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THANKS!
by Beverley Getzen 31 May '13

31 May '13

Thanks for posting the photograph! -- Beverley Getzen Retired, US Army Corps of Engineers PO Box 202 Wadesboro, NC 28170-0202 704-694-7022 "There are times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time we fail to protest." Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate.

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Observing Tonight
by Jay Eads 31 May '13

31 May '13

Not sure I will go all the way to Vernon tonight as I have a project going on at the house tomorrow, but I may go out by Five Mile Pass which is above the dew of Pit n Pole. If your interested in going along, let me know. I'll post directions.

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Ride to SPOC
by D P Pierce 30 May '13

30 May '13

I have a ride for Friday. I still need a ride for Saturday. Deloy

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Orion Intelliscope
by Jay Eads 30 May '13

30 May '13

Wayne, It's yours. Just email me at jayleads at gmail.com or jeads at graniteschools dot org and we can set up a time. Jay On 2013-05-30 15:02, Wayne Sumner wrote: > I'd love to get it to add to a 10" telescope in our observatory here at Northridge High School. > > -----Original Message----- > From: utah-astronomy-bounces@??? [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@???] On Behalf Of Jay Eads > Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 9:37 PM > To: Utah Astronomy > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Orion Intelliscope > > When I broke up my old Orion XX14i to make a new scope, I never did anything with the Intelliscope. I have it still with all the parts and am willing to part with the parts and the controller if anyone wants it. It's free I'm saying if you think you can ATM and you can, there are sites on the web about doing it. If no one takes me up then I think come sometime this summer I will convert my own XT10 to the intelliscope for when kids at my new school assignment learn to use the scope from a pretty heavy light polluted sky. If your interested it is first come, first serve and you have to pick it up from me. I'm not driving it around. > > Thanks, > > Jay > > Send messages to the list to > Utah-Astronomy@??? > > 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 pr

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Ride to SPOC
by D P Pierce 30 May '13

30 May '13

Me again. Rodger F. won't be able to give me a ride so I need someone else to step. Deloy

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ALCON
by Ann House 30 May '13

30 May '13

Is anyone attending the AL convention in Atlanta this summer? I am considering it. -A

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Orion Intelliscope
by Jay Eads 30 May '13

30 May '13

When I broke up my old Orion XX14i to make a new scope, I never did anything with the Intelliscope. I have it still with all the parts and am willing to part with the parts and the controller if anyone wants it. It's free I'm saying if you think you can ATM and you can, there are sites on the web about doing it. If no one takes me up then I think come sometime this summer I will convert my own XT10 to the intelliscope for when kids at my new school assignment learn to use the scope from a pretty heavy light polluted sky. If your interested it is first come, first serve and you have to pick it up from me. I'm not driving it around. Thanks, Jay

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Scribbles? No, detail.
by Kelly Ricks 29 May '13

29 May '13

Thanks Patrick! I wasn't going to link to that post here because I thought it was a bit less serious, but I appreciate your comment. :) ~Kelly > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 16:10:08 -0600 > From: Patrick Wiggins <paw(a)wirelessbeehive.com> > To: utah astronomy listserve utah astronomy > <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] > Message-ID: <334F152A-EC1D-49F4-A6F0-D25C9781335D(a)wirelessbeehive.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > In her latest blog Kelly refers to them as scribbles. > > I look at her "scribble" of a lunar crater and call it detail. > > And fine detail at that. > > http://kellyricks.blogspot.com/2013/05/scribbles.html > > patrick > > >

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Sound off for Bryce!
by Chrismo 29 May '13

29 May '13

Hey All, Sound off if you're headed to Bryce Canyon next week for the Astronomy Festival. I'll be there and I'm looking forward to putting faces to names!

