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One more thing about tomorrow's chat
by Sheena McFarland 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

If you tune into Trib Talk tomorrow at 12:15 at www.sltrib.com, you can ask questions by typing into the comments in the story, texting a phone number provided in the article or sending us a tweet with hashtag #tribtalk Hope to hear from you tomorrow!! Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse any typos. Sheena McFarland Business and Justice Editor The Salt Lake Tribune Office: (801) 257-8619 Cell: (801) 510-5567 90 South 400 West Salt Lake City, UT 84101

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ATM session report
by Hutchings, Mat 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

Wow, what a session we had last Saturday (7/19/14)! Charlie, Eric, Jay, Larry, Mike and Tony (seems like I'm missing someone, if so, I'm sorry) were present. Larry brought an Orion parallelogram bino mount which had been giving him troubles. We were able to get the binos balanced properly, and shimmed up an eyecup so that it would stop falling off. The setup will serve him well now as he observes the wonders of the universe. Eric continued work on his 8" Orion upgrade by flocking the tube, adding washers to the secondary hub, and assembling a newly arrived mount package that gives far superior scope motions than the original. Jay brought and set up his brand new 17.5 inch truss dob. We spent time adjusting a few minor things and Jay worked on getting the scope collimated. As anyone who has done it, this is no small task with a new scope (squaring the focuser, centering the secondary, then the normal secondary/primary collimation). I heard that it gave very nice views that evening during an observing session. Mike informed us that he was going to tackle recoating the secondary and primary of his 70" monster. Can you imaging that?! Silvering not only a 29" mirror, but a 70" also. He expected it to take the entire night. Have not heard how it went, but I'm hoping that it was successful. I, for one, had a great time and I believe the other attendees did as well! Mat This message and any attachments are solely for the use of intended recipients. The information contained herein may include trade secrets, protected health or personal information, privileged or otherwise confidential information. Unauthorized review, forwarding, printing, copying, distributing, or using such information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you received this email in error, and that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this email and any attachment is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender and delete the message and any attachment from your system. Thank you for your cooperation

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Tribute to Apollo 11
by baxman2＠q.com 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

For a number of years I’ve been promoting the July 20th Apollo 11 Moonwalk anniversary to become a nonpaid federal Holiday, similar in legal status to Flag Day. Space Exploration Day could become a popular holiday for families and communities. It is backed by four U.S. Presidential Proclamations. One of the proposed family traditions for the proposed holiday is to drink Tang, the breakfast drink of the Apollo Program astronauts. For more information about Space Exploration Day check out http://www.spaceexplorationday.us .

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Trib Talk today
by Sheena McFarland 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

Hi all, If you missed Patrick Wiggins' appearance on Trib Talk today, feel free to watch the 30-minute video chat by clicking on this link: http://m.sltrib.com/sltrib/mobile3/58207616-219/tribtalk-wiggins-astronomer… We talked about the NASA award, amateur astronomy, research and more! Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse any typos. Sheena McFarland Business and Justice Editor The Salt Lake Tribune Office: (801) 257-8619 Cell: (801) 510-5567 90 South 400 West Salt Lake City, UT 84101

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Salt Lake Tribune article on Patrick Wiggins
by Joe Bauman 21 Jul '14

21 Jul '14

Congratulations again, Patrick! And congratulations to you, Sheena. I'm glad Utah has a premier science reporter, you. -- Joe ------------------------------ On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 7:59 PM MDT Sheena McFarland wrote: >Hi everyone! > >I wanted to share the article I wrote about Patrick Wiggins earning the prestigious NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal and to let you know that if you hop on the website www.sltrib.com tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12:15, he and I will be doing a live web chat with Jennifer Napier-Pearce about the medal and the 45th anniversary of the moon walk. > >Here's the link to the article. Congrats again, Patrick! > >http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/58191134-78/wiggins-nasa-solar-program.ht… > >Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse any typos. > >Sheena McFarland >Business and Justice Editor >The Salt Lake Tribune >Office: (801) 257-8619 >Cell: (801) 510-5567 >90 South 400 West >Salt Lake City, UT >84101 > >> On Jul 21, 2014, at 6:58 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw(a)getbeehive.net> wrote: >> >> Today's Red and Rover: >> >> http://www.gocomics.com/redandrover/2014/07/21#.U82242K9KSM >> >> patrick >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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Apollo 11 in today's funnies
by Wiggins Patrick 21 Jul '14

21 Jul '14

Today's Red and Rover: http://www.gocomics.com/redandrover/2014/07/21#.U82242K9KSM patrick Sent from my iPad

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Meteorite
by Jamie Bradley 21 Jul '14

21 Jul '14

Just Curious if anyone else saw the meteorite Friday night after the Star Party? Rob and I were the last ones at Wheeler Farm packing up. It went from strait up, down through the Big Dipper to the North West, it was fast about 1/2 sec bright yellow-white streak about 8 magnitude in the middle with a little flash at the end. Very Cool to see. Jamie B. _______________________________________________ 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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SLAS Star-b-q
by Chuck Hards 21 Jul '14

21 Jul '14

Does anyone have Dale Wilson's email for BBQ orders for the Star-B-Q? I know Patrick sent it out, but I'm darned if I can find it now. Kelly and I will be there. I'm trying to decide whether to bring the Cave, RV-6, or C-90 on Edmund mount for the vintage telescope show. The state of my back that day will probably determine which, lol.

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Earthlike Martian soil?
by Joe Bauman 21 Jul '14

21 Jul '14

Interesting report. http://uonews.uoregon.edu/archive/news-release/2014/7/oregon-geologist-says…

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ISS pass this morning
by Chuck Hards 21 Jul '14

21 Jul '14

Saw a nice ISS pass this morning just before 5 AM. It didn't culminate very high, maybe 25-30 degrees, but was very bright and visible a good long time. Watched it pass under Polaris.

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