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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Live broadcast
by Joe Bauman 06 May '14

06 May '14

I agree with Eric re. Crimea. It was part of Russia until Khrushchev "gave" it to Ukraine administratively, back when they were both in the USSR. ------------------------------ On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 10:08 AM MDT Erik Hansen wrote: >Sounds like we are on schedule to have our own spacecraft for that. It was >a mistake not have a replacement for the shuttle, instead we got the >overly ambitious and costly Orion. I do have a hard time getting worked up >over Crimea, true it probably was not 90% of the population that voted for >it but nobody disputes that E Ukraine and Crimea consist of mostly ethnic >Russians. > > >> With the situation in Crimea/Ukraine I'm starting to wonder how much >> longer we are going to be able send replacement astronauts to the ISS. >> It's looking pretty dicey. I think we are still several years away from >> any new private (or government) manned launch capability to orbit. >> >> I hope we don't end up with a repeat of Skylab. >> >> Clear skies, >> Dale. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: utah-astronomy-bounces(a)mailman.xmission.com >> [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of >> BWFlowers >> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 5:33 PM >> To: 'Utah Astronomy' >> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Live broadcast >> >> http://www.apolo11.com/spacenews.php?titulo=Veja_com_seus_proprios_olhos_apr >> oximacao_Soyuz-Estacao_Espacial&posic=dat_20140326-113631.inc\ >> >> Live broadcast of the ISS docking going on now.... >> -Barrett >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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] Ceres and Vesta
by Kelly Ricks 01 May '14

01 May '14

...and you probably noticed this as well, but Mars and the 1st quarter moon will also be in extremely close conjunction on July 5th. I don't know precisely how many degrees will separate them, but it looks to be about 1/2. Great night for a single field of view! ~Kelly > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 23:15:58 -0600 > From: Wiggins Patrick <paw(a)getbeehive.net> > To: Astronomy Utah <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Ceres and Vesta / Terminal velocity > Message-ID: <88E4A27E-30D4-4088-A1F0-069B83C4EC18(a)getbeehive.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > The current issue of S&T notes that Ceres and Vesta will be within half a > degree of each other between 29 June and 12 July and closest at only 10 arc > minutes on 5 July. > > By coincidence there will be a SPOC star party on the 5th and I'm looking > forward to using the Bogdan and its just over half degree field to see two > relatively bright minor planets in the same FOV. > > If I've got my figures right on that evening the two will be 39 degrees up > at the start of nautical dark and 32 degrees at the start of astronomical > dark. > > Now having said all that, I'll predict rain the night of the 5th... :) > > Also, unrelated to the above but related to an earlier thread here on > terminal velocity, here's a fun video a few friends shot a while back. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnvcs6PNIxc > > I'm thinking that with the right amount of streamers we could do the same > with a bowling ball. :) > > patrick > > >

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Listed SPOC star party times
by Chuck Hards 30 Apr '14

30 Apr '14

Just checking the SLAS calendar on the website, I noticed that the SPOC star party for this weekend is scheduled to end at 9:00 PM. Is this just a holdover from late last fall? Not even dark yet at 9:00 PM.

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Today's EPOD
by Joe Bauman 30 Apr '14

30 Apr '14

Way to go, Brent! ------------------------------ On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 1:46 PM MDT Wiggins Patrick wrote: >Well look who made today's EPOD: > >http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2014/04/cinder-cone-crater-in-utah.html > >Kudos Brent! > >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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Today's EPOD
by Wiggins Patrick 30 Apr '14

30 Apr '14

Well look who made today's EPOD: http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2014/04/cinder-cone-crater-in-utah.html Kudos Brent! patrick

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Ceres and Vesta / Terminal velocity
by Wiggins Patrick 29 Apr '14

29 Apr '14

The current issue of S&T notes that Ceres and Vesta will be within half a degree of each other between 29 June and 12 July and closest at only 10 arc minutes on 5 July. By coincidence there will be a SPOC star party on the 5th and I'm looking forward to using the Bogdan and its just over half degree field to see two relatively bright minor planets in the same FOV. If I've got my figures right on that evening the two will be 39 degrees up at the start of nautical dark and 32 degrees at the start of astronomical dark. Now having said all that, I'll predict rain the night of the 5th... :) Also, unrelated to the above but related to an earlier thread here on terminal velocity, here's a fun video a few friends shot a while back. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnvcs6PNIxc I'm thinking that with the right amount of streamers we could do the same with a bowling ball. :) patrick

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Ceres and Vesta / Terminal velocity
by Wiggins Patrick 28 Apr '14

28 Apr '14

Ha! I should have known that Skydive Arizona would have done it already. They've got such wide open spaces down there they don't have to worry about "look out below" and regularly drop much larger things (think Jeeps, cars, boats...). Thanks for the link, patrick On 28 Apr 2014, at 20:11, Ivo Stutznegger <ics_ute(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > Have you seen this? > Skydiving with a Bowling Ball > > Skydiving with a Bowling Ball > View on www.youtube.com > Preview by Yahoo > > > On Saturday, April 26, 2014 11:17 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw(a)getbeehive.net> wrote: > > Also, unrelated to the above but related to an earlier thread here on terminal velocity, here's a fun video a few friends shot a while back. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnvcs6PNIxc > > I'm thinking that with the right amount of streamers we could do the same with a bowling ball. :) > > patrick

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] For your cloudy night reading amusement
by Joe Bauman 28 Apr '14

28 Apr '14

Often such claims are made not by stupid people but cynics who hope to sell something to the gullible, like books about secret alien moon bases. ------------------------------ On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 12:20 PM MDT Michael Wells wrote: >Wow, what was that all about? Are they saying that digital noise in the >image is 'proof' that the Chinese didn't go to the moon, or 'proof' that >there is some kind of evidence of E.T. life on the moon? > >If it's the second one, where is the monolith? > >Seriously, it's amazing how people don't understand how cameras work, yet >they are "professionals" on the subject. They are completely flummoxed by >our moon pictures, for example, but it doesn't slow them down when they >show you "photographic proof" that we didn't go to the moon. > > >On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 6:41 AM, M Wilson <astro_outwest(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> That's the "Monuments of Mars" author. I really liked how he compared >> the Face On Mars with the Egyptian Sphynx and offered that as proof of a >> shared past history between the two planets. >> On Saturday, April 26, 2014 3:52 AM, Wiggins Patrick <paw(a)getbeehive.net> >> wrote: >> >> (Unintended) humor courtesy of Richard Hoagland. >> >> http://www.coasttocoastam.com/pages/chinese-lunar-images >> >> 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". >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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For your cloudy night reading amusement
by Wiggins Patrick 28 Apr '14

28 Apr '14

(Unintended) humor courtesy of Richard Hoagland. http://www.coasttocoastam.com/pages/chinese-lunar-images patrick

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Mt. Dew rockets ad
by Wiggins Patrick 28 Apr '14

28 Apr '14

I just came across this video on the making of the Mountain Dew commercial with all the rockets that's been airing recently. When I first saw the ad I figured it was mostly CGI and green screens but apparently it's real with hundreds for Estes type model rockets. But whatever it is it is impressive. We should have such a launch at SPOC. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U13gJA0kQRQ patrick

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