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Frontiers of Science tomorrow (plus Mayan & Bernson)
by Wiggins Patrick 14 Nov '13

14 Nov '13

Frontiers of Science talk tomorrow (Thursday) https://www.facebook.com/events/106708762820137/ Evidence that the Mayan calendar does not end this year: http://www.zazzle.com/the_2013_mayan_calendar-158713461120501542 And now we know where Dave Bernson arrived on Earth: http://nationexplorer.com/feature/1448512 Clear skies! patrick Sent from my iPad

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Utah Star Party
by Jay Eads 01 Apr '13

01 Apr '13

Daniel hit the nail on the head. Bryce, Great Basin are wonderful events but the emphasis is on outreach to the public. This is to be in the vein of the Texas Star Party or The Golden Gate Star Party or the Oregon Star Party. This is a place for amateurs to gather, to share views together and to spend the nights observing together. The goal is to start small and build the tradition over time. The nearest Star Party like this is either the Golden Gate Star Party that I am aware of. You can see in this link (copy and paste it) from the Golden Gate Star Party site the quality of the dark areas of the skies where they observe from. We have that in northern Utah and in southern Utah. There are also good sites that the US Forest Service is willing to work with us on using. I also have land that I have purchased for my family's recreational use and also primarily for observing. I don't think I'll have that ready though until 2014 for something like this. http://www.goldenstatestarparty.org/home/comparing-dark-skies If someone doesn't want to go, with Bryce and Great Basin being enough for them, great, no problem. This isn't meant to take the place of these events. It is to be a private star party that people register for, attend and observe for four or so nights up here in northern Utah. I believe we can pull in people from Nevada, some from southern Idaho, northern Utah, central and southern Utah perhaps and maybe even other neighboring states. In the end, even if only some of us go, that is just fine. However, it is time I believe for Utah to have its own Star Party that is private for amateurs to attend in addition to all the public outreach that is done by the many amateurs in the state from various clubs. Hopefully over time Utah can add to the star party traditions like Golden Gate, Texas Star Part,y, Oregon, Mount Baker, the Nebraska Star Party etc. If your interested in helping organizing it let me know.

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M57 +73PSW-3
by daniel turner 27 Mar '13

27 Mar '13

Mark your calendar for early evening May 7. Their will be a close encounter between the Ring nebula and periodic comet 73P. The comet will be close to earth so its exact position in the sky will depend stongly on your location on the globe. Go to spaceweather.com and use the link at the bottom of the page for "Observable Comets". 73p is in the list and includes orbital elements and a link for daily ephemerides. DT __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Local 10,000 stars in your browser.
by Daniel Holmes 16 Feb '13

16 Feb '13

You need to use Chrome or Firefox to have this work (needs WebGL), but it's really cool. Make sure you watch the opening movie to use it. http://workshop.chromeexperiments.com/stars/ Dan -- Daniel Holmes, danielh(a)holmesonics.com "Laugh while you can, monkey boy!" -- Lord John Whorfin

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OT - Heinlein/sci-fi
by Kim 01 Feb '13

01 Feb '13

A couple of semi-random thoughts this morning: I saw Robert Heinlein mentioned in a thread posted earlier and it reminded me of a couple of things he wrote. Heinlein was one of my favorite sci-fi authors. About the earliest novel I remember reading was "Rocket Ship Galileo", which sparked my interest in space travel and seeing the US go to the Moon. Heinlein also introduced me to the initialism, "TANSTAAFL", from "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress". ("There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch") Words to live by. Congress should take some kind of lesson there. Kim

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Clear!
by Patrick Wiggins 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

For those like me in N. Utah that are sitting inside after shoveling snow earlier in the night and thinking it's cloudy out. It's not. At least not here in Tooele. Beautiful clear skies and it looks like the clearing is moving east. Just finished imaging ISON (one of these days it'll hopefully get better looking). Minimal processing for what's posted here. Shots taken 10 minutes apart: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/C_2012_S1.2013JAN30.JPG As before it's the tiny, fuzzy thing in the middle. patrick

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Today's what-if.
by Daniel Holmes 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

How a Cessna would fly on the 32 largest Solar System bodies... http://what-if.xkcd.com Dan -- Daniel Holmes, danielh(a)holmesonics.com "Laugh while you can, monkey boy!" -- Lord John Whorfin

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] L&O Subcommittee
by Joe Bauman 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

Yes, Dan and a whole slew of people! ------------------------------ On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 1:30 PM MST erikhansen(a)thebluezone.net wrote: >> Perhaps in March I'll make one. > > > >And Dan. >> >> Of course, if they were skiing today, at least they got to breathe some >> fresh air, and actually saw the sun! >> >> We need to see some other alumni more often. Eric, Joan, Charlie... and >> we >> haven't seen Jim Gibson since we were meeting at Lambs. Who else has >> attended, but not recently? >> >> Patrick, you would enjoy it, too. Aviation is often one of the topics of >> conversation. You don't have to order liver! About half of our regulars >> don't, or order it maybe every other time. >> >> Siegfried, don't tell George that you had it today. He really furrowed >> his >> brow when I told him about it at Denny's after the last SLAS meeting. >> Doctors, what do they know? ;-) >> >> On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman(a)yahoo.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> A fun time was had by all, as they say. We missed you, Rodger and >> Larry! >> -- Joe >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Today's what-if.
by Joe Bauman 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

Very cool, Dan! It's a fun thought experiment. ------------------------------ On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 10:23 AM MST Daniel Holmes wrote: >How a Cessna would fly on the 32 largest Solar System bodies... > >http://what-if.xkcd.com > >Dan > >-- >Daniel Holmes, danielh(a)holmesonics.com >"Laugh while you can, monkey boy!" -- Lord John Whorfin > > > > >_______________________________________________ >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] NASA's new lunar rover in the works
by Joe Bauman 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

Fascinating, as Mr. Spoc would say. ------------------------------ On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 9:47 AM MST Richard Tenney wrote: >Sounds interesting/promising: > >http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/29/nasa-rassor-excavator-robot-shape-shifts… >_______________________________________________ >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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