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SlASmas Party
by D P Pierce 30 Nov '14

30 Nov '14

Hi, Is the party this Sat? I've been in the hospital and really out of it.Is it at 6:00? Deloy

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] News, 28 NOV 2014
by Joe Bauman 29 Nov '14

29 Nov '14

Wow, the high-resolution view of Europa is stunning. It's difficult to puzzle out how the various cracks formed -- doubtless liquid material coming up from below the ice, but why did it form the circles and lines? The circles don't seem to show evidence of rotation. I assume the liquid material has a lot of organics in it. In my opinion, a surace lander might come up with evidence of life, now frozen. Thanks Patrick, Joe From: SLAS Announcements <announce(a)slas.us> To: Joseph Bauman <josephmbauman(a)yahoo.com> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2014 11:55 PM Subject: News, 28 NOV 2014 News, Friday, 28 November 2014 Welcome Newest SLAS Member! George, Craig +++++ Early SPOC Logs PDFs of all the logbooks of SLAS's original observatory are now available online. http://slas.us/slasbooks/spoclogs1978-2001.pdf (130MB) +++++ Another Solstice Festival Reminder SLAS will hold its annual December Solstice Festival the evening of Saturday 6 December at the Golden Corral in Midvale from 6:00 to 8:00. All members and their guests are encouraged to attend. http://slas.us/displayevent.asp?EventID=2143 +++++ Rosetta Comet Landing in 'Thud' and 3D http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4389 +++++ Young Volcanoes on the Moon http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/24nov_imps/ +++++ Researchers Advance 'Quantum Teleportation' http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4384 +++++ Rosetta Continues Into Its Full Science Phase http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Rosetta_continues_into_its_ful… +++++ NASA Saucer Named 'Best of What's New' http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4385 +++++ NASA Seeks Comments on Possible Airship Challenge http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4391 +++++ NASA Airborne Campaigns Tackle Climate Questions http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4392 +++++ NASA Issues 'Remastered' View of Jupiter's Moon Europa http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4386 +++++ Working life extensions for ESA's science missions http://sci.esa.int/director-desk/54999-working-life-extensions-for-esas-sci… +++++ Contact Lost with Sun-watching Stereo B http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/stereo-b-contact-lost-1121201… +++++ Gas giant spins a surprise (submitted by Dave Gary) http://www.nature.com/news/gas-giant-spins-a-surprise-1.16333?WT.ec_id=NEWS… +++++ Extreme Shrimp May Hold Clues to Alien Life http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4388 +++++ A Colourful Gathering of Middle-aged Stars http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1439/ +++++ +++++ ********************************************************************************** ********************************************************************************** Renew SLAS Membership Online SLAS dues and fees can be paid online. 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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Old SPOC logs
by Bruce Hugo 24 Nov '14

24 Nov '14

Regarding the spoc logs: Patrick, where I work we have an auto feed copy machine which PDF's documents. Sig: Holy cow man! Did you have a major foot roll accident? Hope things are progressing well. Years ago I had a level 3 ankle sprain which left me in a strap on cast for 3.5 months and 6 months of therapy (physical, not mental)! I hope yours is much much less! Speedy recovery! Bruce Hugo

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Old SPOC logs
by Wiggins Patrick 24 Nov '14

24 Nov '14

Spent a "fun", cloudy night getting to a project I've been meaning to do for years: Scanning the logs for the original SPOC. I'll be surprised if more than a few here are interested but if you are you'll find them here: http://slas.us/slasbooks/spoclogs1978-2001.pdf (caution, the file's about 130 MB). Next up will be the logs for the Harmons Observatory and Refractor House but since there are many times more of them it may be a while. And I'm also toying with the idea of doing the same with all of the club's newsletters. BTW, my scanner takes about 20 seconds to do a single page. Anyone here have a faster scanner they'd like to help out with? Cheers, patrick

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BBC The Sky at Night - Rosetta Mission
by Jamie Bradley 20 Nov '14

