April 2018 - Utah-Astronomy - mailman.xmission.com

Anyone interested in teaming up for the Rocky Mountain Star Stare
by John M. Craig 09 Apr '18

09 Apr '18

Hi Folks, I'm thinking of going, but probably don't want to do the whole drive by myself (it's near Gardner, Colorado). It's been really great in prior years. Anyone interested in teaming up? I've got a minivan that will hold a lot of gear. (We would not have to share a tent ;-) It's June 13-17th this year. I probably can't be there the whole time, but it sort of depends on work. At this point, I'm thinking more in terms of leaving Utah on the 14th; coming back on the 17th but could be somewhat flexible. Their web site is: rmss.org Let me know via direct reply if you might be interested. John

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Bunched-up words
by Joe Bauman 09 Apr '18

09 Apr '18

Hi again, My last email came through Utah Astronomy with some kind of electronic glitch, which made several words bunch up. Rather than send it again I'll rely on your ability to decode it. Thank you, Joe Bauman

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The Big Bang and other theories
by Joe Bauman 09 Apr '18

09 Apr '18

Dear Fellow Astro People, While the Big Bang is today’s standard cosmology, thescience is by no means settled. New theories, some as strange as black holesthemselves, are on the table. In this first part of a series of blogs, the BigBang is examined as well as a proposal that was just publicized late last year. Even stranger ideas will be discussed in a following blog. Meanwhile, here’s the first: http://the-nightly-news.com/blog/blog-46-getting-a-bang-out-of-cosmology Also, please tell your friends -- and anyone else with enoughbrains to appreciate good astronomy writing – that they can sign up for afree email subscription to the blog by going to the home page, which is here: Home. Thanks, Joe

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Ealing Training request
by Marlene Egger 08 Apr '18

08 Apr '18

Is there an Ealing instructor available Monday night? I’m interested in a refresher. Marlene Sent from my iPad

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Star party at Lakeridge Junior High in Orem Apr 20
by John M. Craig 07 Apr '18

07 Apr '18

Siegried, Sorry about the conflict with a SLAC event--but I sure appreciated your making the trip last year. John

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Losmandy G11, Jaegers Refractors
by Erik Hansen 05 Apr '18

05 Apr '18

Hey Guys, I am selling my Astro gear. Everything for $5000, with some wiggle room, and will give 10% to anyone that helps find a buyer. That includes my Nagler collection, Lumicon filter set including 2 inch color filters, a Meade camera, Dell Computer with software to run Telescope, 6" F5 Achromatic Jaegers, G11 with the Gemini. System, a Brandon 80mm scope as well. I would sell the mount alone with the computer for about $1500. Will not sell optics alone without selling mount first. Contact me if interested zaurak(a)digis.net Thanks, Erik Sent from my iPad

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Star party at Lakeridge Junior High in Orem Apr 20
by John M. Craig 05 Apr '18

05 Apr '18

Hi Folks, First, thanks to all who helped in prior years! I'd love to have help with this star party again this year. To (we trust) improve arrangements, we'll be setting up in the north-east parking lot itself this year (thus avoiding carrying gear a fair distance and the potential of the sprinklers coming on and dampening things). If the weather is no good on Friday the 20th, the 21st is a planned as a fall-back possibility. Please let me know if you're potentially available to help by contacting me directly and we can exchange phone numbers and such to make it easy to communicate any final arrangements or weather-related postponements. Thanks much! John Craig

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Mars and Saturn this morning
by Chuck Hards 03 Apr '18

03 Apr '18

I was surprised to see how close Mars and Saturn are this morning. Amost identical in brightness, Mars maybe a tad brighter. It's also easy to see the difference in color. Mars is ruddy, Saturn almost creamy. Get out and take a look this morning or tomorrow. The moon will be getting closer to them in the next couple of days, adding to the spectacle. It's very close to Jupiter today.

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