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Saturn Friday morning
by Naz_David 21 Sep '03

21 Sep '03

Yes Joe, maybe we can find out what settings are the best. What webcam are you using? Cheers David

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More inexpensive astro binos
by Chuck Hards 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

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[Utah-astronomy] Fwd: Discovering Black Holes -- Online Course from Oxford, Stanford an d Yale Universities
by Richard Tenney 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

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[Utah-astronomy]
by Naz & David 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

How do I keep the thread right when posting? Cheers David

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[Utah-astronomy]
by Naz & David 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Kim, I'm from Perth, Australia and have been here approaching six years. I'm a member of SLAS already but have a very demanding job so don't often get the time to socialize. I've rocked up to a few sun parties and I did the NOVA tour. I might see if I can make it to the Harmons party or maybe the Saturday one. Not sure yet. Cheers David

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Harmon's Night at SPOC
by Kim Hyatt 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

As far as we can tell, the weather looks promising (and warming!) for tomorrow night's rescheduled Harmon's Appreciation Night at SPOC. Harmon's is bringing lots of food, and not just cookeis, either. Come hungry and ready to eat by 8:00, but I suggest planning to set up your 'scopes prior to that time. We're not quite sure what kind of attendance to expect, but I'm told Harmon's is planning on 100+. Please, help support those who supported us and come to help with tomorrow's star party. If you have questions, please feel free to contact me. Kim A. Hyatt, AIA SL&A Architects 331 South Rio Grande, Suite 304 Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 Tel: 801.322.5550 x122 Fax: 801.322.5557

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RE: [Utah-astronomy]
by Kim Hyatt 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

So David, from where did you move to Utah and how long have you been here? Care to join SLAS at our public star party this Saturday? Also, since I am not yet fully awake, please tell me for what is TMB an acronym? -----Original Message----- From: Naz & David [mailto:naz_david@msn.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 9:19 PM To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Hello local list

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by Naz & David 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Hello local list, I guess I've only just got around to discovering this list! I've been using the photos section for a while without communicating, apologies. I've posted many shots of Mars (new webcam toy) like a lot of other people with some animations which don't seem to be that common yet. I've also snapped Uranus and a few frames of the moon (just for calibration). Got back into observing last year after a change in job, country, and a baby all happening at the same time got me out of it 6 or 7 years ago. Got a Meade GOTO to learn the northern sky quick. Have been bitten by the webcam/image processing bug on planets this year which has cut into my real observing time on everything. I've only had time to take the scope to a dark sky site once, Boulder UT a few months ago - wonderful place! The scopes a winner but I will admit to be surprised at how sensitive it seems to seeing conditions, the 38% central obstruction gives it a pretty bright set of diffraction rings so I guess that's why. Being somewhat of a planet lover, I could not resist getting a few TMB Super Mono occulars (10 and 8mm) - they are due to arrive this Friday so expect bad weather. I'm looking forward to comparing them with my Radians of the same FL along with the UO's and TV plossls I have which are all great on planets but do seem to suffer a little with ghosting - recently sold my two RKE's because of that reason, they were terrible for ghosting (and also to help fund the recent purchase!). The Radians are my winter high power ep's as fogging is easier to manage with them. Anyway, I'll let the list know what I find. My personal challenge on the planets is to try and match or beat the detail captured by my webcam with a sketch, pointless I know but I find it fun - I've come close with the UO's this summer on Mars - I've posted some sketches if your interested. I read the posts on star system observing with interest - I was thinking of taking on a long term project of observing a select group of binaries and plotting long term co-ords, again just for fun. I get a kick out of getting tight trends from naturally occurring data. Anyway, my first of probably many ramblings has been posted! Cheers David

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Quick Cam
by B. Bettilyon 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Sig, Joe, Mark...How do I get the lens off of my QuickCam Pro? I remember Joe saying that things seemed to work better without the lens. Is that the consensus? Sig, did you have your lens on or off in Flagstaff? Barney

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Jordan Hills
by Kim Hyatt 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

Does anyone know if the Jordan Hills school star party for tonight has been cancelled?

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