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Started
by Patrick Wiggins 20 May '12

20 May '12

1st contact

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Arrived
by Patrick Wiggins 20 May '12

20 May '12

Arrived in Kville and the place is packed. Still space along the road between I-15 and Kville. Shirts sold out Someone selling eclipse glasses for 10 dollars Tv crew from Japan is here Clear skies and welcome breeze ( it's hot here) I'm jazzed pw

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 111, Issue 97
by baxman2＠q.com 20 May '12

20 May '12

I'm in St.George, at my sister's house. The full ring of fire will be visable from St. George, even if the Moon isn't exactly dead center. ----- Original Message ----- From: utah-astronomy-request(a)mailman.xmission.com To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com Sent: Sun, 20 May 2012 12:44:23 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 111, Issue 97 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. Re: Newcastle, Beryl Junction, or Kanarraville? (Brent Watson) 2. Re: Report from down south (erikhansen(a)thebluezone.net) 3. eyepiece poor-jection! (Chrismo) 4. Pinhole Method of Observing (Jay Eads) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 07:23:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Brent Watson <brentjwatson(a)yahoo.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Newcastle, Beryl Junction, or Kanarraville? Message-ID: <1337523804.84769.YahooMailNeo(a)web39402.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 We are planning on arriving at the Beryl Junction airstrip about 4:30 or 5:00. ?We'll stay until just after third contact and be back in Salt Lake around 9:00 or 9:30. ?I am not anticipating a big crowd there. ?My contact down there says the school at Beryl has trees to the west. ?The airstrip should be good. ?The road leading west northwest from Beryl is also good, and there are many roads heading north along that way to use as turn offs. ?The sheriff there says he won't bother anyone unless they are blocking access to private land. ________________________________ From: Paul Witte <paul(a)linkrealms.com> To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 11:33 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Newcastle, Beryl Junction, or Kanarraville? At this point I'm leaning toward Newcastle to avoid the guaranteed crowds in Kanarraville.? I figure if Newcastle is also a mess I can then easily head to Beryl Junction.? Looking at the path in Google Earth it appears the road leading NW out of Beryl Junction follows the center line almost exactly for about 4-6 miles.? So there's always that if you want to avoid the big crowds. I'm interested in meeting up with others.? If anyone is putting a group together please send me your cell phone #... Paul _______________________________________________ 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". ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 08:51:11 -0600 From: erikhansen(a)thebluezone.net To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Report from down south Message-ID: <da59c8f8920b9c70b5f55f5cc97c185a.squirrel(a)webmail.thebluezone.net> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 >"I'll be in the media area near the satellite trucks." no surprise on that Patrick On 19 May 2012, at 22:47, Joe Bauman wrote: > >> So what was Sig going on about? > > He was joking. > > See you tomorrow if you're at Kanarraville. I'll be in the media area > near the satellite trucks. > > And I should have a limited supply of eclipse glasses to give away > (courtesy of NASA/JPL). > > patrick > _______________________________________________ > 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". > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 08:54:36 -0600 From: Chrismo <djchrismo(a)gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] eyepiece poor-jection! Message-ID: <CAFfjrTOtCRQn9vT1AfMY0suPXYMQX1ooD=F4HnV+y+jAY6JCUA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Few test shots from the Chuck Hards scope, I'm learning all about steady hands here... https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4112856059151.2181002.1215656729&… -- Chrismo I fix things, all kinds of things... (801) 897-9075 ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 10:43:49 -0600 From: Jay Eads <jayleads(a)gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Pinhole Method of Observing Message-ID: <CANCdW8cT_gqsaVKo_oQNY0uezFpbUwxEo2wXe_3-jWABWBskAw(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 If one cannot get the glasses the Perkins Observatory back in Delaware in 2000 posted the following document on how to use two pieces of cardboard or a box to view the eclipse. The document is in my Google Documents. Here is the link. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Bz7NMp82LdUbckZfU0hVTGNRTjA Still time to make one of them. I also like the idea of taking two triangular UPS or Fed Ex boxes as shown on this website. http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/how.html Hope everyone has fun and enjoys themselves. Be safe as you come home. -- Jay Eads ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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 111, Issue 97 ***********************************************

