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Comic
by D P Pierce 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

http://www.oregonlive.com/comics-kingdom/?feature_id=Bizarro Deloy

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Fwd: Brought to you by the Society of Astronomers Trapped on a Sphere
by Ann House 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

http://feedly.com/k/12ZuAhM -A

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Two South Poles on the Sun?
by D P Pierce 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/sun-s-magnetic-field--is-about-to-flip---warns-nas… I heard about this possibility while visiting the Big Bear (Lake) Solar Observatory years ago while a RTMC. Deloy

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First Perseid
by daniel turner 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

I saw my first perseid meteor this weekend. I was out in the desert at about 11pm when the radiant was still just below the north northeast horizon. The bolide started about 10 degrees above the radiant and rose straight up like a fireworks shot. The bright white trail took three seconds before fading out short of the zenith. The color and wide sparkling trail are a sign of the perseids and the path from the radiant confirmed it. Also saw a couple of not perseids coming from a different direction with a less intense color. DT

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Clouded out again
by Joe Bauman 05 Aug '13

05 Aug '13

I'm thinking of Lakeside one or two of those days. -- Joe ------------------------------ On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 2:13 PM MDT Jay Eads wrote: >Weather looks to be good later this week so I am going to be at one of the >Vernon Sites Thursday, Friday and possibly Saturday. I may swap Wednesday >for Saturday if my daughter can be home Thursday for an install we are >having done. > > > >On 2013-08-05 19:44, Chuck Hards wrote: >> Same up here, Debbie, only a few degrees cooler. The clear skies return >> after about 3 AM for a couple of hours generally, if you can wait it out >or >> get up very early. >> >> It's been sunny all day and I was hoping to get a peek at the sun when I >> get home in about half an hour, but solid overcast just rolled-in. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Debbie <astrodeb@???> wrote: >> >> > This has been the story since late June. Clouds and wind. and hot. >> > http://www.cleardarksky.com/c/ZnLdgMNkey.html?1 >> > >> > >> > >_______________________________________________ >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] Clouded out again
by Jay Eads 05 Aug '13

05 Aug '13

Weather looks to be good later this week so I am going to be at one of the Vernon Sites Thursday, Friday and possibly Saturday. I may swap Wednesday for Saturday if my daughter can be home Thursday for an install we are having done. On 2013-08-05 19:44, Chuck Hards wrote: > Same up here, Debbie, only a few degrees cooler. The clear skies return > after about 3 AM for a couple of hours generally, if you can wait it out or > get up very early. > > It's been sunny all day and I was hoping to get a peek at the sun when I > get home in about half an hour, but solid overcast just rolled-in. > > > > On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Debbie <astrodeb@???> wrote: > > > This has been the story since late June. Clouds and wind. and hot. > > http://www.cleardarksky.com/c/ZnLdgMNkey.html?1 > > > > >

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Comic
by D P Pierce 05 Aug '13

05 Aug '13

http://www.gocomics.com/redandrover/2013/08/04 Deloy

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Tooele solar farm?
by Patrick Wiggins 05 Aug '13

05 Aug '13

A few afternoons ago while flying over by the city of Tooele the plane "lit up" by a light source coming from below. I looked down and found myself looking into what looked like a partially complete solar farm and many of its mirrors were catching the Sun and redirecting it my way. I don't remember seeing any news coverage of this facility. Anyone here heard anything? Whatever it was I flew over again yesterday and it appeared about 3/4 done. Pretty impressive setup: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/solarwind.jpg Reminds me of the solar farm down by Barstow a few of us SLASers visited several years ago. patrick

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Comic
by D P Pierce 04 Aug '13

04 Aug '13

Anybody want to buy a Meteorite-B-Gone? http://www.seattlepi.com/comics-and-games/fun/Edison/ Deloy

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Saturn's Rings, the 2014 Movie
by Joe Bauman 04 Aug '13

04 Aug '13

It's most impressive, but I don't believe them when they say there's no monkeying with the photos, no fakery. They show Earth with a beautiful backdrop of the Milky Way but I have never seen such a view. Earth is so bright compared with the background that all I have seen is the Earth and moon and the blackness of space. -- Joe ------------------------------ On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 4:41 PM MDT Howard Jackman wrote: > I'd go! :-) > > >________________________________ > From: Seth Jarvis <SJarvis(a)slco.org> >To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> >Cc: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> >Sent: Sunday, August 4, 2013 4:08 PM >Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Saturn's Rings, the 2014 Movie > > >This is a movie we're considering for exhibition in our IMAX. > >Seth > >On Aug 3, 2013, at 6:58 AM, "Ed" <utnatsedj1(a)xmission.com> wrote: > >> Here is a short story and a 2.5-minute video trailer for the upcoming 2014 movie "Saturn's Rings". The story includes an explanation of how it was made from existing space photography. It was not made with computer-generated graphics. >> >> The video is at double HD resolution so play it full screen. >> >> Enjoy. >> >> http://www.redsharknews.com/technology/item/872-this-is-real-it-s-saturn-in… >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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