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Frustration at the eyepiece: help!
by Joe Bauman 29 May '13

29 May '13

Oh I like 'em all, deeply. I'm just a cantankerous 67-year-old coot. Think nothing of my occasional grumpiness. -- Joe ------------------------------ On Wed, May 29, 2013 3:26 PM MDT Richard Tenney wrote: >Joe, knowing you, Brent and Chuck, I don't believe anyone had any intention of snobbery while sharing personal perspective regarding our early years in the hobby. Please take everything said here with a grain of salt, knowing that we're all friends at the end of the day. I for one have a great deal of respect for you, FWIW. >/R > > > > >________________________________ > From: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman(a)yahoo.com> >To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> >Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 12:15 PM >Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Frustration at the eyepiece: help! > > >I do not have a learning disability. I have a difficulty involving directional orientation -- it's a mild type of dyslexia that causes people to get turned around easily but does NOT interfere with ability to learn! As far as I'm concerned it's not the same. My saying that is not an "admission" that I have a learning disability today. It's a little obstacle. When I was a child I had trouble telling a b from a d, but as a writer, that's no longer a problem. As a child I couldn't tie my shoelaces the proper way and I still just tie them using granny loops. I think I can remember not knowing left from right, but I have known that one for a very long time now. It's a particular kind of wiring problem. I also don't feel anyone should be snobby about people with no dyslexia or other problem who do not choose to learn the constellations. It's really not what astronomy is about for many. If knowing which constellation abuts another rings your bell, fine. To me >it seems like a trivial subject to invest time and energy on when you could spend the same time and energy LEARNING (as I have) about many other astronomical factors. But as they say, to each his own. -- Joe > > > > >________________________________ >From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> >To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> >Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 11:55 AM >Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Frustration at the eyepiece: help! > > >Joe, the difference is that you, by your admission, have a learning >disability. It's not a choice. Therefore you and those who cannot learn, >at least by the methods Brent and I are familiar with, are not the people >we were referring to. Well, speaking for myself, at least. > >If you can't (and I know you've tried), then you are not among those who >won't. > >See the difference? It wasn't directed at you. > >My humblest apology if you took it personally. > >On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman(a)yahoo.com>wrote: > >> Also, what about this comment by you, Chuck? It sounds pretty >> condescending to me: "I know some people who don't even feel it necessary >> to learn the sky as one would become familiar with a terrestrial map, for >> example." What does that sound like, "don't even feel it necessary" -- a >> compliment? -- Joe >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman(a)yahoo.com> >> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 11:18 AM >> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Frustration at the eyepiece: help! >> >> >> You can't, Chuck? Then you didn't read the email by Brent: "Today, when it >> is no longer necessary to learn the sky, I feel - no I know there is a >> great deal lost by those who don't take the time and >> make the sacrifice to adopt the stars as your personal friends. I >> am certain the heavens know my name, just as I know theirs." Well, I'm not >> certain the heavens know my name and I'd be creeped out if they did! -- Joe >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> >> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 10:56 AM >> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Frustration at the eyepiece: help! >> >> >> I can't recall anyone ever ever acting snobbish about learning the sky, >> Joe. It's what worked for some of us, and we relate our stories, but don't >> look down on anyone who doesn't. I feel sorrry for them, but don't think >> they are any less of a person. To each, his own. Like my finder method, I >> know that some people can't do it, for whatever reason, and look at me like >> I'm stupid when explaining it, but hey, it works for me. >> I do feel that for those with conditions such as dyslexia, there may yet be >> a way to become more familiar with the sky than some may think- perhaps a >> workable methodology just hasn't been thought-out yet. I am loathe to >> simply give-up and walk away from even trying. >> >> You're a bit sensitive to the issue, and perhaps rightly so- I can't walk >> in your shoes- but nobody looks down on you for that or any other reason. >> Likewise don't look down on those of us who found the sky at an early age >> and made it our own. Learning things in youth is always easier than late >> in life. >> >> Frankly, people like Rich, Brent, and myself seem to be in the minority >> these days, anyway. When I was in jr. high school, there were at least 5 >> or 6 of us who took our telescopes out in the backyard regularly- one >> friend had a 10" Essential Optics reflector! I doubt you'd find that many >> in any random jr. high these days. >> >> >> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman(a)yahoo.com >> >wrote: >> >> > Frankly, I resent the snobbish attitudes of people who do know the night >> > sky and act as if we who don't know it that well are lazy jerks. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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". >> _______________________________________________ >> 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". >_______________________________________________ >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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