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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Cosmos2
by Joe Bauman 02 Jun '14

02 Jun '14

I quit watching when it got so preachy. It hammered too much on martyrs to science, bad companies, heroes who exposed them, global warming, etc. I didn't want to watch a series about these items -- a social science course. I wanted to learn about the cosmos, in the sense of astronomy, the big bang and closely related topics. ------------------------------ On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 4:24 PM MDT Seth Jarvis wrote: >Watching. > >But what happened to the episode that was supposed to have aired on 5/25? KSTU was running some kind of car race that night. > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Utah-Astronomy [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+sjarvis=slco.org@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of CenturyLink Customer >Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 3:32 PM >To: Utah Astronomy >Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Cosmos2 > >Anyone still watching? One episode left. >_______________________________________________ >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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Chris - I've set the mod bit on your account -- looks like you were hacked
by Richard Tenney 02 Jun '14

02 Jun '14

Anyone seen Chris (djchrismo) lately? Looks like his email was hacked. Strong passwords people! At least 8 digits, mixed case, numbers and special chars are recommended. /R

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Minor planet project
by Wiggins Patrick 01 Jun '14

01 Jun '14

Playing with TheSky I see that Ceres and Vesta will spend the first week of July within 15 arc minutes of one another. Closest on the 5th (a SPOC star party night) at about 10 arc minutes when Ceres will be due north of Vesta. That means they'll both be within the FOV of many telescopes. And one could also take shots an hour or so apart and then view the two in stereo. Anyone here happen to know the widest FOV that can be had with SPOC's Grim? Fun stuff, patrick

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clear night with no moon
by daniel turner 01 Jun '14

01 Jun '14

The weather was good for viewing last night, so I drove out to the west desert for some binocular viewing. Only stayed a couple of hours. It was warm and dry with a slight breeze. Patches of cirrus cloud were here and there in an otherwise beautiful sky. M51 was directly overhead so leaning against the SUV with 20x80's I could easily see spiral structure. M101 was easy to spot. as well. M10 and M12 globulars jumped out even in 10x50's in the middle of OPH which was still rising above the glow of SLC. M68 in Corvus was getting low in the southwest. M3, M4, and M5 rounded out the night for globulars. DT

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Today's EPOD
by Wiggins Patrick 31 May '14

31 May '14

Look who made today's EPOD: http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2014/05/libration-of-the-moon.html Kudo to Rob. Now go celebrate libration with a libation. patrick

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As if we needed another reason for dark sky
by Richard Tenney 30 May '14

30 May '14

This should find some wide appeal (pun intended): The Light Might Make You Heavy - Slashdot The Light Might Make You Heavy - Slashdot Rambo Tribble writes: "Writing in the American Journal of Epidemiology, researchers have found that sleeping with high ambient light levels may contribute to obesit... View on science-beta.slashdot... Preview by Yahoo

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] clear night with no moon
by Bruce Hugo 27 May '14

27 May '14

Sounds like a great evening Daniel! Wondering when we will get such a night for a star party! Someone must have purchased one doosey of an upgrade to cause all these clouds! LOL! Bruce Hugo Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 07:30:43 -0700 (PDT) From: daniel turner <outwest112(a)yahoo.com> To: "utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com" <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] clear night with no moon Message-ID: <1401201043.72840.YahooMailNeo(a)web125002.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 The weather was good for viewing last night, so I drove out to the west desert for some binocular viewing.? Only stayed a couple of hours.? It was warm and dry with a slight breeze.? Patches of cirrus cloud were here and there in an otherwise beautiful sky. M51 was directly overhead so leaning against the SUV with 20x80's I could easily see spiral structure.? M101 was easy to spot. as well.? M10 and M12 globulars jumped out even in 10x50's in the middle of OPH which was still rising above the glow of SLC.? M68 in Corvus was getting low in the southwest.? M3, M4, and M5 rounded out the night for globulars.? DT

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test
by Joe Bauman 27 May '14

27 May '14

I've sent a couple of notes to UA that never showed up in my in-box. I don't know whether the system isn't sending them through or if my email is having a problem. Could someone just send a quick response if this gets through? Thanks, Joe

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Meteors from Stansbury
by Joe Bauman 24 May '14

24 May '14

Patrick, you proved your statement in the Tribune to be true. Now people across the country hate you. (For those who didn't read it, Patrick said that when he talks about an expected meteor shower it doesn't happen.) ------------------------------ On Sat, May 24, 2014 2:15 AM MDT Wiggins Patrick wrote: >I joined a surprisingly large number of folks at SPOC at midnight under pretty cloudy skies with maybe 1/4 of the northern sky clear. It took all of half an hour for most of that to close in. > >Saw no meteors during that brief window. > >Got home and it was still cloudy but the satellite images showed a large sucker hole approaching and by 1:15 much of the northern sky had cleared off. > >1:33 brought what appeared to be a double iridium flare and at 1:50 there was a very bright flash low in the west but it was below my tree line so did not see it directly. > >By 2:00 and the end of the predicted window of opportunity clouds were moving back in so I packed it in. > >Never did see any meteors. > >So now I'm watching a live video feed out of NASA/Marshall where they have clear skies. >http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/watchtheskies/may-camelopar… > >Reading through the comments I'm starting to think it was a bust for most everyone. > >But at least I tried. > >patrick >_______________________________________________ >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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Meteors from Stansbury
by Wiggins Patrick 24 May '14

24 May '14

I joined a surprisingly large number of folks at SPOC at midnight under pretty cloudy skies with maybe 1/4 of the northern sky clear. It took all of half an hour for most of that to close in. Saw no meteors during that brief window. Got home and it was still cloudy but the satellite images showed a large sucker hole approaching and by 1:15 much of the northern sky had cleared off. 1:33 brought what appeared to be a double iridium flare and at 1:50 there was a very bright flash low in the west but it was below my tree line so did not see it directly. By 2:00 and the end of the predicted window of opportunity clouds were moving back in so I packed it in. Never did see any meteors. So now I'm watching a live video feed out of NASA/Marshall where they have clear skies. http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/watchtheskies/may-camelopar… Reading through the comments I'm starting to think it was a bust for most everyone. But at least I tried. patrick

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