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Something quite interesting
by Joseph Barney 07 Nov '02

07 Nov '02

http://www.space.com/teamencounter/ I first found this on Space.com - and it has a link to the official site. I'm definitely thinking of doing this. I hope I can make it to the next star party. Hey, I've got a telescope on my wish list. It's not very expensive but it is rather nice. I found it on Telescope.com and it's an Orion I believe. 09820 Apex 90mm Maksutov-Cassegrain That is the item # and the model. I know they say you should buy binoculars first, but I just can't resist it for $199. I just need an inexpensive tripod. The only one that I think fits is $79. I haven't bought it yet, but hopefully one of these days. I'm currently in the process of trying to get another job. See you at the Golden Spike Star Party (I hope I can make it). Joe __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos http://launch.yahoo.com/u2

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] Fwd: Another Big Bino alert
by David Dunn 06 Nov '02

06 Nov '02

Hi Bob, I have taken a look through several of the cheap 15X70's. I think they put out a real nice image and are certainly worth the money. Chuck does have a couple of different brands of 15X70's. I went out and visited Chuck at lunch yesterday and took a look through the Galileo's. The image looked just like it does in the Bears that I own. They all appear to be made by the same company and are just created for different companies. There are quite a few people locally who have purchased the 15X70's. You ought to try and get a look through them. I would be happy to let you look through mine. I live in Layton so you might want to see if you can find someone closer to home. You could also buy a pair of 15X70s at the sportsmans guide and then return them if you don't like them. Dave -----Original Message----- From: RStmarie(a)aol.com [mailto:RStmarie@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 12:48 PM To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Fwd: Another Big Bino alert Hi, my name is Bob, and I'm an Astro-haulic... Hey folks how do you think these cheap 15x70's compare to a set of Pentax 15x60's (sportsman's warehouse, ~$250) I was thinking of buying? At $70, even if they are plastic, they ought to be worth it. Chuck, you have a couple don't you?

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Fwd: Another Big Bino alert
by RStmarie＠aol.com 06 Nov '02

06 Nov '02

Hi, my name is Bob, and I'm an Astro-haulic... Hey folks how do you think these cheap 15x70's compare to a set of Pentax 15x60's (sportsman's warehouse, ~$250) I was thinking of buying? At $70, even if they are plastic, they ought to be worth it. Chuck, you have a couple don't you?

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Fwd: Another Big Bino alert
by Richard Tenney 05 Nov '02

05 Nov '02

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Don't go bump in the night and a request
by Richard Tenney 03 Nov '02

03 Nov '02

Hi all, Chuck Hards has turned me on to some nifty devices for keeping your tripod legs from getting bumped in the dark. They are small, inexpensive LED flashers that hold AA batteries that you can rubberband to your telescope or eyepiece case at those dark locations where novices or the old and myopic might tend to wander into stuff... American Science & Surplus Stock #34001 Batt Holder w/LED $1.75 ea. (847)647-0011 M-F 8-5:30 Central www.sciplus.com Chuck has also requested that I ask around to see if any of you might have some extra Baader material you would be willing to part with; he's interested in making some filters for the 15x70 (Bear/Obie/Galileo) binos he's so fond of. RSVP, Rich __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/

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New Saturn picture
by Patrick Wiggins 02 Nov '02

02 Nov '02

This will be going out in the next issue of News, but it's such a nice picture I thought those on this list might want to see it right away. Looks so close that when I first saw it I wanted to ask "Are we there yet?" :-) Patrick

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Ten Confounding Questions
by David Bennett 31 Oct '02

31 Oct '02

http://www.msnbc.com/news/825959.asp?pne=msn

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Halloween
by David Dunn 31 Oct '02

31 Oct '02

If the sky is clear on Halloween night, I plan to do a peek-n-treat again this year. For those of you who haven't tried this before it is a nice way to introduce your neighbors to Astronomy and Light Pollution. A couple of years ago I had a problem where every time I would go out in the yard to observe, the neighbors lights all would come on. After letting them look through a telescope, most of them have changed their lighting so that it is only on when they are in the yard. They also told me to let them know and they would turn off a light for me so that I could see better. Try it out and report back to the list on your experiences.

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SLAS Data Projector Demo
by Grahn Family 30 Oct '02

30 Oct '02

For anyone who is interested, At the last SLAS meeting, a question was raised regarding the data projector which we plan to buy, and its resolution. The trade off is lumens to resolution, between a projector having a 1024 X 768 pixel resolution with 1200 lumens, vs an 800 X 600 Pixel projector having 2000 lumens. Inkleys has kindly offered to demo the two projectors for us tomorrow (today?, Monday)at 12:00 noon at its store at 2150 South State. I've been told that the difference in lumens will be so big, that the choice will be obvious. However, if anyone else would like to see the demo, feel free to meet us there. I understand there was no acrimony in the question raised, but it was a good question, and one we thought we should look at. The technical guy at Inkleys said he could talk till he was blue in the face, but the best way to see the difference that the greater lumens would make, was to see it in person. By the way, many laptops cannot display at greater than 800 X 600 resolution, and any laptop will be able to back down to that resolution, so useability will not be an issue. Thanks, Josephine Grahn

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] SLAS Data Projector
by Josephine Grahn 29 Oct '02

29 Oct '02

Kudos to Bill Cowles and Inkleys for >their part in making this happen too! > >Dave Bennett And for the frosting on the cake. The final price for the projector was $1700.00 even! No one else came within $500 of that price. Essentially Inkleys spent an hour and a half demo'ing everything, and educating us on the options, then gave the projector to us at their cost. Thanks Bill! I have an older model soft side travel case for a laptop that I think will be fine to hold the projector and its parts. It was made by Port, and has an internal suspension that should protect it, if we treat it nicely. So... who's going to be first to show off some of their CCD wizardry at our next meeting? By the way, it will also be great for demonstrating how to use astro software to a large group, something to think of for future meetings or Slastrofest. Jo Grahn

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