Thanks for the link, Dion. That is a really instructive video. I may have to find a way to incorporate it into an evening program. Kim -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Dion Davidson Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 7:52 AM To: Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Moon phases for 2013 I came across this cool NASA video showing all the moon phases for 2013.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixroBOCm8M8 (write-up from Royce Bair here: http://intothenightphoto.blogspot.com/2012/11/nasas-dial-moon-tool.htm l) It was also fun to see a beautiful picture of the Milky Way on the inside cover of the January Ensign, for those who may be subscribers. Nice write-up on that photo also on Royce's blog: http://intothenightphoto.blogspot.com/2012/12/potw-milky-way-by-andrey -shumilin.html Dion _______________________________________________ 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".

Very nice Dion. Like Kim I'm thinking about how to include it in my school outreach visits. And on the subject of Moon phases, I came across a couple of handy lunar phase and seasons ICS files on the web. Interestingly while they were both on astr***gy sites they did get the dates of the phases and seasons right. However I really didn't need to know when whatever planet was retrograding into whatever house so I went in and removed (exorcized <g> ) those parts. I've posted the results here: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/keep/moonseasons.zip For those who may be new to ICS files, they are a slick way of loading data into electronic calendars, similarly to the one I posted a few days ago with all of SLAS's public events for 2013. Clear skies, patrick On 07 Jan 2013, at 07:52, Dion Davidson wrote:

I came across this cool NASA video showing all the moon phases for 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixroBOCm8M8

(write-up from Royce Bair here: http://intothenightphoto.blogspot.com/2012/11/nasas-dial-moon-tool.html)

It was also fun to see a beautiful picture of the Milky Way on the inside cover of the January Ensign, for those who may be subscribers. Nice write-up on that photo also on Royce's blog: http://intothenightphoto.blogspot.com/2012/12/potw-milky-way-by-andrey-shumi...

Dion