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Re: [Utah-astronomy] OAS meetings
by Joe Bauman 09 Jan '13

09 Jan '13

Yes, David, but the SLAS board meeting is the second Wednesday. Best wishes, Joe ------------------------------ On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 7:50 AM MST Dunn, David wrote: >OAS is on the 2nd Wednesday. I think SLAS is on the 3rd Wednesday. We are planning to go back to the 2nd Thursday next September. We have a BBQ in June and don't meet in July or August (We do Monte Cristo instead). > >Thanks, >David Dunn > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: utah-astronomy-bounces+david.dunn=supervalu.com(a)mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+david.dunn=supervalu.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman >Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 10:26 PM >To: Utah Astronomy >Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] OAS meetings > >Now those who may want to attend both the OAS regular meeting and the SLAS board meeting are just out of luck. I'm sorry that's the case. > > > >________________________________ > From: D P Pierce <starsbirdsglyphs(a)gmail.com> >To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com >Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2013 10:21 PM >Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] OAS meetings > >Dave, > Wow! OAS has been meeting on 2nd Thursdays since The Big Bang. > >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". >_______________________________________________ >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] OAS meetings
by D P Pierce 09 Jan '13

09 Jan '13

Dave, Wow! OAS has been meeting on 2nd Thursdays since The Big Bang. Deloy

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Can someone check my calculations?
by Wiggins Patrick 08 Jan '13

08 Jan '13

Thanks Kurt, That pretty much agrees with some of the data I was looking at. I was surprised to see there is only a 3 hour difference between Utah and Hawaii. I thought it was at least an hour or two more. Regarding the RA I asked about in my original post I forgot to mention my guesstimates so I'll do that now and hope I'm not embarrassingly off. At the start of our observing session on 8 February at 2100 here in SLC (1800 at Haleakala) I think RA 02h 53m will be transiting in the south as seen from the telescope. Which means when our session ends three hours later at midnight here in SLC (2100 at Haleakala) RA 05h 53m will be transiting in the south as seen from the telescope. BTW, I see that right in the middle of the session Jupiter will be virtually at the zenith. But I think it will be too bright to image with 2 meters of glass. Too bad. Cheers, patrick On 07 Jan 2013, at 23:35, Kurt Fisher wrote: > I do not have my home laptop with me with a planetarium program, so I cannot give you a specific RA. But here is a quick eyeball using referenced internet resources. Civil twilight is 49 minutes after session start. - Kurt > > ================ > A) Algol appears to be transiting Honolulu at the session start > > http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yoursky > > Algol is transiting Honolulu at Corresponding UTC (GMT) Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 04:00:00 > > ================ > B) Time differential > > http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html > > Salt Lake City (U.S.A. - Utah) Friday, February 8, 2013 at 9:00:00 PM MST UTC-7 hours > Honolulu (U.S.A. - Hawaii) Friday, February 8, 2013 at 6:00:00 PM HAST UTC-10 hours > Corresponding UTC (GMT) Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 04:00:00 > > ================ > C. Sunrise, Sunset, Moonrise > > http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.php > > U.S. Naval Observatory > Astronomical Applications Department > > Sun and Moon Data for One Day > > The following information is provided for Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii (longitude W157.8, latitude N21.3): > > Friday > 8 February 2013 Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time > > SUN > Begin civil twilight 6:43 a.m. > Sunrise 7:05 a.m. > Sun transit 12:46 p.m. > Sunset 6:26 p.m. > End civil twilight 6:49 p.m. > > MOON > Moonset 4:11 p.m. on preceding day > Moonrise 5:38 a.m. > Moon transit 11:25 a.m. > Moonset 5:14 p.m. > Moonrise 6:27 a.m. on following day > > > > Phase of the Moon on 8 February: waning crescent with 3% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated. > > New Moon on 9 February 2013 at 9:21 p.m. (Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time). > >

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OAS Meetings
by Dunn, David 08 Jan '13

08 Jan '13

Just in case anyone on this list is interested, OAS will be meeting on the 2nd Wednesday of each month through May. There is an Astronomy class scheduled in the Ott Planetarium on Thursday nights this semester. Thanks, David Dunn

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Can someone check my calculations?
by Wiggins Patrick 07 Jan '13

07 Jan '13

As many on this list already know SLAS is planning another remote imaging session with the 2 meter Faulkes North telescope on Maui. So I'd like to come up with a suggested target or two for the session. But first I need to make sure my thinking is not confused by the time zone changes. What I'm trying to determine is the hour and approximate minutes of RA that will be transiting the observatory's southern meridian at the beginning of the observing session and the hour and approximate minutes of RA that will be transiting at the end of the session. Details: Proposed date of session: 08 February 2013 Proposed time of session: 2100 to midnight Mountain Standard Time Faulkes telescope coords: N 20° 42' 27.35", W 156° 15' 21.72" Many thanks! patrick

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That dirty metric system
by Chuck Hards 07 Jan '13

07 Jan '13

I'm fluent in both English and metric units, but this gave me a chuckle: http://news.yahoo.com/kilogram-gained-weight-005533827.html

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Moon phases for 2013
by Dion Davidson 07 Jan '13

07 Jan '13

I came across this cool NASA video showing all the moon phases for 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixroBOCm8M8 (write-up from Royce Bair here: http://intothenightphoto.blogspot.com/2012/11/nasas-dial-moon-tool.html) It was also fun to see a beautiful picture of the Milky Way on the inside cover of the January Ensign, for those who may be subscribers. Nice write-up on that photo also on Royce's blog: http://intothenightphoto.blogspot.com/2012/12/potw-milky-way-by-andrey-shum… Dion

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something we all wish was real
by jcarman6＠q.com 07 Jan '13

07 Jan '13

Ditto!!!

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Podcast featuring Ann
by Patrick Wiggins 06 Jan '13

06 Jan '13

For those who missed it, SLAS's very own Solstice Planner and Grant Writer Extraordinaire Ann House was featured on KSL radio recently. Here's the podcast: http://img.ksl.com/audio/2012_12_02_a_womans_view.mp3 patrick

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cool astro pix
by Gary Vardon 06 Jan '13

06 Jan '13

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