February 2019 - Utah-Astronomy - mailman.xmission.com

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
by Ed 20 Feb '19

20 Feb '19

Hi All, Can anyone make recommendations as to the best of Dr. Tyson's books on astrophysics and cosmology? Ones that go into detail about what is currently known or theorized? Ed Stimpson

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David Rankin
by Joe Bauman 20 Feb '19

20 Feb '19

David Rankin, an extremely accomplished astroimager and asteroid-discover, is moving from his home in Big Water, UT, — where he worked for Glen Canyon National Recreation Area — to Tucson. AZ, to join the Catalina Sky Survey! (He is multi-talented with paleontology, photography and other skills. You may have seen his videos of flash floods, both on YouTube and national news.) What a thrill that he will now be a professional astronomer. Congratulations to David! — Joe Bauman Sent from my iPhone

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A child's interest
by Joe Bauman 19 Feb '19

19 Feb '19

Here's a question for the group: a friend has a seven-year-old grandson who wants a telescope and loves birds and stars. What's a good recommendation? Thank you, Joe Bauman

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 192, Issue 3
by Thomas Sevcik 19 Feb '19

19 Feb '19

Joe, A simple pair of 7x50 binoculars would be a good start. Also, a planisphere and a red flashlight would be nice additions while under the stars. If interest continues, a simple table-top telescope like the Orion FunScope 76mm reflector that could be set up on a picnic table might fit the bill, and it's under $100! Just a thought. Tom ________________________________ From: Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy-bounces(a)mailman.xmission.com> on behalf of utah-astronomy-request(a)mailman.xmission.com <utah-astronomy-request(a)mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 9:47 AM To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 192, Issue 3 Send Utah-Astronomy mailing list submissions to utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to utah-astronomy-request(a)mailman.xmission.com You can reach the person managing the list at utah-astronomy-owner(a)mailman.xmission.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Utah-Astronomy digest..."

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Big Maksutov For Sale
by Chuck Hards 18 Feb '19

18 Feb '19

I'm selling my Orion 180mm f/15 Mak OTA (Optical Tube Assembly). I'm the second owner, I got it from the daughter of a fellow who bought it new, used it only a few times, then passed-away unfortunately. I picked it up for Mars last summer but everytime I looked, the dust storm obscured almost all detail. But it's a nice scope, used on other targets it performs very well. Especially nice views of Saturn. The long focal length means you can get higher powers with long focal length eyepieces with comfortable eye relief. Does very well on deep-sky and double stars as well. The winter open clusters just sparkle like diamonds in this scope. Circumstances require immediate sale. I'm just selling the scope itself, no mount, use your existing mount. Comes with a Vixen dovetail. A Telrad base is taped to it but no Telrad is included. Orion sells them BN for $999, I will let this barely-used one go for $750, and will throw-in a free 2" Lumicon DS filter. Here it is on Orion's website: https://www.telescope.com/Orion/Telescopes/Telescope-Optical-Tube-Assemblie… Email me off-list if interested. Thanks for your time!

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Liver and Onions scheduling problem
by Chuck Hards 01 Feb '19

01 Feb '19

My friends, I'm sorry to say that I may not be able to attend Liver and Onions for another four to six weeks, due to work demands. This all came up after I posted that it was time to get together again. Next Saturday is our scheduled event, but I am available until 1:30 PM only then must get back to work. If we could start at noon then I'd have an hour and a half with you. But it's up to all of you. Please don't call it off just because I can't make it, or we can try an earlier start time. I'm sorry about this, in fact I'm just sick about it. One of these years I'm really going to retire, and have my Saturdays back. Let me know what you want to do. Maybe we could make it a dinner get together instead?

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