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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet ISON already a dud?
by Joe Bauman 30 Jul '13

30 Jul '13

Which is why I refuse to get excited about comets until they actually put on a good display. -- Joe ------------------------------ On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 9:22 PM MDT Thomas Sevcik wrote: >Just saw this minutes ago. It doesn't look good for Comet ISON to be the, "Comet of the Century." Hopefully some surprisingly "good" news will come out soon! >http://www.nbcnews.com/science/comet-century-already-may-have-fizzled-6C107… >Tom Sevcik >_______________________________________________ >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] Cosmos re-booted.
by Ed 30 Jul '13

30 Jul '13

Speaking of PBS series: Does anyone remember James Burke's documentary series "Connections" back in 1979 or either of the two sequel series in 1994 and 1997? In each of those shows he documented a thread connecting seemingly unrelated events and DIYers of the day that lead to an important discovery, invention or development of modern times. What has this to do with astronomy? Those early amateur (and only) astronomers were involved in such connections both before and as they became famous for their particular contribution to the understanding of the universe. Wikipedia has a complete treatise on the series and the 40 episodes that were eventually produced under the article title "Connections." I do not know if all the shows are available for viewing on the internet, but many are. James Burke gave a fascinating, standing-room-only lecture in the new Salt Lake City Library some years back that I was lucky enough to attend. Did any of you catch his lecture? I hated all the dull history in high school, but Mr. Burke makes it come alive by putting it together in a fascinating way. And touche' Chrismo, Kodak does indeed still make and sell fine digital cameras. Ed

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Comet ISON already a dud?
by Thomas Sevcik 29 Jul '13

29 Jul '13

Just saw this minutes ago. It doesn't look good for Comet ISON to be the, "Comet of the Century." Hopefully some surprisingly "good" news will come out soon! http://www.nbcnews.com/science/comet-century-already-may-have-fizzled-6C107… Tom Sevcik

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Cosmos re-booted.
by Ed 29 Jul '13

29 Jul '13

Jo, In case you haven't already, I found them by searching YouTube for James Burke Connections. Ed ------------------------ On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 20:06:12 -0600 [08:06:12 PM MDT] Josephine Grahn <jograhn(a)gmail.com> wrote: That series was one of the best I have ever seen! I would love to see it again.... Jo

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Utah Star Party
by Jay Eads 29 Jul '13

29 Jul '13

Sorry, I sent out the link I use to login. Here is the link for the Utah Star Party. It is under the More Tab. Thanks, Jay http://darkskyastronomyinutah.webs.com/

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Utah Star Party
by Jay Eads 29 Jul '13

29 Jul '13

it's not perfect and my summer coursework took up more time than I thought. Here is a link to the website where if you wish to attend the Utah Star Party on October 3rd, 4th, and 5th and brave the cool nights of early October then go to the site, click on registration, either copy the registration information into the body/text of your email and email to UtahStarParty(a)yahoo.com or fill out the form, and send as an attachment. We really only need to get a head count of who is coming so we know how many sites to reserve. Camping at the field is unimproved. If we get enough people we will get a porta potty. There are excellent improved campsites at the Vernon Reservoir, twenty I believe with bathrooms (Forest Service but they are pretty clean). We will be 3 miles from the Reservoir. http://members.webs.com/s/sitebuilder/pages/312258496/#

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Cosmos re-booted.
by Daniel Holmes 28 Jul '13

28 Jul '13

I'd heard about this a while ago, but at San Diego Comic Con a teaser trailer was released for the new version of Carl Sagan's Cosmos. It was great to see the 'Spaceship of the Imagination' again. http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/07/23/cosmos_a_space_time_ody… If there's one person who could do it justice, it's Neil DeGrasse Tyson. But since it's on Fox, I hope it doesn't get canceled after 5 episodes...grumbleFireflygrumble. Dan -- Daniel Holmes, danielh(a)holmesonics.com "Laugh while you can, monkey boy!" -- Lord John Whorfin

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Pluto comic
by D P Pierce 28 Jul '13

28 Jul '13

http://www.seattlepi.com/comics-and-games/fun/Edison/ Deloy

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The ubiquitious cell phone
by D P Pierce 28 Jul '13

28 Jul '13

http://www.seattlepi.com/comics-and-games/fun/Bizarro/ Deloy

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Astronomical vinyl
by Kelly Ricks 28 Jul '13

28 Jul '13

I'm curious, what is the name of the band/ensemble, and the title of the album/piece on the record? ~Kelly ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 15:53:47 -0600 > From: Patrick Wiggins <paw(a)wirelessbeehive.com> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Astronomical vinyl (Was: Cosmos re-booted) > Message-ID: <B4E2CF89-7DAA-41BC-8E50-ABFC92CD2A39(a)wirelessbeehive.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Funny you should mention vinyl. A few months ago I heard from a record > company in the UK asking to use one of my eclipse shots on the cover of an > LP they were producing. I thought it was a joke especially when they > started talking some pretty serious coin. > > So I checked out the company and found it's for real and gave them the ok > to use the picture. > > Next thing I know the check cleared the bank (actually I donated it to one > of the animal welfare groups I support) and a package from the UK showed up > containing several copies of the LP. Alas, though the eclipse picture > looks great I've no turntable to play the records on. > > Cheers, > > patrick > >

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