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

Astronomy Definitions
by Chuck Hards 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

Field lens - Cheap eyepiece used as mulch. Herschel Wedge - Agressively pulling up the wasteband of an observer's shorts while he is bent-over, observing the sun. Wedge overlook - A crowd gathered to watch you give someone a Hershel Wedge. Secondary mirror - Telescope mirror purchased on eBay from Taiwanese seller. Baffle - Peppering one's Stary Party talk at the elementary school with esoteric technical jargon. Spider - Cobwebs found inside telescope tubes after winter storage. Flocking - What your wife wishes you would do instead of going to the star party. GoTo - The first half of an expression used when someone laughs at your telescope. Tracking error - Arriving at the Pit-n-pole only to get a phone call telling you the star party is at Lakeside. Parallax - Two laxes. Declination - Turning-down an offer to look through someone else's telescope. Nagler - A wife who regularly complains about your involvement in astronomy. Diffraction limit - When you just can't take even one more astronomy-related algorithm. Tube currents - Wild berries growing on your observatory-mounted telescope. Newtonian Reflector - Mirror used to examine the backside of fig newtons. Enhanced Coating - When it's so cold you need both parka and insulated coveralls. Mirror Stripping - Taking off one's clothes in front of the mirror, often to music. Tripod - When you repeatedly submit photos to APOD without success. Planisphere - Irrational fear of flat surfaces. Field Of View - Rural observing site. Prism - Where astronomical criminals are incarcerated. 4 Place Log Table - Picnic furniture at SPOC Globular Cluster - What a Snickers becomes when left on the dash of the car in summer. Galaxy - Laxative for women. Cone error - Forgetting to put the covers on the lawn sprinklers. Counterweight - Complaining about the weight one's wife has gained in recent years. (not recommended) Observing run - Not wanting to leave the eyepiece and dashing to the restroom at the last possible moment. (also not recommended) Pyrex - A fire that has been extinguished. Asteroids - Rectal inflammation due to too many hours in the observing chair. Finder Scope - Helping a female club member remember where she left her telescope.

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The Danger of Eyepiece Solar Filters
by Patrick Wiggins 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

The Danger of Eyepiece Solar Filters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5xb3b-vRd4 Good advice, patrick

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Future of spaceflight podcast
by Patrick Wiggins 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

Tonight's Jim Bohannon Show features a repeat segment on the future of US spaceflight. To download the podcast go to http://www.jimbohannonshow.com/programhighlights and click on Monday, August 15, 2011. The part about space starts about 40 minutes into the podcast. patrick

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] The Danger of Eyepiece Solar Filters
by bray＠aceweb.com 15 Aug '11

15 Aug '11

I was totally shocked, both by the original message, and Patrick's notes about cheap telescopes in the comments, that it is possible to have a primary filter at the eyepiece. It seems to me that anyone who ever used a magnifying lens to set a leaf on fire would know not to have a filter in place after the sunlight has been focused by lenses or mirrors. Live and learn, I guess.

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Dwight Ball's service and service
by D P Pierce 15 Aug '11

15 Aug '11

Scott Crosby and I went to his service today. Steve and Cindy Dodds were also there. It was confirmed he served in Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq. A big surprise was while in Vietnam he married a Vietnames girl but she was killled 3 days later during a mortar attack on the airbase! Deloy Pierce

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Dwight Ball's Service
by D P Pierce 15 Aug '11

15 Aug '11

I'm going to Dwight's service with Scott Crosby. Scott will be saying some words at it. Is anybody else going? Deloy Pierce

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moonshine
by Larry Holmes 15 Aug '11

15 Aug '11

Patrick, are you talking about a "little Kentucky moonshine"? Larry

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Dwight Ball
by D P Pierce 14 Aug '11

14 Aug '11

I just got a call from Scott Crosby who just talked to Dwight's cousin Tina. A service will be held Monday at 1pm at the Walker Mortuary in Payson. The address is 587 S 100 West. There phon # is 801-465-3846. Deloy Pierce

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Dwight Ball story
by D P Pierce 14 Aug '11

