Really hope to see you at the 4/27 session Joe. It will be a good one to attend due to the star party planning that will also go on. Mat -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 1:05 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] ATM report from 3/30/13 Hi Mat, Great report! It really bugs me that I've missed every one of these, but I do hope to get to the one in late April. -- Thanks, Joe ________________________________ From: "Hutchings, Mat" <mat.hutchings@siemens.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 10:15 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] ATM report from 3/30/13 We had quite a session on 3/30/13! At my count, we had 12 people in attendance. The main work was getting a father/son 8" dob functional. This was a lot of work, but we pulled it off and Levi got first light with his scope by viewing the sun (with a full aperture solar filter of course). It reached focus with all the eyepieces we tried (and we tried many). All that remains for this scope is to be stained/painted, primary mirror coated and final assembly. Later that evening, we star tested and the primary mirror is looking good, so it will now go off to the coater. Levi is very excited about all this and thought it was cool to have the scope nearing completion. I believe this is important; getting people interested and excited for the hobby. Josh put together some optics for another bath interferometer. You may now address him as Mr. Bath... [http://astronomyinutah.forumer.com/images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif] Chuck showed his incredibly nice looking short tube refractor. It looks as good as a professionally made telescope, and that is no joke. Jay and Jeff determined what the psi is on the azimuth bearing's teflon pads on Jeff's scope. This was done so that Jay can duplicate it and make his scope move better. From what I have heard, it is improved after Jay adjusted (smaller) the size of the pads. The next session is set for 4/27/13 from 09:00 to 14:00. Mat This message and any attachments are solely for the use of intended recipients. The information contained herein may include trade secrets, protected health or personal information, privileged or otherwise confidential information. Unauthorized review, forwarding, printing, copying, distributing, or using such information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you received this email in error, and that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this email and any attachment is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender and delete the message and any attachment from your system. Thank you for your cooperation _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@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@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". This message and any attachments are solely for the use of intended recipients. The information contained herein may include trade secrets, protected health or personal information, privileged or otherwise confidential information. Unauthorized review, forwarding, printing, copying, distributing, or using such information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you received this email in error, and that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this email and any attachment is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender and delete the message and any attachment from your system. Thank you for your cooperation