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M57 +73PSW-3
by daniel turner 27 Mar '13

27 Mar '13

Mark your calendar for early evening May 7. Their will be a close encounter between the Ring nebula and periodic comet 73P. The comet will be close to earth so its exact position in the sky will depend stongly on your location on the globe. Go to spaceweather.com and use the link at the bottom of the page for "Observable Comets". 73p is in the list and includes orbital elements and a link for daily ephemerides. DT __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] useless facts
by sfisher01＠comcast.net 07 Mar '12

07 Mar '12

Never? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Spencer Ball" <spencer(a)spencerball.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 1:27:05 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] useless facts We'll never see past the cosmic microwave background, much less see light from clear all the way around. Spencer Ball -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces(a)mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of sfisher01(a)comcast.net Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 1:12 PM To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] useless facts I read this on the usless facts gadget on my desktop. I'm not sure I understand it. Care to comment? A sunbeam setting out through space at the rate of 186,000 miles a second would go in a gigantic circle and return to its origins after about 200 billion years. _______________________________________________ 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 Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com _______________________________________________ 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 Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Call for parts
by Chuck Hards 18 Feb '12

18 Feb '12

On 9/27/11, Rob Ratkowski Photography <ratkwski(a)hawaii.rr.com> wrote: > Chuck > > I have a focuser from a Burgess 127, one side was damaged (knob broke > off but the R+P are good0 I replaced the R+P on my Burgess and gave > my unbroken focuser to my friend that broke his. In turn I have his > broken (damaged shaft) focuser. Yours if you want it. Thanks Rob! I'll foot the postage, want anything else for it?

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Life on Venus
by Chuck Hards 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

Man, this sure caught my attention: http://news.yahoo.com/russian-scientist-claims-signs-life-spotted-venus-070…

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Life on Venus
by D P Pierce 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

Chuck, When we were boy scouts my brother and I subscribed to Boys' Life. I remember a fun story in it about a fictional boy scout troop on Venus going on a back packing trip in the tropical jungle covering much of the planet. They all carried machetes to kill big unfriendly insects such as 3 foot long dragon flies that would try to lay their eggs in the base of your spine! i was very disappointed when we found out life was impossible on Venus. Deloy

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Eyepiece Selection
by jcarman6＠q.com 02 Feb '12

02 Feb '12

Thanks for the link Chuck. Excellent article. If there are any beginners on this board, they will learn a lot from it. Sig - who sells the radians? It sounds like an excellent eyepiece for the refractor. P.S. there was a real question mark typed into this post. Can somone explain why my posts are deluged in random question marks? It's way past "cute".

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OT: A Long Time Ago, In A Galaxy Far, Far Away...
by Chuck Hards 31 Jan '12

31 Jan '12

I recently discovered that I am listed on the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), for artistic work I did for network TV over 30 years ago. Those of you who know my real name can look me up. :-) Guess I should send them a photo and short bio to round-out the listing. I also found at least one You Tube video (so far) of work that I did. Search for "Fire Whales", lol. Kinda cool to discover, all these years later.

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Mirror blanks
by Chuck Hards 31 Jan '12

31 Jan '12

For our current crop of mirror grinders, I noticed these on eBay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/180804209965 With shipping, you're looking at $70 although he says he has 5 available and will combine shipping for multiple purchases. I haven't checked into the price of thin plate glass blanks lately so don't know if this is really a deal, or not. It's a bit on the thin side, for my taste, OTOH it might make a terrific flexed mirror. Kim can shed some light on the practical concerns of a flexed mirror for us, having made an award-winning example.

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comics
by D P Pierce 29 Jan '12

29 Jan '12

http://www.gocomics.com/lacucaracha Deloy

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sunspots
by D P Pierce 28 Jan '12

28 Jan '12

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/sunspots/ Just looked thru my SunChucker scope then tried 8 X 21 binos. Couldn't see them thru the binos. Deloy

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