14 Aug '11

*'m going to share a Dwight Ball story and invite others to share their experences with him.* ** * One year at RTMC I was wandering aound the swap meet and saw Dave Chamberlin negoitiating with someone for a 75mm refractor. The price of $100 was agreeable to the seller but Dave wanted to pay with a check. I pulled out a $100 bill and waved it in the seller's face. I walked away with the scope and I'm sure Dave was very irritated with me.* * I used the sope some but didn't like the old 2 stage focusing system. I tried to sell it here locally through the club. Dave wasn't interested any more. I took it to the next RTMC swap meet. Dwight had driven all night to get there and bought the scope from me! He hadn't been aware I had been trying to sell it in SLC. It struck me as funny.* *Deloy Pierce*

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 102, Issue 75
by garrard55＠xmission.com 14 Aug '11

14 Aug '11

Beautiful imagery. Was this with a 10"? Quoting utah-astronomy-request(a)mailman.xmission.com: > Send Utah-Astronomy mailing list submissions to > utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > utah-astronomy-request(a)mailman.xmission.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > utah-astronomy-owner(a)mailman.xmission.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Utah-Astronomy digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Jupiter (last post from this data) (David Rankin) > 2. Re: Small Refractor Suggestions (Chuck Hards) > 3. Re: SLAS loaner eyepieces (Chuck Hards) > 4. Dwight Ball's Service (D P Pierce) > 5. Re: Dwight Ball's Service (Kim Hyatt) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 08:58:16 -0700 > From: David Rankin <David(a)rankinstudio.com> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Jupiter (last post from this data) > Message-ID: <4E47F098.3060301(a)rankinstudio.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > I finally got around to processing out all of the color images from the > other night. Took a good 4 hours to get this put together. The animation > shows 38 minutes of rotation: > > http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=4575 > > Cheers, > > - David > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:01:51 -0600 > From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Small Refractor Suggestions > Message-ID: > <CAHmuOYpYHCraNa1LA4CE4ksc-AV68D5qic7MOCzDdPu_-m+6CQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On 8/13/11, Jay Eads <jayleads(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> I've read good things on the Orion ED80. > > Jay, I own both Orion ED scopes, the 80mm and 100mm. Color correction > is outstanding on both. Both fit on my "Weightless" mount and are > perfect backyard scopes. > > Jim Gibson used the 80mm ED on his own Weightless mount and used to > have pics posted on the SLAS website. Not sure if they are still > there. > > The only weakness is the focuser. I've replaced mine with 2-speed GSO > (same as Antares) focusers, although Orion now offers their own > 2-speed upgrade. It does add to the cost, however. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:04:32 -0600 > From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] SLAS loaner eyepieces > Message-ID: > <CAHmuOYpnk6rFF7oUTrfqc4uOyBEkmZFqXUcX9B6xBKXV6aVRfg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On 8/13/11, Patrick Wiggins <paw(a)wirelessbeehive.com> wrote: >> Hi Chuck, >> I can't speak to the loaner program as that is Roger's territory. > > Roger replied off-list, thanks. > > As a heads-up, he stated that the club can always use eyepieces for > the loaner program since some of them never find their way home. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:40:02 -0600 > From: D P Pierce <starsbirdsglyphs(a)gmail.com> > To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Dwight Ball's Service > Message-ID: > <CAJJRyEBRZes2LYAMcaWvithG6RsQJ98Ef_2akLzEojacYxbCxg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I'm going to Dwight's service with Scott Crosby. Scott will be saying > some words at it. Is anybody else going? > > Deloy Pierce > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:25:57 -0600 > From: "Kim Hyatt" <kimharch(a)cut.net> > To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Dwight Ball's Service > Message-ID: <E1QshFx-0002oh-AT(a)mx03.mta.xmission.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I wish I could be there but I'll be at my new home (Tropic/Bryce Canyon NP) > and unable to go. For what it's worth, Dwight was probably closer to many of > his SLAS friends than he was to his own family, excepting perhaps Tina. Keep > that in mind. > > Erik, I wondered about the Iraq service, too. Does anyone know? Did he serve > in Desert Storm? > > Kim > > -----Original Message----- > From: utah-astronomy-bounces(a)mailman.xmission.com > [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of D P Pierce > Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 11:40 AM > To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Dwight Ball's Service > > I'm going to Dwight's service with Scott Crosby. Scott will be saying > some words at it. Is anybody else going? > > Deloy Pierce > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1392 / Virus Database: 1520/3833 - Release Date: 08/14/11 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > End of Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 102, Issue 75 > *********************************************** >

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