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May the 4th...
by Wiggins Patrick 05 May '14

05 May '14

...be with you Happy Star Wars Day! patrick

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Origin of the Moon
by Wiggins Patrick 04 May '14

04 May '14

From today's Non-Sequitur http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2014/05/04#.U2cPLNq9KSM Grins, patrick

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Sun's Chilly New Neighbor
by Jamie Bradley 02 May '14

02 May '14

Infrared observations have uncovered a cool brown dwarf that's only about 7 light-years away. Meet the Sun's Chilly New Neighbor By: John Bochanski | April 29, 2014 - See more at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/suns-new-chilly-neighbor/#stha sh.YNHMbHAs.dpuf Jamie B ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - I never make the same mistake twice. I make it like five or six times, you know, just to be sure. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ 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 <mailto:Utah-Astronomy@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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Astronomy Day (spring) May 10, 2014
by Ryan Simpkins 01 May '14

01 May '14

The latest sky map says, for May 10th: "Astronomy day 2014 is today! Astronomy clubs, planetariums, observatories, and science museums will offer a variety of public activities." I see SLAS has a star party at SPOC on that day. I was curious what other events in our state might be planned that day. Is anyone aware of other events? -Ryan

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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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