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What's really on the far side of the Moon :)
by Wiggins Patrick 15 Jan '13

15 Jan '13

Anyone here remember this commercial? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a6zAtjf7ik Grins, patrick

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Siding Spring fire update
by Wiggins Patrick 14 Jan '13

14 Jan '13

For those who may not have heard, amongst the many fires burning in Australia is one at the Siding Spring observatory. Fortunately, unlike the fire that destroyed much of Mt Stromlo observatory a decade ago, most of Siding Spring seems to be coming through this fire relatively undamaged. More here: http://amandabauer.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/siding-spring-obs-fires-day-after… patrick Sent from my iPad

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asteroid Apophis
by Gary Vardon 12 Jan '13

12 Jan '13

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Extrasolar asteroids discovered around Vega
by Kelly Ricks 10 Jan '13

10 Jan '13

Usually when I've said something about Vega to visitors at a star party, it's that Vega's the star from which Jodie Foster was receiving the alien message. What a great bit of actual information to add on to that! Thanks for sharing this! ~Kelly > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2013 17:06:36 -0800 (PST) > From: Richard Tenney <retenney(a)yahoo.com> > To: Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Extrasolar asteroids discovered around Vega > Message-ID: <1357779996.326.YahooMailNeo(a)web163901.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > "During observations of Vega, that is located 25 light-years away in the > constellation Lyra, it became apparent that the star plays host to a > warm inner belt of asteroids and an outer, cool belt ten-times further > out from the star, separated by a gap. This may sound familiar -- our > solar system possesses an inner belt of asteroids (the Asteroid Belt > that can be found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter) and, ten-times > further away, an outer belt of asteroids and cometary nuclei (the > Kuiper Belt beyond the orbit of Neptune). This conforming 1:10 ratio is > very interesting to astronomers." > > > http://news.discovery.com/space/massive-asteroid-belts-discovered-around-ve… > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 119, Issue 29 > *********************************************** >

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Can Someone Check My Calculations
by jcarman6＠q.com 10 Jan '13

10 Jan '13

Dave Bennett: Have you moved to Hawaii or just visiting?

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] OT Dave in Hawaii
by Chuck Hards 10 Jan '13

10 Jan '13

Congrats on chasing-down the dream, Dave. Good luck! And definitely stay on the board. Once you get done with school and get hired, we'll expect a "Big Scopejocky's" blog! And what a coincidence. My "late bloomer" dream is to move to Hawaii when I turn 92, then spend the rest of my life getting wasted on the beach. ;-) On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 5:14 PM, Dave Bennett <dlbennett(a)mac.com> wrote: > My wife Kea and I moved here in July with my 87 year-old mum, two dogs, > and a 20 ft. shipping container. I'll be going back to school in the Fall > at UH Hilo in astronomy to retool as a telescope operator for one of the > observatories on Mauna Kea...pursuing my dreams as a late bloomer. Kea > just happens to be from Hilo, the astronomy capital of the world (after > Salt Lake of course :-) > >

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U-2 Handbook
by Wiggins Patrick 10 Jan '13

10 Jan '13

With NASA using U-2s for some of their high altitude research I thought some here might be interested in seeing a copy of a recently declassified U-2 Handbook http://www.avweb.com/pdf/lockheedu2utilityflighhandbook1959.pdf (18 MB) patrick

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Hawai/Bennett - OT
by jcarman6＠q.com 09 Jan '13

09 Jan '13

FYI, SLC has been weeks long into an inversion. The high temperatures are in the 20ths, the lows in the single digits. But a storm is coming in, today most of the inversion was blown out, we saw blue sky for hours. The storm is expected to last three days. Hope you are enjoying the beach. :) BTW, I visited/toured Hilo many many years ago. It was an incredibly beautiful island. Good luck to you and yours and your late blooming dreams. Hope you stay on the board and keep us all informed and jealous.

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Extrasolar asteroids discovered around Vega
by Richard Tenney 09 Jan '13

09 Jan '13

"During observations of Vega, that is located 25 light-years away in the constellation Lyra, it became apparent that the star plays host to a warm inner belt of asteroids and an outer, cool belt ten-times further out from the star, separated by a gap. This may sound familiar -- our solar system possesses an inner belt of asteroids (the Asteroid Belt that can be found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter) and, ten-times further away, an outer belt of asteroids and cometary nuclei (the Kuiper Belt beyond the orbit of Neptune). This conforming 1:10 ratio is very interesting to astronomers." http://news.discovery.com/space/massive-asteroid-belts-discovered-around-ve…

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Sky Quality Meter
by erikhansen＠thebluezone.net 09 Jan '13

09 Jan '13

http://www.unihedron.com/projects/darksky/

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