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

Lyrid meteor shower hits the west!
by Jay Eads 22 Apr '12

22 Apr '12

I've been out on National Forest Land south of Vernon the last two nights and there was plenty of activity. Several very bright ones to the east and overhead leaving trails and I know others of the observing group saw them as well. -- Jay Eads

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Still hoping for a ride to SPOC tonite
by D P Pierce 21 Apr '12

21 Apr '12

I'm still hoping for a ride to SPOC tonite. Deloy

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Star party eyepiece
by Jay Eads 21 Apr '12

21 Apr '12

Larry, the Stratus line was the first line I purchased after using plossls for a long time. For the cost they are very effective eyepieces. I did get a little coma on the outer edge but not enough to be a bother. I had the 5mm, 13mm, 17mm and 21mm and I enjoyed them all. I kept the 17mm when I sold the rest and upgraded to the Pentax XW line (thanks to Steve Fisher). I do think for many over the last year many people upgrading choose not to go with the Stratus and Hyperions and instead went with the Explore Scientific when they were on sale as they offered the 82 degree field of view. That leads to a whole other discussion on FOV and what people like. -- Jay Eads

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Asteroid Mining Operation?
by Patrick Wiggins 21 Apr '12

21 Apr '12

Asteroid Mining Operation? http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/27776/ patrick

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Sun Spots
by Dave Gary 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

Here’s some nice sun spot activity this afternoon. Hope the link works. http://gallery.me.com/davegary#100010/DSCN2253&bgcolor=black Dave

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Light Pollution Film
by D P Pierce 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

Per an ad in City Weekly, The film The City Dark will be shown April 24th at 7:00 at the City Library, 210 E. 400 S.. "Taking cues from NYC's unnaturally bright nighttime sky, this film explores the science of darkness and investigates the effets of light pollution on human health, global security and the natural world." Deloy Pierce

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] L & O
by Joe Bauman 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

Oh yeah, Ineglected to RSVP. Cory and I plan to go. Thanks, El Presidents! Joe ------------------------------ On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 7:30 PM MDT Chuck Hards wrote: >On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Ann House <ann(a)annhouse.org> wrote: > >> Just a war on male L&O lovers because I don't see any women on this L&O >> thread. >> >> >> >Ann, besides Dan's wife, my wife, and Joe's, Joan Carman has attended as >well. It's not an all-male group, though sometimes it ends up that way. >It would be nice if more women attended. (hint, hint) ;-) > >And the place has excellent pie! >_______________________________________________ >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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Re: [Utah-astronomy] L & O
by Joe Bauman 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

We'll just have to refer to your types as old POOE-PS. ------------------------------ On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 4:44 PM MDT Patrick Wiggins wrote: >Date and time are important so that the People Opposed to Olfactory Effrontery (Pooe) will know when to steer clear. > >patrick <grins> > >Sent from my iPad > >On Apr 19, 2012, at 13:04, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Did we ever select a date? > >_______________________________________________ >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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Re: [Utah-astronomy] L & O
by Joe Bauman 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

We'll just have to refer to your types as old POOE-PS. ------------------------------ On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 4:44 PM MDT Patrick Wiggins wrote: >Date and time are important so that the People Opposed to Olfactory Effrontery (Pooe) will know when to steer clear. > >patrick <grins> > >Sent from my iPad > >On Apr 19, 2012, at 13:04, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Did we ever select a date? > >_______________________________________________ >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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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Star party eyepiece
by Jay Eads 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

Steve, This is a good blame. For me, I LOVE my Pentax XW's!!!! I love the 70 degree FOV!!!! Perfect for me. YMMV or OMMV of course. Now to finish this observing chair, keep building some telescopes and I am going to throw in building an equatorial platform to get about 40 min or so of tracking time in for my 14 inch dob.

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