Canopus56 12 Sep '10

12 Sep '10

Between now and September 23, Jupiter and Uranus will be within a 1 deg eyepiece TFOV (ranging from 57 arcmin to 52 arcmin), and this conjunction will create an imaging opportunity. Because there is a large difference between their magnitudes, two images (or also because of their distance, two sets of overlapping mosaic images) will be needed, and the images will need to be exposure balanced and merged using image processing. Although Jupiter is above the horizon by 10pm and is at an usable imaging altitude by midnight, it transits after midnight. Clear Skies, Kurt

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SPOC Saturday night
by Patrick Wiggins 10 Sep '10

10 Sep '10

In case you have not heard SPOC will be open tomorrow (Saturday the 11th) night. Not being advertised to the public but folks on this list are welcome to attend. No doubt dinner will follow. Y'all come! patrick

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Brown's Canyon Gravel Quarry Site
by Lowell Lyon 10 Sep '10

10 Sep '10

I would like to go to the Brown's Canyon/Gravel Quarry site tonight. Anyone interested? Thank you. Lowell Lyon

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Interesting Spiral Nebula Imaged by Hubble
by Rodger C. Fry 10 Sep '10

10 Sep '10

Follow Link http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/09/07/5062638-celestial-spiral-goe s-viral Rodger Fry

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