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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Observatory Dome collapse
by Joe Bauman 02 Apr '14

02 Apr '14

Patrick, you fell for it. ------------------------------ On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 12:17 PM MDT Erik Hansen wrote: >> Ofool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. > > > >n 01 Apr 2014, at 09:37, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Amazing security camera footage of a university dome collapse in high >> winds: >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ >> >> Wrong URL or April Fool? >> >> That URL appears to be for a music video. >> >> 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". >> > > > >_______________________________________________ >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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Observatory Dome collapse
by Chuck Hards 02 Apr '14

02 Apr '14

Amazing security camera footage of a university dome collapse in high winds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

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COSMOS
by CenturyLink Customer 01 Apr '14

01 Apr '14

Perhaps that explains why there are no major observatories in England The Royal Astronomical Society is just wishful thinking :)

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Metric time
by Brent Watson 01 Apr '14

01 Apr '14

Patrick, have you converted over yet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcbO3hl3_F0

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COSMOS
by CenturyLink Customer 01 Apr '14

01 Apr '14

At first read, I intended to disagree with you, Chuck. The approximate year depicted in that (damned) cartoon was about 1800, before electricty, before cars, so a star-filled sky in England was very possible. BUT then they were burning a lot of coal in those days, the pollution of which was pretty bad, so you're probably right after all :)

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Science related letter to the Trib editor
by Wiggins Patrick 01 Apr '14

01 Apr '14

In today's SL Trib: Tribune should devote resources to covering science http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/57743329-82/science-tyson-section-trib… patrick

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They're baaaaack
by Wiggins Patrick 01 Apr '14

01 Apr '14

"Tell the world. Tell this to everybody, wherever they are. Watch the skies everywhere. Keep looking. Keep watching the skies." Ok, corny quotes from 50s scifi movies aside, maybe we've got something new up there to watch for. patrick http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/31/secret-stealth-warplane-cau…

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COSMOS
by Chuck Hards 01 Apr '14

01 Apr '14

I watched the latest COSMOS episode yesterday, and was shocked at one totally unrealistic scene, in particular. The animation of John and William Herschel walking on the beach at night. A clear, star-filled sky. In England? I didn't buy it. ;-)

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NOAH: daytime stars
by Dion Davidson 01 Apr '14

01 Apr '14

I liked the movie. I also like the daytime sky in the pre-flood version of Earth, where stars are visible during the day. What would be the scientific reasons for such a thing: * earth much closer to other bright stars, so their light is visible during the day? * different composition of the atmosphere? * dimmer sun? I liked the effect. Dion

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24 May Camelopardalids viewing?
by Wiggins Patrick 30 Mar '14

30 Mar '14

The new issue of S&T carries a lot of information on May's possible Camelopardalids meteor shower. Anyone here have any plans for watching for it? For those who may not have heard, the shower is predicted to peak on the 24th of May between 0629 and 0740 UT. The article notes that "...the first noticeable meteoroids will occur around 5:40 UT and the last ones by 8:50 UT. There is a public star party in SLC the evening before which is scheduled to end about 1.5 hours before the shower's predicted start time. That should give those of us at the star party plenty of time to drive to dark skies. The radiant is to be near Polaris to we'd need a dark northern sky which has me thinking that site (name escapes me) north of I-80, west of the Great Salt Lake might work. Thoughts? patrick

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