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

Sorry About the Goof
by Dave Gary 06 Jul '12

06 Jul '12

Sorry, I looked at the wrong video. I sent the same thing as Nathan. Sorry for the goof. The video was amazing, though. What’s near and dear to my heart is the RTG on board. No solar panels for this one. It will be just like Chuck. Work, work, work. No sleep for the wicked. I bet Chuck could use an RTG. Dave

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Forwarded from Bill Cowles
by Steve Fisher 06 Jul '12

06 Jul '12

A Higgs boson walks into a church ; "We don't allow Higgs bosons in here!" shouts the priest. "But without me, how can you have mass?" asks the particle.

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Curiosity Video
by Dave Gary 06 Jul '12

06 Jul '12

I sent this about a week ago. I think it’s a pretty cool rendition of the landing and rover maneuvers. Hopefully, they won’t get feet and meters mixed up on this one. http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/videos/movies/msl20110624/msl201106…

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Sun Party tomorrow
by D P Pierce 06 Jul '12

06 Jul '12

Don't forget the sun party tomorrow. There are good spot groups on both edges. http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/sunspots/ Deloy

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Curiosity (Patrick Wiggins)
by nathan swenson 06 Jul '12

06 Jul '12

This is my favorite JPL-marketing video about the landing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzqdoXwLBT8&feature=player_embeddedI love the top-most comment on the video: "this is how my grandma does parallel parking". A nice writeup about the descent: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2012/06290700-how-curiosity… This is an amazing piece of engineering. I hope it works well. Nate Swenson > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 16:23:03 -0600 > From: Patrick Wiggins <paw(a)wirelessbeehive.com> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Curiosity > Message-ID: <F4BC4181-A616-4A00-990E-53F3B096A30C(a)wirelessbeehive.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > For those who might like to share the landing experience with others I (wearing my NASA hat) am working with the U of U Department of Physics and Astronomy to host an MSL landing event on the U campus. > > The event will feature a live satellite link from NASA/JPL. > > Want to drive a Mars rover? The event will also feature a about half size rover folks will be able to drive. > > SLAS has been invited to participate with a mini-star party before the landing (subject to be discussed at next week's SLAS board meeting) so if that can be worked out participants may have a chance of seeing Mars through telescopes a couple of hours before the landing. > > The landing is scheduled to occur late Sunday night, 5 August at about 2319 MDT. However since Mars is currently about 12 light minutes from Earth signals from the lander sitting on the surface will not reach Earth until about 2331. > > Here's a NASA YouTube video on the mission: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BudlaGh1A0o > > More details to follow as they become available. > > patrick > > > On 06 Jul 2012, at 14:27, Rodger C. Fry wrote: > > > It is now one month until soft gentle landing or catastrophe. I don't know > > about anyone else but I am anticipating this with great enthusiasm. So far, > > everything has gone very well and slightly more precise than may have been > > predicted. Because of this, NASA has narrowed down the target area of the > > landing site. > > > > > > > > I don't know about the rest of you, but I think this is going to be a > > winner! > > > > > > > > Rodger C. Fry > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 113, Issue 31 > ***********************************************

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FW: Next ATM session
by Hutchings, Mat (H USA) 06 Jul '12

06 Jul '12

Just sending this out as a second reminder for the ATM session tomorrow. Mat -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces(a)mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Hutchings, Mat (H USA) Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 6:54 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Next ATM session Just a reminder that the next ATM session will be on July 7th starting at 9:00 AM. For any new members of this group, ATM stands for Amateur Telescope Maker. During the ATM sessions, we do all kinds of work with telescopes and even non-telescope astro related gear. For me, the heart of ATMing is mirror making for Newtonian reflectors. If any of you want to learn how to make a mirror or build a telescope around a mirror you already have, the place to be on July 7th is at the ATM session. If you need directions to the Hutchings' optical shop, let me know. Mat This message and any attachments are solely for the use of intended recipients. The information contained herein may include trade secrets, protected health or personal information, privileged or otherwise confidential information. Unauthorized review, forwarding, printing, copying, distributing, or using such information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you received this email in error, and that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this email and any attachment is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender and delete the message and any attachment from your system. Thank you for your cooperation

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Lava Hotsprings
by Mark Shelton 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

Hi, List I have been in contact with the Idaho Falls Astronomical Society. They are having a star party at Lava Hot-springs on August 17-18. I am going up to Idaho a few days before this star party and I am thinking of stoping by on the way home. Looks like lots of fun. If you are interested in attending I can e-mail you there flyer on the star party. Mark Mark Shelton Indian Hill Middle School Tech Ed. Teacher Salt Lake Astronomical Society Board Member (School and Special Star Parties Coordinator)

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Scuse me?
by Steve Fisher 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

Hello to my Utah Astronomy friends!!! Will anyone who thinks I made the Abu Dhabi comment please contact me off list? How about the "discovery" at CERN yesterday? It seems almost unimaginable that something that small could be in any way related to what makes up 6%% of the universe. I can't wait to hear more. What are your thoughts? Steve

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] CERN Discovery
by M Wilson 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

I think this cartoon pretty well sums up the CERN discovery: http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/54420086-82/bagley-cartoon-explained-f… ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Steve Fisher <iotacass1(a)hotmail.com> To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com Sent: Thursday, July 5, 2012 2:13 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Scuse me? Hello to my Utah Astronomy friends!!! Will anyone who thinks I made the Abu Dhabi comment please contact me off list? How about the "discovery" at CERN yesterday? It seems almost unimaginable that something that small could be in any way related to what makes up 6%% of the universe. I can't wait to hear more. What are your thoughts? Steve _______________________________________________ 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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fireworks
by Chrismo 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

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