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C-5 for sale
by Patrick Wiggins 13 Feb '13

13 Feb '13

A local guy called Don Downs has a Celestron 5 with standard accessories he'd like to sell. He was at the SLAS board meeting this evening saying he'd hoped to get $600 but needs the money so might take less. He can be contacted at dondowns20(a)yahoo.com or 970.261.2795. patrick

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Another Dooms Day Prediction
by Rodger C. Fry 13 Feb '13

13 Feb '13

The end of the world theories didn't end with the passage of the 13th Baktun. Read this: http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/12/16940253-why-the-buzz-over-st- malachys-last-pope-prophecy-outdoes-2012-hype?lite Just for what it is worth ;^) Rodger C. Fry

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Another Dooms Day Predition
by jcarman6＠q.com 13 Feb '13

13 Feb '13

Of course we can ignore the Mayans, they were pagans (even if they had a more accurate calendar than we do even today). Now, when popes speak, the world ought to listen. But I'm a little confused about the wording. This may be the last line of the "vision" but hasn't there already been a Peter Romanus - that is the first Peter, Disciple of Christ, a Jew, ended up in Rome and died/crucified? Well, maybe I won't be too concerned until the conclave picks the next pope, but if he is an Italian from Rome and takes the name Peter, I might just be shaking in my boots. Hope he lives a long, long time :)

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HD solar images
by Howard Jackman 13 Feb '13

13 Feb '13

Saw this link on Twitter, pretty cool! http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/02/alan-friedmans-astonishing-hd-photogr…

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Member of public wants to see 2012 DA14
by Patrick Wiggins 13 Feb '13

13 Feb '13

Hi all, A lady who lives near Ogden rang me today saying she wants to see 2012 DA14 as it makes its flyby on the 15th. I told it it would not look like much but she'd still like to see it. Is anyone here planning on trying to spot it? Weather permitting I'll be trying to image it but she wants to see it through a telescope. patrick

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Name Pluto's newest moons!
by Kelly Ricks 13 Feb '13

13 Feb '13

Exactly. Why waste "Vulcan," and "Orpheus" and "Styx" on these little guys. My personal favorites are "Obol" and "Lethe." They go together well and seem more appropriate (and in the case of "Obol") even descriptive. ~Kelly > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:00:48 -0700 > From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Name Pluto's newest moons! > Message-ID: > < > CAHmuOYqKN3wYVKD2KZ1kjP+PUFiL-bDXiNYcMMvEBAgtQcGgig(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > We are going to use-up all the good names on boulders, then have to scrape > the bottom of the barrel when naming all of those much larger "dwarf > planets" *beyond *Pluto. > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://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 120, Issue 43 > *********************************************** >

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Name Pluto's newest moons!
by D P Pierce 13 Feb '13

13 Feb '13

Hey! Look at this. They want our opinion. Vote for the name of Pluto's newest moons. http://www.plutorocks.com/ Deloy

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Very nice scope, Chuck
by Dave Gary 13 Feb '13

13 Feb '13

Chuck, Very nice. It’s kind of embarrassing. We have the same weird work schedule (and plenty of it), however, you find the time to make a bang-up scope and I nap every chance I get. It will be nice to see the images you get. Well, off to work. Dave

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Name Pluto's newest moons!
by Kelly Ricks 13 Feb '13

13 Feb '13

Yeah, the ones I picked were pretty low on the list too. Oh well. I guess I can revote 500 times every day until it's over...maybe that will help. ~Kelly > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:45:23 -0700 > From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Name Pluto's newest moons! > Message-ID: > < > CAHmuOYonwep2wMZBS_YGGTe4umYmPQqRKwZZZ0Rm_RMeBESs_w(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I voted yesterday, but my choices are close to dead-last in the running. > Poop. > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 6:21 PM, D P Pierce <starsbirdsglyphs(a)gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Hey! Look at this. They want our opinion. Vote for the name of > Pluto's > > newest moons. > > > > http://www.plutorocks.com/ > > > > > > >

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ISON this eveing
by Patrick Wiggins 11 Feb '13

11 Feb '13

Maybe my imagination but the tail seems a little more obvious this eveing. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/C_2012_S1.2013FEB12.JPG patrick

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