Spring? Chuck your an optimist, I thought we are entering a new ice age.

Maybe an Astronomy Day event???? or SPOC? I do have a few eyepieces that seem redundant and some 1 1/4 filters that I have in 2" sizes. Sign me up. Yes (we still love the laser pointer we bought from you at a swap meet a

few years back)!

-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 1:34 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Swap meet?

Any interest in a spring swap meet?

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Great thinking, Patrick. In fact, we should open it to any interested Utah astronomer. -- Joe --- On Mon, 2/7/11, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:

From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Swap meet? To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, February 7, 2011, 3:45 PM Good idea Chuck.

Perhaps we could invite the U of U, Ogden and Provo area clubs too.

Any thoughts on when and where?

I'm thinking maybe just prior to a Midvale Harmons star party?

patrick

On 07 Feb 2011, at 13:34, Chuck Hards wrote:

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Hey Don, Where are you? Back from the South? How was it? -- Best wishes, Joe --- On Mon, 2/7/11, Don J. Colton <djcolton@piol.com> wrote:

From: Don J. Colton <djcolton@piol.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Swap meet? To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, February 7, 2011, 10:09 PM I have several items to sell.

-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Craig Smith Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 8:02 PM To: 'Utah Astronomy' Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Swap meet?

I'm in.

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Good for you! And dumb for me! Drive safely, and I hope you'll post your new haul of images. Best wishes, Joe --- On Tue, 2/8/11, Don J. Colton <djcolton@piol.com> wrote:

From: Don J. Colton <djcolton@piol.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Swap meet? To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, February 8, 2011, 4:30 PM Coming home tomorrow.  Every night (Thursday-Monday) except Friday has been clear - contrary to the weather forecast.

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Hey Don, Where are you? Back from the South? How was it? -- Best wishes, Joe

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From: Don J. Colton <djcolton@piol.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Swap meet? To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, February 7, 2011, 10:09 PM I have several items to sell.

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I'm in.

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Chuck,

I think you know what eyepiece I want, but I understand why you are keeping it. A club Sun Party at SPOC using the Andy? Erik I'm going to assume that we will have a swap meet sometime this

spring, and will dig really deep into my stash. I should have lots of great bargains available. Lenses, mirrors, eyepieces, components, solar filter material, maybe even a binocular or two.

Make a "donation" to the Chuck Divorce Recovery Fund and get a sweet deal in the process. ;o)

I'll donate 5% of my take to SLAS. Consider donating a small portion of your own proceeds to your own local club or favorite charity.

I think someone mentioned tagging this onto a sun party- excellent idea IMO.

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The 32 mm University, I dropped mine and shattered the lens, it has to go down as one of great eyepieces of all time. Inexpensive, light, and high quality, a shame they stopped making them. I have since bought a 27mm Panoptic it gives almost the same real field of the view and does seem sharper at edge.

With my refractor the 32 framed the entire Veil and North American perfectly. Alas, with my refractor in light polluted sky I mainly need wide field of views for star hopping. As to how many eyepieces someone needs, I seem to only use 4 with regularity. Hmmm...which eyepiece, Erik? Remind me. My memory is about an inch

long these days.

I'm thinking that I could put the C6 on the CGEM and attach my video eyepiece, sending the image to my 7" LCD monitor. Group viewing without waiting in line.

H-a on Andy, right?

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Chuck,

I think you know what eyepiece I want, but I understand why you are keeping it.

A club Sun Party at SPOC using the Andy?

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Hi Chuck, I brought up the swap meet idea at Tuesday's SLAS board meeting. The board is fine with making it an official SLAS event at one of the star parties and open to all provided you (as the one who proposed it in the first place) are ok with that. Would that work for you or would you prefer it be a non-afilliated event? Clear skies, patrick On 10 Feb 2011, at 10:13, Chuck Hards wrote:

I'm going to assume that we will have a swap meet sometime this spring, and will dig really deep into my stash. I should have lots of great bargains available. Lenses, mirrors, eyepieces, components, solar filter material, maybe even a binocular or two.

Make a "donation" to the Chuck Divorce Recovery Fund and get a sweet deal in the process. ;o)

I'll donate 5% of my take to SLAS. Consider donating a small portion of your own proceeds to your own local club or favorite charity.

I think someone mentioned tagging this onto a sun party- excellent idea IMO.

Actually, I'd rather see what I might be buying -- I vote for a sunny Sunday. Or Saturday. -- Joe --- On Fri, 2/11/11, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Swap meet? To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Friday, February 11, 2011, 9:29 AM LOL, Patrick, actually you are the one who proposed it to the SLAS board, so you are the one who needs to be OK with it.  I just tossed it out to the utah-astro gang.  ;o)

Honestly, a late-afternoon or early evening swap meet presents logistical hurdles for me.

Also I can't fit my night scope stuff in the car at the same time as the items I'd like to bring to sell, whereas my PST setup can be stashed in the front seat.  We've usually had better luck with swap meets earlier in the day, which is why I suggested the sun party.

I can only commit to weekend, daytime events for the forseeable future.  If everyone else wants it tagged onto the front of a star party, go ahead.  It's silly to hinge this on the attendance of one person.  If I can make it, I will, if not, maybe next year.

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Hi Chuck,

I brought up the swap meet idea at Tuesday's SLAS board meeting.

The board is fine with making it an official SLAS event at one of the star parties and open to all provided you (as the one who proposed it in the first place) are ok with that.

Would that work for you or would you prefer it be a non-afilliated event?

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