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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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Solar Filter
by william baker 10 May '12

10 May '12

I am looking for a solar filter that would fit my 10" Orion Dob at a reasonable price, any ideas?

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Eclipse from National Parks
by erikhansen＠thebluezone.net 30 Apr '12

30 Apr '12

National Park Service info on Eclipse http://www.nature.nps.gov/features/eclipse/

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funnies
by D P Pierce 29 Apr '12

29 Apr '12

http://news.yahoo.com/comics/ziggy-slideshow/ Dely

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 110, Issue 116
by Ray Druian 29 Apr '12

29 Apr '12

Re: last week's fireball (Joe Bauman) > > Here's a bit more information on the meteorite. SUTTERS MILL seems to be > the > going name for it now, but not officially- yet. > -Barrett (Yeah, I keep wanting to climb in the truck and go look for it!) > > > Seems to me I once read about a guy named Marshall who found a rock at Sutter's Mill about 150 years ago and it caused a real stink, including a mass migration of folk to northern California in search of their collective future. Could this rock have similar value? -- Thanx, *Ray *

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 110, Issue 116
by Joe Bauman 29 Apr '12

29 Apr '12

Yes! ------------------------------ On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 4:50 AM MDT Ray Druian wrote: >Re: last week's fireball (Joe Bauman) > >> >> Here's a bit more information on the meteorite. SUTTERS MILL seems to be >> the >> going name for it now, but not officially- yet. >> -Barrett (Yeah, I keep wanting to climb in the truck and go look for it!) >> >> >> >Seems to me I once read about a guy named Marshall who found a rock at >Sutter's Mill about 150 years ago and it caused a real stink, including a >mass migration of folk to northern California in search of their collective >future. Could this rock have similar value? >-- >Thanx, >*Ray > >* >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > >Send messages to the list to >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > >The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. > >To unsubscribe go to: >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".

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last week's fireball
by jcarman6＠q.com 28 Apr '12

28 Apr '12

Ver y interesting. This will prompt me to do some quick internet searches about the metoeorites, rare organic ones. Thanks for posting Chrismo. BTW, Phil Plait was certainly entertaining (although pretty basic for those actually interested in astronomy). The room where the presentation was held could seat 400-500 and it was SRO. Most of the attendees were college age. In addition, they had cookies and punch available afterward and a number of tables set up manned by various people to demonstrate astronomical things. I stopped at one table and talked to a "kid" (gad he was in college, they ought not be kids by then lol) with an ipad. He had messed around with the college's scope and took some white light and hyrdogen-alpha photos of the sun. The h-a picture was great. Not only granulation and sun spots, but he captured a lot of prominces on the edge. Cool . I would have liked to formally meet up with Dale and Jared, introduce myself, but I met up with friends who live in Mendon and we barely made it to the lecture. We arrived at 7:03. (Crap, I wanted to be there 15 minutes early). Oh well, I had a great time visiting with them and they thoroughly enjoyed the lecture.

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Still need ride to SPOC
by D P Pierce 28 Apr '12

28 Apr '12

My internet is back! I still need a ride to SPOC. Call me 801 739 2730. Deloy

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Ride to SPOC tonight
by D P Pierce 28 Apr '12

28 Apr '12

I still need a ride to SPOC tonight. The internet at my apartment is down. I'm at my brother's house right now. Call me on my cell 801 739 2730. I live at 6200 S & Bangerter. My foldup wheelchair and I fit in most cars and trucks. Deloy Pierce

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] last week's fireball
by Joe Bauman 28 Apr '12

28 Apr '12

Wow! If I found those in a parking lot, I'd probably think they were part of the lot's paving. But how could they be part of a crushed 4 gram fragment? That's more likely to be 4 kg. -- Joe ------------------------------ On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 7:38 AM MDT Chrismo wrote: >I don't know what I'm doing up at this ungodly hour, but I just caught >this... > >http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > >Send messages to the list to >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > >The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. > >To unsubscribe go to: >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".

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