September 2014 - Utah-Astronomy - mailman.xmission.com

Liver & Onions Subcommittee meeting
by Chuck Hards 04 Oct '14

04 Oct '14

It's that time again, fans of liver and onions! What does everyone think of getting together on Saturday, October 4th? Noonish? Please suggest alternate dates if most of you can't make it on the 4th. Remember, all are welcome, and you need not order the liver and onions to join us for friendship, fellowship, and good conversation. Let's see some new faces, as well as the usual gang of regulars.

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St. George Astronomy
by Mark Shelton 29 Sep '14

29 Sep '14

HI, All We are having a star party tonight at one of our members home down here in St. George. I know there is a lady named Debbie down here and I would like to invite her or anyone else on the list that is down here to come. Anyone know her address. Mark Shelton

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Rosetta comet / Gravity lens app
by Wiggins Patrick 26 Sep '14

26 Sep '14

Some really nice close up images from Rosetta of the comet it is stalking: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2014/09261328-philaes-landi… And for those who might want to play around with gravity lensing: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gravlens3/id318275930?mt=8 patrick

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mars rover drilling at Mount Sharp
by Enid Norton 26 Sep '14

26 Sep '14

thought this was cool especially since we just heard about this at the Frontiers of Science lecture Enid Mars Rover Curiosity Drills 1st Hole into Huge Martian Mountain | | | | | | | | | | | Mars Rover Curiosity Drills 1st Hole into Huge Martian M...On Wednesday (Sept. 24), the 1-ton Curiosity rover drilled 2.6 inches (6.7 centimeters) into an outcrop at the base of the towering Mount Sharp, which rises 3.4 mil... | | | | View on www.space.com | Preview by Yahoo | | | | |

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Orion - OSIRIS-REx last chance
by Wiggins Patrick 26 Sep '14

26 Sep '14

Just home from my talk at Bryce and as I was opening my observatory to a beautifully clear sky I saw Orion in its full glory rising in the east. The down side is its appearance at this time foretells the coming of winter but it sure is pretty up there. Totally unrelated but I just received the following notice from my PI at the OSIRIS-REx project. Just a few days left to get your name on the spacecraft. patrick LAST CHANCE! Campaigns end on September 30, 2014 Be part of the OSIRIS-REx team: Feature your name and send a message about Solar System exploration. This is the final week of NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission/The Planetary Society campaigns: Messages to Bennu and Asteroid Time Capsule. The final day to submit entries is September 30, 2014. The Asteroid Time Capsule campaign asks participants to tweet or post an image on Instagram (with hashtag#asteroidmission) to answer the question: Where are we now and where will we be in 2023 in Solar System exploration? Top tweets and images will be etched on the silicon wafer which will be placed in the OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Capsule (SRC). An identical wafer will be placed on the spacecraft. All entries will be archived in a virtual Time Capsule kept at the University of Arizona and opened in 2023. More information about the mission, ways to get involved, and the campaign is available on our website, asteroidmission.org. The time capsule campaign complements Messages to Bennu, which collects names to fly on the spacecraft. Participants can print a Certificate of Participation and their names will fly in the SRC and on the spacecraft. Direct links to submit your name are asteroidmission.org/get-involved/messages-to-bennu and planetary.org/bennu. Direct links for the Asteroid Time Capsule Campaign are: www.instagram.com/osiris_rex www.twitter.com/OSIRISREx

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Time machine in today's funnies
by Wiggins Patrick 25 Sep '14

25 Sep '14

Today's Red & Rover http://www.gocomics.com/redandrover/2014/09/25 patrick Sent from my iPad

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Frontiers of Science
by Joan Carman 25 Sep '14

25 Sep '14

Guess, this is the first post. The lecture was great. Dr. Litchenberg was very knowledgeable, interesting and entertaining. This link should go to a series of pictures taken. The last photo is a backup wheel for the Curiosity rover . Was surprised at how lightweight it was. Probably 90-95% of the weight is in the hub. The rubber is stiff but extremely light. The wheels are getting trashed, traveling over sharp rocks on the Martian surface. http://s1245.photobucket.com/user/joancarman/media/Frontiers%20of%20Science… Sorry some of you missed it - maybe next time :)

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Dropping in on a neighbor
by Joe Bauman 25 Sep '14

25 Sep '14

Hi, Here's the center of a nearby galaxy, M-33, showing the nucleus and some spiral arms. This is just a preliminary version of the photo, which I took Wednesday morning at Lakeside. http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=5979 -- Joe

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Lakeside
by Joe Bauman 24 Sep '14

24 Sep '14

Anyone up for Lakeside Tuesday night? Dave Gray? Pls let me know. -- Joe

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Not a Selfie
by Joan Carman 23 Sep '14

23 Sep '14

Photo taken by Bob Fisher Friday night at the gravel pit. There were quite a few people there. It's a time exposure so the light bump from Provo is amplified. Actually, a great night, Milky Way from horizon to horizon. http://s1245.photobucket.com/user/joancarman/media/DSC00967.jpg.html?filter… Hope the link works, don't post pictures very often.

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