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DeLoy
by jcarman6＠q.com 20 May '12

20 May '12

Thanks for the announcement Seth. T ried to contact her yesterday about the glasses at the planetarium, but we couldn't hook up. T old her to get over to the Planetarium asap this morning. S uspect she's missed the boat, but waiting to hear from her . She might have got there around noon. It gets INCREDIBLY frustrating to have people decide they want to participate at the last minute. I'm delighted they want to go . W asn't planning on taking the C-8 with the mylar filter, but will now. I have a 3" finder scope with a #14 welder's glass ready to go. That was all I was going to take (well the camera and a tripod, of course). Hmm after loading all that, hope there's room for the chairs lol.

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Pinhole Method of Observing
by Jay Eads 20 May '12

20 May '12

If one cannot get the glasses the Perkins Observatory back in Delaware in 2000 posted the following document on how to use two pieces of cardboard or a box to view the eclipse. The document is in my Google Documents. Here is the link. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Bz7NMp82LdUbckZfU0hVTGNRTjA Still time to make one of them. I also like the idea of taking two triangular UPS or Fed Ex boxes as shown on this website. http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/how.html Hope everyone has fun and enjoys themselves. Be safe as you come home. -- Jay Eads

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eyepiece poor-jection!
by Chrismo 20 May '12

20 May '12

Few test shots from the Chuck Hards scope, I'm learning all about steady hands here... https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4112856059151.2181002.1215656729&… -- Chrismo I fix things, all kinds of things... (801) 897-9075

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Report from down south
by Patrick Wiggins 20 May '12

20 May '12

Pretty quiet on Utah Astronomy today. It's almost like everyone has left town... Siegfried is in Kanarraville and called in a panic saying the Sun had set well before the time annularity will be starting tomorrow. After three years of working with the folks down that way to plan this whole shindig I probably would have freaked had I not already spoken to the Kanarraville fire chief who was watching the Sun as we spoke at tomorrow's time of annularity and the Sun was still well above the horizon. So Kanarraville is good to go for tomorrow. I called the chief back a bit later and he said the Sun touched the horizon at 8:08 and was gone by 8:13. So we'll miss the last few minutes of the partial but I don't think anyone will complain. He said that hundreds of people have been driving through town today checking out sites for tomorrow. Many from overseas. He added that he has rented every available porta-pottie in Iron County so if the folks elsewhere find it difficult to find a place to go, now they'll know why. :) Also spoke with a reporter down by Zion. Not surprisingly they lost the Sun behind their very high horizon long before 7:30. BTW, the fire chief I've been speaking with is Tyler Allred. He calls himself the Southern Utah Tyler Allred as he's very familiar "the one up north". LOL patrick Sent from my iPad

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Newcastle, Beryl Junction, or Kanarraville?
by Paul Witte 20 May '12

20 May '12

At this point I'm leaning toward Newcastle to avoid the guaranteed crowds in Kanarraville. I figure if Newcastle is also a mess I can then easily head to Beryl Junction. Looking at the path in Google Earth it appears the road leading NW out of Beryl Junction follows the center line almost exactly for about 4-6 miles. So there's always that if you want to avoid the big crowds. I'm interested in meeting up with others. If anyone is putting a group together please send me your cell phone #... Paul

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Sunspots: 19 May 2012 ~ 10:30
by Dave Gary 19 May '12

19 May '12

http://www.flickr.com/photos/78046474@N06/7227927374/in/photostream/

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Ziggy
by D P Pierce 19 May '12

19 May '12

The real reason we are being visited: http://www.gocomics.com/ziggy Deloy

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