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

Re: [Utah-astronomy] 1.25 diagonal needed.
by Daniel Holmes 03 Jun '12

03 Jun '12

Great! By chance are either you or mark going to be at the museum Tuesday? Thanks, Dan -- Sent from my phone, please excuse any mispelings or errors. ----- Reply message ----- From: "Fletcher Gross" <gross(a)math.utah.edu> Date: Sun, Jun 3, 2012 7:14 pm Subject: [Utah-astronomy] 1.25 diagonal needed. To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Dan, I have the 1.25" diagonal that came with my LX90. It's never been used since I purchased a 2" diagonal at the same time as the scope. You are welcome to borrow it. Call me at 801-484-4929 to arrange a pickup. Fletch On Jun 3, 2012, at 6:57 PM, Daniel Holmes wrote: > Anyone in the valley have a 1.25 diagonal I can borrow for Tuesday? The refractor I have needs one, but mine is a .95... > > Thanks, > Dan > > -- > Sent from my phone, please excuse any mispelings or errors. > _______________________________________________ > 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". _______________________________________________ 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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Forecast changing in our favour (?)
by Patrick Wiggins 03 Jun '12

03 Jun '12

The latest forecast for SLC from the NWS is starting to at least look encouraging: Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny and breezy, with a high near 79. Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy and breezy, with a low around 51. patrick Sent from my iPad

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AYL - Annual Eclipse
by jcarman6＠q.com 03 Jun '12

03 Jun '12

No flame war was intended. You would expect to see Patrick on the news or weather reports, but here was something totally out of left field. At Your Leasure is an off-road, sports enthusiast show. The piece was very well done and everyone interviewed (including Patrick) did themselves well. There is A LOT of thin skin around here :)

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AYL - Annualar Eclipse
by jcarman6＠q.com 03 Jun '12

03 Jun '12

Sorry, pretend I didn't make the "thin skin" remark.

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Club business (Was: Re: transit viewing volunteers)
by Chuck Hards 03 Jun '12

03 Jun '12

I would sure appreciate it if ALL club business were taken off-list. Utah-Astronomy is not now, nor has it ever been a particular club venue. Despite repeated warnings from the list Admin, some club members continue to use the list to discuss their club's politics. If any club or board members would like to discuss club politics, procedure, scheduling, etc., that particular club board meetings are the place to bring it up. And you get cheap diner food as a bonus- at least with my club, lol! (Note: No liver an onions. Shame.) I am a founding member of a local club, the largest in the state, currently support the club as much as I can without negatively affecting my livelihood or family, PAY MY DUES even if I can't attend meetings or events, and have no animosity toward said club at all, but wish to keep Utah-Astronomy "non-deonominational" and all-inclusive. Club business- regardless of the club- has absolutely no venue here, outside of event notices themselves, and "round-ups" and reminicences of such events. Club posters, PLEASE direct your club-related political and procedural posts to your appropriate club officers OFF LIST. You know who you are. A most sincere thank-you. Yes, there is a distinct possibility that I currently have a stick up my a$$. Looking into having it surgically removed, but my medical plan may not cover it. Stay tuned. We now return you to your regular programming. C.

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AYL - Annualar Eclipse
by jcarman6＠q.com 03 Jun '12

03 Jun '12

Sunday, June 3rd, 9:00 a.m. A rarity, turned on the t.v. and was flipping channels when AYL (At Your Leisure) appeared. The photographic staff was filming in - Kanarraville and yes, on May 20, 2012. Great shots of the surroundings and of the eclipse and who should be interviewed??????? Come on people ---- guess --- who is a publicity hog on this board ------ yep, Patrick Wiggins and his "golden wedding ring" Thought the whole thing was very well done. They spent a lot of time on the eclipse. I did try to look for others, but the shots went by so fast. There were a lot of people there. It was beautiful scenery too.

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Sunspots: 3 June 2012
by Dave Gary 03 Jun '12

03 Jun '12

The last couple of photos show the sunspots through my 10” LX200 with the new cardboard-Baader film (Baader film supplied by Seth and Mike at Clark Planetarium) solar filter. Not nearly the craftsmanship of John’s filter, so no photos are supplied showing the state-of-the-art, delirium tremens handiwork. I’m one of those guys that couldn’t survive in the modern world without duct tape. Red Green is my hero. http://www.flickr.com/photos/78046474@N06/sets/72157630027895122/ Dave

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2004 transit
by erikhansen＠thebluezone.net 03 Jun '12

03 Jun '12

I ran across some images I don't remember seeing from last transit. I really like the movie of the jet passing in front of the sun. http://spaceweather.com/venustransit/gallery_08jun04_page11.htm

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SLAS Business, Etc.
by Ray Druian 02 Jun '12

02 Jun '12

So after all this back and forth, I still don't know who is going to bring the cat to Lakeside, and who's going to order the liver and onions there. What really has me steamed, though, is that I subscribe to the digest form of the list and each digest only contains three or four messages in it, and I still get twenty or thirty digests a day. -- Thanx, *Ray *

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Finding first contact on sun | Venustransit
by Dave Gary 02 Jun '12

02 Jun '12

Joan, I was looking at the link below. Go to it and scroll down the page and look at the next-to-last paragraph, then the accompanying diagram. That’s the confusion. Dave http://transitofvenus.nl/wp/2012/05/22/finding-first-contact-on-sun/

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