January 2013 - Utah-Astronomy - mailman.xmission.com

NASA's new lunar rover in the works
by Richard Tenney 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

Sounds interesting/promising: http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/29/nasa-rassor-excavator-robot-shape-shifts…

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OAS St. George Trip
by Jay Eads 28 Jan '13

28 Jan '13

Just curious to where we are going to meet in southern Utah for the OAS trip? I really am looking forward to this and hoping that the weather is good down there. Jay

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Next ATM session
by Hutchings, Mat 28 Jan '13

28 Jan '13

Just a reminder that the next ATM session is this Saturday (01/26/13) starting at 09:00. This is the same day as the L&O meeting, so if any would like to come for a short visit to the ATM session, then head to the Left Fork Grill, you are welcome to join us. I've got a good design for a dew heater controller that I have made for a mere fraction of the commercial units. You can check it out at the session. Keep in mind this particular controller is a prototype, so it looks a little rough inside the box, but I do have artwork that I will be turning into boards soon. The actual dew heater strips are very easy to make with either 1/2 watt resistors, or ni-chrome wire. I've done both and actually prefer the resistor method. Let me know if you need directions to my house and I'll get them to you. 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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Re: [Utah-astronomy] L&O Subcommittee
by Joe Bauman 28 Jan '13

28 Jan '13

A fun time was had by all, as they say. We missed you, Rodger and Larry! -- Joe ------------------------------ On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 3:21 PM MST Chuck Hards wrote: >We had a fun L&O meeting this morning. Siegfried and Bruno attended, Ray, >Joe & Corey, Rich, and Norm and Kay as well as myself. We looked over >plans for the Jack Newton solar spectroscope; Joe was extremely skeptical >of the safety of the whole affair despite Siegfried and I assuring him that >he wouldn't burn his eyeballs out with it, so I suppose I'll just have to >build one and show him. Much talk of the history of early aviation, >Mercury and Venus transits, Browning Arms- Kay is a walking arms >encyclopedia! Also a few stories of woodshop teachers we had in our youth, >seems they are all cut from the same cloth, lol! Rich took posession of >his newly repainted 8" Dynascope tube and finder, done in "Hot Wheels" >metallic green. Kay and Norm got some modified parallelogram parts to make >it more friendly for 80mm binos, and Kay picked-up his Jaegers 50mm >refractor solar-scope/spotter. I brought along my 20x70mm bino, solar >filters, and parallelogram but the sun didn't decide to show-up. Kay >brought a 70mm bino in need of collimation so I'm going to see if I can >bring it back to life. > >And the pie was sinfully good! > >I'm thinking of the next meeting sometime in mid-March. I'll try and pick >a Saturday with as few conflicts with other events as possible, and try for >at least 3 weeks advance notice. Bring something for show-and-tell, and >have some good stories ready! >_______________________________________________ >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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This week's snow
by Chuck Hards 28 Jan '13

28 Jan '13

It's Kay's fault. He got a new refractor. ;-)

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comics
by Joe Bauman 27 Jan '13

27 Jan '13

Well that is a tough question .... ------------------------------ On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 3:38 PM MST D P Pierce wrote: >http://www.gocomics.com/ziggy > > >Deloy >_______________________________________________ >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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Comics
by D P Pierce 27 Jan '13

27 Jan '13

http://www.gocomics.com/ziggy Deloy

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L&O Subcommittee
by Chuck Hards 26 Jan '13

26 Jan '13

Any interest in a mid-winter L&O meeting this month? One topic I'd like to discuss is the Jack Newton solar spectroscope I plan to build this spring. Need some input from some of the techie group members.

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What's old is new again...
by Daniel Holmes 25 Jan '13

25 Jan '13

Interesting read on re-using old technology... http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/01/saturn-v-moon-rocket-engine-firing-a… Dan -- Daniel Holmes, danielh(a)holmesonics.com "Laugh while you can, monkey boy!" -- Lord John Whorfin

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laser pointers
by Kim 24 Jan '13

24 Jan '13

Hi all. Anyone have a recommendation for a laser pointer that functions well in cold temperatures? Kim

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