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

ENOUGH
by Chrismo 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

Gentlemen, No one's getting banned, please do not ask me to ban anyone. Regardless of what you believe, I will always defend your right to say it. Inflammatory arguments however, should be done off-list. If it's not something you'd say TO your mother, please don't say it here. If you don't like something someone said, then tell them off-list, or ignore it and move on. I'd like to see this discussion ended, and those who wish to debate it further do so in private emails. As has been pointed out on this list and many other places before, one of the big problems with text only communication is that the reader is not always able to interpret the intention of the author. -- Chrismo I fix things, all kinds of things... (801) 897-9075

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I see said the blind man.
by erikhansen＠thebluezone.net 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

Thanks Jo, I did not really read your post, and I truly did completely misunderstand the whole thing. I was scanning fast that day and I should have given Steve more credit. I hope you wiil accept my apology, although I will understand those who don't. I pledge I will respond to nothing other than Astro Posts and encourage the same. Erik

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Peace and Love
by Steve Fisher 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

Good morning everyone. I wanted to let you know that Erik and I have made peace or at least we are working on it "off list". I would encourage that no one be banned over this trivial event. I would think a warning for language someone feels is offensive may be justified. I have received those warnings in the past. It has encouraged me to keep a civil tounge when I otherwise might not have. "Can't we all just get along"?

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Please Don't take the Bait
by Ray Druian 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

Aw, c'mon, Patrick, we haven't had a good flame war on this list in at least a week. Take the bait, everyone, it may be the best meal in town. -- Thanx, *Ray *

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some Independence Day pix
by Joe Bauman 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

Hi all, here are a couple of pix I took on the fourth: -- No so good moon mosaic, a view from early morning: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=5303 -- Sunspots: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=5306 -- Same as above, but cropped and not reduced as much for the gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=5306 Thanks for taking a look, and I'd appreciate any comments. Joe

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Moonrise over the Cedar Mountains
by Patrick Wiggins 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

Flying back from Wendover Tuesday evening I was entranced by the appearance of the Moon low over the Cedar Mountains and right in the middle of Earth's shadow. The wind was really blowing out there so there were a bunch of mini-sandstorms down below which I thought gave a nice texture and mix of shadows to the ground below. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/MOONRISE.JPG

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Nice Moon Shot
by Dave Gary 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

Joe, Very nice Moon shot. How did you stitch the photos together? There’s some great detail on the sunspots, also. I’ll have to rack the magnification up on my setup and see if I can get that sort of detail. I made a solar filter for the 10”. I’m sure it’s not as nice as the one Roger made for you. It’s ugly, but it works. Maybe I’ll try to get some photos with that setup. I think it will have to wait until this weekend, though. I’m going to try Moon, too. Learn, learn, learn. Dave

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The Sun
by D P Pierce 04 Jul '12

04 Jul '12

Here's Whitey! http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/sunspots/ Deloy

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Thanks
by Dave Gary 04 Jul '12

04 Jul '12

Thanks to Howard, Chuck and Joe. I went back and looked at the photos after Chuck made his comment. It looks as if a Smiley Face is smirking at us. I never noticed it before. Reminds me of Forrest Gump.

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Where biology meets cosmology
by Chuck Hards 03 Jul '12

03 Jul '12

http://news.yahoo.com/dna-transforms-dark-matter-detector-171823648.html

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