20 Nov '14

The long running BBC show The Sky at Night did a Special on the Rosetta Mission for this month's episode. You can watch it on my Plex server: http://bradleycomputers.com:32401/web/index.html# Feel free to watch the other shows also if you want. This is a private streaming server, Please Respect it . Don't change the settings . Don't give the address to others outside the group. . Not everything in Channels works and content is not regulated Thanks Jamie Bradley

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Teaching an old dog new tricks
by Chuck Hards 17 Nov '14

17 Nov '14

This is remarkable. Look at these two images of Ganymede. The one on the left was taken with the Palomar 200" Hale telescope after the installation of adaptive optics in 2011. The one on the right was taken with the Hubble space telescope, for comparison. http://iopscience.iop.org/0004-637X/776/2/130/downloadHRFigure/figure/apj48… Here is a link to the paper describing the adaptive optics system: http://iopscience.iop.org/0004-637X/776/2/130/article?v_showallauthors=yes Seems you CAN teach an old dog new tricks.

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Equipment Curse Reversed
by Jay Eads 16 Nov '14

16 Nov '14

Okay, so for the last 18 months I added 3 new scopes from 14" to 17.5" to now soon a 24" all dobs. I also added a 4" refractor and other stuff. So in lieu that last winter my snow blower of 20 years finally gave out, I bought a new one this week. I am hoping buying a new snow blower will reverse the weather curse since starting on December 3 I will have a ton of more time on my hands for my favorite past time. My question do you think the snow blower might reverse the weather curse around new moon? -- Thanks! Jay

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Obviously no star party tonight
by Richard Tenney 14 Nov '14

14 Nov '14

First apologies for the late notice, followed by thanks for those of you who volunteered to help. The girl scout leaders have alternate plans tonight that don't include us, so we are off the hook. Hopefully that doesn't mess with anyones plans for the evening... /Rich

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Remember the Bowling Ball? Part two
by Joe Bauman 13 Nov '14

13 Nov '14

Does it have a raised rim? These are really interesting. Could it involve puddles and ice? ------------------------------ On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 9:11 AM MST Brent Watson via Utah-Astronomy wrote: >A geologist friend in Idaho suggests these craters may be gas blowouts. She surmises that the is a concentration of organic material beneath this particular spot that produces gases including methane. When the pressure gets high enough it erupts to the surface leaving these pock marks. > > >On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 8:03 PM, Brent Watson via Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> wrote: > > > >Yesterday I went to the "crater" site to get an exact location. Chris, my son, went with me. We landed on the road and walked to the site. It looks like these holes in the ground are actually sink holes. Why they are concentrated in this one location that is maybe 1/4 mile in diameter I don't know. Perhaps a geologist can shed some light on why only here. Here are a couple of images from our little jaunt. > >http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n534/brentjwatson/DSC06114small.jpg > > >View on i1138.photobucket.com Preview by Yahoo > > >http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n534/brentjwatson/DSC06119small.jpg > > >View on i1138.photobucket.com Preview by Yahoo > > >http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n534/brentjwatson/DSC06113small.jpg > > > > > >View on i1138.photobucket.com Preview by Yahoo > >If nothing else, it was a lot of fun to go visit these "craters". I had a great time and so did Chris. Besides, it was a great excuse to get the airplane out of the hangar and convert some 100LL aviation fuel into fun. >_______________________________________________ >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] More on comet landing
by Joe Bauman 13 Nov '14

13 Nov '14

Apparently it endes up in the shadow of a cliff where it will have much less of that dim sunlight needed to recharge the solar batteries. Mission controllers might try to move it but the risk is ut might fly off never to return. http://news.yahoo.com/space-agency-releases-1st-picture-comet-105217622.html ------------------------------ On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 2:17 AM MST Wiggins Patrick wrote: >The current Goggle doodle features Philae: > >https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl > >Next live media briefing will be today at 1300 GMT (0600 MST) > >http://rosetta.esa.int > >patrick > >_______________________________________________ >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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