November 2011 - Utah-Astronomy - mailman.xmission.com

Re: [Utah-astronomy] Saturday Night Report
by stormcrow60＠xmission.com 29 Nov '11

29 Nov '11

Apochryphal? Your obfuscation will not adumbrate the verisimilitude of this lunar apologue for long! ;-) On Nov 29, 2011, at 12:02 PM, Brent Watson <brentjwatson(a)yahoo.com> wrote: That story is purely apochryphal. Besides, I never liked the moon from the 22", or is that the 22" from the moon;). Write on, Dave! Heeheehee... I like this.

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Public observing anyone?
by Steve Fisher 29 Nov '11

29 Nov '11

Here is the long story made short. I took my family over to the Valley Fair Mall to their new courtyard with large tree etc. last night. The light pollution reminds me a lot of observing from a Harmons parking lot but for Lunar, Jupiter and some doubles it should be a simply outstanding place to set up. I went to the Management office today and met the VP of the company that runs the mall now and he was simply "all in". It would be early so even a work night should work during the holidays sometime. Any one care to join me? Reply here or contact me off list for what few details I have so far. Steve

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James Webb
by Steve Fisher 29 Nov '11

29 Nov '11

I have seen this news clip on several websites and have not heard about it here on Utah Astronomy inspite of all the talk we have had about it and the speaker at our SLAS meeting. All things are still subject to change but for now it looks as though this program is fully funded. What are your thoughts? http://techie-buzz.com/science/james-webb-space-telescope-gets-funding.html

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Comics Constellations
by D P Pierce 28 Nov '11

28 Nov '11

http://www.gocomics.com/barneyandclyde/2011/11/27 Deloy

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MSL animation
by Patrick Wiggins 28 Nov '11

28 Nov '11

5 shots of the departing MSL. 30 second exposures taken this morning at 10 minute intervals. http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=4776 It's faint but it is there moving from lower left, through the center and on to the upper right. patrick 718

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Local circumstances (Salt Lake City) for Dec. 10 total eclipse
by Canopus56 28 Nov '11

28 Nov '11

Local circumstances for Dec. 10 eclipse from NASA Eclipse Calculator http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/JLEX/JLEX-NA.html Times are local MST. NASA Eclipse Diagram http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot2001/LE2011Dec10T.pdf Calendar Date 2011-Dec-10 Ecl. Type T Pen. Mag. Umbral Mag. 2.186 1.106 Pen. Eclipse Begins | Altitude | Diagram Point 04:34am +32 P1 Partial Eclipse Begins |Altitude | Diagram Point 05:46am +19 U1 Begin astronomical twilight 06:02am Total Eclipse Begins | Altitude | Diagram Point 07:06am +05 U2 Begin civil twilight 07:10am Mid. Eclipse | Altitude | Diagram Point 07:32am +01 U3-U2 Midpoint Full Moon begins 07:36am Sunrise 07:41am Moonset 7:44am. Balance of eclipse events not observable. Clear Skies - Kurt

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Saturn 5 / Hot martian Sun (?!)
by Patrick Wiggins 27 Nov '11

27 Nov '11

Sometimes I wonder if some media folks do any fact checking. Last evening I watched an NBC news report on MSL's launch. It started off saying MSL launched on a "Saturn 5". And then went on to talk about how the rover will be operating under a "hot martian Sun". Joe, as a real journalist you need to set them straight. patrick

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Sun update
by Gary Vardon 27 Nov '11

27 Nov '11

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MSL in Utah skies
by Canopus56 27 Nov '11

27 Nov '11

Utah workers contribute to NASA's new Mars mission Assoc. Press http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=18244694&title=utah-workers-contribute-to-n… Clear Skies - Kurt

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] OT: Happy Thanksgiving
by Chuck Hards 26 Nov '11

26 Nov '11

On 11/26/11, Fletcher Gross <gross(a)math.utah.edu> wrote: > Caltech offers weekly seminars in the evening for anyone in Pasadena > who is interested. The all-time attendance record for such talks was > set by a talk entitled "The World's Oldest Profession." The speaker > (E. T. Bell) claimed that he had no idea that anyone would think that > it was anything other than Mathematics. Of course, maybe that is what > you intended to avoid. I've been chuckling over this post since I first read it on my smart phone. (Still app-free other than what came with the damned device.) Yes, the "world's oldest profession" is definitely not mathematics, and E. T. Bell must have been raised in a box to not have realized it, lol. Math (and I lump astronomy and science in general into that category) can be assumed to be the "world's second-oldest profession", though some may argue that soldiery should actually assume that title. In any case, the fact that Dr. Bell's lecture drew the largest crowd in the history of the lecture series is a powerful statement in favor of clever marketing. Thanks Fletch!

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