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Re: [Utah-astronomy] SR 14 Closed until June
by jayleads＠gmail.com 22 Oct '11

22 Oct '11

Sent from my LG phone "Rodger C. Fry" <rcfry(a)comcast.net> wrote: >I have thought the same thing but in May, the skies tend to be more cloud >free in southern Utah than in Northern California. For that reason, I would >place my bet on Southern Utah. > >Thanks >Rodger Fry > >-----Original Message----- >From: utah-astronomy-bounces(a)mailman.xmission.com >[mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chrismo >Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 11:07 AM >To: Utah Astronomy >Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] SR 14 Closed until June > >This really gives me a great excuse to make the trip to the California >coast. My biggest concern was that from southern Utah, the sun will set >while still partially eclipsed. Norther California will have a fairly long >time of separation after the eclipse ends. > >On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 10:52 AM, <erikhansen(a)thebluezone.net> wrote: > >> >I saw the article, it says it might take until June. To me the bigger >> issue will be wether Cedar Breaks will be open by then. It probably all >> depends on what kind of winter we have. I will not decide on where to go >> until mid may. >> >> >> >> This article was in the Tribune today: >> > >> > >> >http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/52760629-78/road-highway-cedar-slide.html. >csp >> > >> > Looks to be closed until June. >> > -- >> > Jay Eads >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 >> > >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >_______________________________________________ >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 > > >_______________________________________________ >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

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SR 14 Closed until June
by Jay Eads 22 Oct '11

22 Oct '11

This article was in the Tribune today: http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/52760629-78/road-highway-cedar-slide.html… Looks to be closed until June. -- Jay Eads

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Lakeside Tonight
by Jay Eads 22 Oct '11

22 Oct '11

A small group of us will be at Lakeside tonight if anyone is interested. I'll be out there by 5:30p.m. -- Jay Eads

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Light Pollution Map
by Dave Gary 22 Oct '11

22 Oct '11

Thanks for posting that map, Jay. I guess I border a green-yellow region at my house. The Milky Way looked good last night from my driveway. I took a peek at comet Garradd and then looked at some globular clusters and all the carbon stars that were visible in my list. Pretty good seeing for a driveway session. There’s some neighbors’ yard lights that I’d like to shoot out, but since I’ve never even talked to any of them I think that would be a rather rude “howdy doody”. Still…. Dave

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Fascinating lecture to SLAS
by Joe Bauman 22 Oct '11

22 Oct '11

Here's my report on the lecture by Assistant Prof. Adam S. Bolton to the Salt Lake Astronomical Society on Tuesday: http://www.deseretnews.com/blog/47/10012514/Nightly-news-astronomy-Einstein…

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Still need ride to SPOC
by D P Pierce 21 Oct '11

21 Oct '11

I still need a ride to SPOC tomorrow. I will be at Wheeler Farm tonight. I will arrive by UTA but my sister will be able to pick me up. Deloy Pierce

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] ATM session report and next planned date
by Chuck Hards 20 Oct '11

20 Oct '11

"Mirror grinding is cave-man work. Eat well, sleep well, work like hell!" John Dobson On Oct 20, 2011 3:42 PM, "Larry Holmes" <larry(a)kijoda.com> wrote: > Sir Isaac said there is an interesting article in the current S & T mag > about rough grinding using a vertical drill press. 73, lh > > On 10/18/2011 3:20 PM, Dave Gary wrote: > >> Sir Isaac told me he loved your classes. >> On Oct 18, 2011, at 9:20 AM, Chuck Hards wrote: >> >> It's actually cool to see people still grinding mirrors, I haven't >>> done it in decades and have enough polished and aluminized mirrors to >>> keep me going until death, lol. >>> >>> I used to teach mirror making at a local private school for gifted and >>> talented kids, a LONG time ago. >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Utah-Astronomy mailing list >>> Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.**xmission.com<Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> >>> http://mailman.xmission.com/**cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-**astronomy<http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy> >>> Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/**main.php<http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php> >>> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Utah-Astronomy mailing list >> Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.**xmission.com<Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> >> http://mailman.xmission.com/**cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-**astronomy<http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy> >> Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/**main.php<http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php> >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.**xmission.com<Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > http://mailman.xmission.com/**cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-**astronomy<http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy> > Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/**main.php<http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php> >

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(372) Palma crossing M-31
by Patrick Wiggins 20 Oct '11

20 Oct '11

Animation of 11 images taken at one hour intervals between 0200 and 1200 UT today showing (372) Palma crossing the northern portion of M-31. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/PALMA-2011OCT20.GIF FOV about 18' x 26'. North is up, east to the left. Really nice night tonight. Sorry to see it end. But now it's time to turn in. patrick

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Final SLAS Public Star Parties Tomorrow & Saturday
by Patrick Wiggins 20 Oct '11

20 Oct '11

SLAS will host two star parties this coming weekend. Tomorrow (Friday) evening at Wheeler Farm and the last public star party of the season Saturday evening at SPOC. Dress warm. Wheeler: http://slas.us/displayevent.asp?EventID=1578 SPOC: http://slas.us/displayevent.asp?EventID=1576 patrick

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Friday Observing Lakeside or Beyond
by Jay Eads 20 Oct '11

20 Oct '11

On Friday I'll be heading out to Lakeside or the hills to the west of that site depending on dust in case anyone wants to join me. -- Jay Eads

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