April 2012 - Utah-Astronomy - mailman.xmission.com

In yesterday's funnies
by Patrick Wiggins 02 Apr '12

02 Apr '12

http://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2012/04/01 http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2012/04/01 Grins, patrick

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Outreach event in Herriman
by Hutchings, Mat (H USA) 01 Apr '12

01 Apr '12

Following is a report on an outreach event that took place on Friday, 3/30/12, at the Herriman library: Jay and I set up around 7:00PM in the parking lot of the library and during that time we both expressed our expectations of a rather low turnout since this was the first event and didn't know how well the word got out. While we were setting up, a group of about 6 or 7 people walked by and Jay invited them to come back once it got dark. Well, they did, so we had that many people to start. Not long after, another group came and another and so I started feeling a little more hopeful that we might have a decent turnout after all. In the end, 20 people had signed my log book. I captured maybe half of the attendees, as I was just too busy showing people the incredible sights of the solar system (with even some DSO's tossed in), so show them all the book. So I estimate that we had around 35 to 40 people attend. That's not too bad for 2 guys with 3 telescopes and binos on a mount between them. There was a great deal of interest overall and we were able to show some of the more interested how to find objects with the telescopes and binos. One gentleman was very interested and may even join us at a dark sky session and perhaps even an ATM session. Of course there were several children that attended, and I made sure that they got ample eyepiece time. In the past, I have noticed that occasionally parents hurry their children so the next in line can take a look, but I always tell people, especially children, that when they are at the eyepiece, they "own" the scope and can take as much time as they like. We found out that in addition to the flyers Jay posted, the library had added us to it's calendar and that is how many of the attendees learned about the event. We could certainly use more telescope volunteers, so if any of you would like to join us in fair Herriman, mark April 27th on your calendars. Keep looking up! Mat

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exoplanet
by Gary Vardon 01 Apr '12

01 Apr '12

Exoplanet is an excellent IPAD application that covers extra solar planets. The data base is refreshed with new discoveries. The application covers 760 exoplanets now. Exoplanet allows correlation diagrams to be graphed showing such things as eccentricity to be graphed against mass. Graphing such parameters by hand would be very tedious but it can but done very quickly by the app. Correlation is a powerful tool and this is good example . Sincerely, Gary Vardon The book DO It Right will help you understand vital ideas leading to your greater success. GO to PublishAmerica.com Consulting For Profit is also available. Learn how to make money as a consultant.

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K12E05G / 2012 EG5 approach animation
by Patrick Wiggins 01 Apr '12

01 Apr '12

A 9 frame animation covering 40 minutes of K12E05G / 2012 EG5 on approach tonight: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=4920 patrick

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