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Terrific fireball this morning
by Chuck Hards 09 Nov '17

09 Nov '17

I saw a big, bright, slow-moving fireball at about 5:35 AM this morning, low in the north-northwest, didn't flame-out until (apparently) very close to the ground. Moving west-to-east from my point of view, looks like any possible strewnfield would be close to I-15 anwhere between Bountiful and the Idaho border. Really bright, and at least a quarter of a degree wide at maximum, vivid green. Lots of smaller chunks falling away as it broke-up. I haven't seen a big one in a while so this one was welcome.

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The color of stars
by Joe Bauman 08 Nov '17

08 Nov '17

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Off-Topic: Drive your neighbors crazy
by Chuck Hards 08 Nov '17

08 Nov '17

Name your home WiFi "FBI Surveillance Van".

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Yard Sale
by chuck.hards 29 Oct '17

29 Oct '17

What's killing sales is that shipping costs have doubled in the last 24 months. Nobody on the east coast wants to spend a hundred bucks to ship a $300 telescope. Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -------- Original message --------From: Craig Smith <cs2560(a)gmail.com> Date: 10/29/17 8:30 PM (GMT-07:00) To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Yard Sale Yeah, I did that, that's how I sold everything else. I sold quite a bit of stuff a long time ago, it just took me a bit to figure it out again. Once you have the boxes it's easier, although I wish I had real labels to print on. I have a postal scale, but the new flat rate boxes make it easier, although they are limited sizes. On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 7:47 PM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I've been doing pretty well in the Cloudy Nights Classifieds. Wrapping > stuff up for shipping is a pain, but I've been getting better than > swap-meet prices on stuff. > > > > On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 7:38 PM, Craig Smith <cs2560(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Well, I sold everything but my dob scope cloak. Anyone interested? See > my > > ad on KSL or SLAS. > > > > On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 6:31 PM, Craig Smith <cs2560(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > OK thanks. My stuff is actually new in box or opened but not really > > > used. I've already gotten a lot of response off cloudy nights. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Yard Sale
by Craig Smith 29 Oct '17

29 Oct '17

Whatever happened to the talk of a yard sale?

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Has anyone done business with Gorilla Gagets?
by Richard Tenney 21 Oct '17

21 Oct '17

They have what looks like a decent 50mw green laser with rechargeable batteries for $23. Wondering if they are reputable. One of my 5mw lasers went kaput, and I've wanted something a bit brighter anyway. I'm also interested in hearing about any other 20mw or higher lasers that have been purchased online cheap and who you did business with. TIA,/Rich

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6" reflector and other stuff available for free
by John M. Craig 14 Oct '17

14 Oct '17

Hi Folks, Some stuff I was hoping to unload at the yard sale, but would love to get rid of this year. These items are free--if you want parts, I'll give you the whole mess and you can discard what you don't want and not tell me about it ;-) I'd even meet somewhere within reasonable distance from Orem to give it to you if you take several items--you might have to give me a few bucks to cover the gas or buy me a burger or something--actually, if I get rid of some of this stuff, my wife will probably be so grateful you wouldn't need to do that. If you want details, please email me directly and I can send pictures or more careful measurements. 1. 6" ~f/9 Newt reflector Free Aluminum 8" tube with Novak spider and primary mount. The focuser is a 1970's Edmund rack and pinion. I think the diagonal is okay but it might need re-aluminizing by now. The primary is a piece of junk (not my fault--my folks bought this for me when I was like 11 and it was third hand from the student who ground it--didn't cost much, but I'm sure it was a sacrifice for them). The primary could be reground/polished into a decent mirror--it's plenty thick and I think it's Pyrex. It does actually work and show stuff, so it could be used as is. It has a cradle made of very old plywood (attaches to the mount listed below) and a homemade straight-through finder that's decent--although the rings are definitely in the dorky category and no doubt could stand to be replaced. It would also be easy to redo the scope as a Dob--might be simplest to just buy/make a shorter focal length primary and then put some weight in the back of the tube. At any rate, if anyone wants a fixer-upper (that does work, just not real great), it's free. 2. Vintage Edmund Scientific-design pedestal topped by an ATM pillow-block mount that, with some work, would be a decent item (this one is my fault); the scope's cradle bolts to the mount head. If the pedestal is too short for you, a trip to a plumbing supply would solve that for you. 3. I also have a ~36" long ~12" diameter fiberglass tube (it's not very round and has some holes drilled in it but it might be useful for something). 4. A wooden surveyor's type tripod. 5. A wooden-legged tripod with a barely useable equatorial mount (it does have a big clamshell that might be useful--it's 5" or so inside diameter (felt covered). Good seeing! John Craig

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 176, Issue 4
by Stephen Peterson 07 Oct '17

07 Oct '17

RE prominence, Thanks for the heads up. Steve On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 12:00 PM, < utah-astronomy-request(a)mailman.xmission.com> wrote: > Send Utah-Astronomy mailing list submissions to > utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah- > astronomy > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > utah-astronomy-request(a)mailman.xmission.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > utah-astronomy-owner(a)mailman.xmission.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Utah-Astronomy digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Sun pretty interesting in H-a today (John M. Craig) > 2. Re: Sun pretty interesting in H-a today (Chuck Hards) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2017 13:09:36 -0600 > From: "John M. Craig" <jmcraig(a)xmission.com> > To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Sun pretty interesting in H-a today > Message-ID: <59D7D4F0.7010708(a)xmission.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hi Folks, > > If you have a hydrogen-alpha solar scope, there's some neat prominences > on the eastern limb. > > John > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2017 13:30:49 -0600 > From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Sun pretty interesting in H-a today > Message-ID: > <CAHmuOYr7+fuvKBE-hb+xSxvMiEzUhs8bU7bvS7GGWoukXYvNt > A(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Thanks for the heads-up, John, I'll take a look when I get home from work > today. > > On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 1:09 PM, John M. Craig <jmcraig(a)xmission.com> > wrote: > > > Hi Folks, > > > > If you have a hydrogen-alpha solar scope, there's some neat prominences > on > > the eastern limb. > > > > John > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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". > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php > > ------------------------------ > > End of Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 176, Issue 4 > ********************************************** >

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Sun pretty interesting in H-a today
by John M. Craig 06 Oct '17

06 Oct '17

Hi Folks, If you have a hydrogen-alpha solar scope, there's some neat prominences on the eastern limb. John

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Mars-Venus conjunction this morning
by Chuck Hards 05 Oct '17

05 Oct '17

If anyone is awake and has a good view of the eastern horizon, Venus and Mars are very close this morning. You may need mild optical aid to pick Mars out from the dazzling glare of Venus, that's how close they are. They will be farther apart tomorrow, right now is closest approach.

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