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Liver & Onions Subcommittee meeting
by Chuck Hards 28 Apr '15

28 Apr '15

A reminder that the Liver & Onions Subcommittee will be meeting next Saturday, May 2nd, at CJ's Restaurant at 1:00 pm. Starting at 1:00 PM will allow the lunch rush to taper-off, as well as allow folks who are attending the SLAS Sun Party that morning to attend the luncheon. CJ's is located immediately South of the Iceberg Drive Inn on the Southwest corner of 9th East and 39th South. Plenty of on-site parking is available. Reservations have been made for 12 around a table that is nearly square rather than the very long table we usually have at the LFG. This seating arrangement and the expected quieter atmosphere are the principle reasons for this trial change of venue. A wide variety of meals, including liver & onions, are on the menu. Please RSVP if possible so we can let them know how many to expect. Bring something for show-and-tell. See you all there!

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Spring Liver & Onions Subcommittee meeting
by Joe Bauman 27 Apr '15

27 Apr '15

If it's not available Cory and I vote for the Left Fork. Besides the fine l&o, the pies are superb. ------------------------------ On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 12:04 PM MDT Chuck Hards wrote: >Ed is making sure we can get reservations before sending out the address. > > > >On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 11:41 AM, Joe Bauman via Utah-Astronomy < >utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> wrote: > >> We still need the address, thanks >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Apr 26, 2015, at 3:50 PM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > The preference for dates was pretty scattered, so I'm just going to nail >> it >> > down. >> > >> > Let's meet on May 2nd (next Saturday), at 1:00 PM at the new venue. Ed, >> > can you handle the reservation and post the address? It's not far from >> the >> > Left Fork, IIRC. >> > >> > Starting at 1:00 PM will allow the lunch rush to taper-off, as well as >> > allow folks who are attending the SLAS Sun Party that morning to attend >> the >> > luncheon. >> > >> > See you next Saturday! Bring something for show-and-tell, if you like. >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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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Spring Liver & Onions Subcommittee meeting
by Chuck Hards 27 Apr '15

27 Apr '15

We're overdue for a get-together luncheon. April 25 or May 9 look good. There is a sun party on May 2. We could meet after the sun party if May 2 is a popular date. The restaurant will be less crowded after 1:00, so that's something to consider. Let me know which date works best for you, and we'll go with the majority, as usual. Thanks!

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Interesting prominence
by Wiggins Patrick 26 Apr '15

26 Apr '15

Ha view of the Sun is showing an interesting prominence. Starts out as a regular prominence back lit against space so it's seen edge on but continues onto the photosphere so the view is then top down. patrick

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Solargraphy?
by Wiggins Patrick 26 Apr '15

26 Apr '15

There's an article starting on page 38 of the current (June) issue of S&T about building and using a Solargraph. Looks like a fun, albeit long term, project. Has anyone here ever tried that? patrick

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Happy B-Day HST
by Wiggins Patrick 25 Apr '15

25 Apr '15

HST released into orbit today (25 April) in 1990. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/invisible-universe.html patrick

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Cast Your Vote in 'Bright Spot' Mystery
by Wiggins Patrick 25 Apr '15

25 Apr '15

This from a NASA news release from yesterday. Cast Your Vote in 'Bright Spot' Mystery http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/dawn/world_ceres/ Post your ideas here too. I'm thinking it might be a dome in which Richard Hoagland and Erich von Däniken have taken up residence. patrick

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Hey, what if these guys aren't being detected because, in a super-civilization sort of way, they're all a bunch of laid back hippies. Then what?
by Dave Gary 25 Apr '15

25 Apr '15

Interesting article. Kind of weird. Backed by the John Templeton Foundation…weirder still. Nothing to do with quilts. > http://arxiv.org/pdf/1504.03418.pdf <http://arxiv.org/pdf/1504.03418.pdf>

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Vernon Utah Site.
by Jay inUT 24 Apr '15

24 Apr '15

Hi Chuck, Sorry, was off site since Monday was my 50th. Vernon is easy to get too. Take State Highway 36 from Tooele and go to Vernon. At Vernon drive on through on 36 until you come to the right turn (your heading south) to the Vernon Reservoir. Turn right and your on a gravel road. That is Forest Road 005 or Benmore Rd. Take that until you come to a T at the end and at that point you can turn left and go up to the Vernon Reservoir, which I don't go to but a large group could claim the 4 eastern campsites and there is a nice observing field with toliets (Forest Service Toilets that are clean and real toilets but are the FS holes that are pumped out every so often so they may not smell the best but these are well ventilated). Or at the T you go right and drive down to the first left, FR006 and then the sites I and others use are up there. The ATV crowd is very small to non-existent during the week. When I go on a Friday I know i need to be at my site by 4:00pm so not to compete. Once dark falls, no ATV's and really no traffic and it is absolutely wonderful. Good SQM-L readings there in the 21.77 to 21.85 range depending on the season. Hope that helps! -- Thanks! Jay

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Mizar (solved)
by John M. Craig 24 Apr '15

24 Apr '15

Well, I'm relieved that there's nothing odd there. I looked last night w/ my C102 at 35x and saw Mizar A & B just like always. I was feeling silly for not looking at much higher power when it seemed I might have missed something. The moral, I suppose, is if it's not on your chart/software, check another source. Odd that the software's not more clear/correct though & a nova (super or otherwise) would have been really neat. John

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