Many of you were out at Stansbury Park on the 22nd of May for the public star party that was nearly canceled. I told Patrick and a few others that I had had a GREAT night in spite of not setting up my own scope. I came home and typed out my experiences for that night and sent it to a few people to see if I could get it published. Well Cloudy Nights did publish it today. I know it is not up to Joe B's level but who would have ever thought I would be "published" with anything concerning astronomy? http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=2449
Way to go Steve. That was a great article and you are totally right, sharing the experience is what amateur astronomy is all about! Thanks Rodger Fry -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Steve FISHER Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 3:45 PM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Blowing my own horn Many of you were out at Stansbury Park on the 22nd of May for the public star party that was nearly canceled. I told Patrick and a few others that I had had a GREAT night in spite of not setting up my own scope. I came home and typed out my experiences for that night and sent it to a few people to see if I could get it published. Well Cloudy Nights did publish it today. I know it is not up to Joe B's level but who would have ever thought I would be "published" with anything concerning astronomy? http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=2449 _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
Very fine story, Steve! You have a lot of heart and you touched others too. There's no telling how far your article will go in terms of astronomers becoming inspired to help out at star shows. Congratulations! -- Joe --- On Tue, 6/22/10, Rodger C. Fry <rcfry@comcast.net> wrote: From: Rodger C. Fry <rcfry@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Blowing my own horn To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, June 22, 2010, 5:28 PM Way to go Steve. That was a great article and you are totally right, sharing the experience is what amateur astronomy is all about! Thanks Rodger Fry -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Steve FISHER Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 3:45 PM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Blowing my own horn Many of you were out at Stansbury Park on the 22nd of May for the public star party that was nearly canceled. I told Patrick and a few others that I had had a GREAT night in spite of not setting up my own scope. I came home and typed out my experiences for that night and sent it to a few people to see if I could get it published. Well Cloudy Nights did publish it today. I know it is not up to Joe B's level but who would have ever thought I would be "published" with anything concerning astronomy? http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=2449 _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
On 22 Jun 2010, at 22:54, Joe Bauman wrote:
Very fine story, Steve! You have a lot of heart and you touched others too. There's no telling how far your article will go in terms of astronomers becoming inspired to help out at star shows. Congratulations! -- Joe
Well put Joe, And I think the story also illustrates why we don't always show up only when the weather is perfect. After all we (or at least most of us) don't do public star parties just for ourselves but for the public. patrick
If we advertise a star party, then someone has to show up. Some of the public has become upset even when its raining. The "weather permitting" qualifier is often ignored.
BTW: Did last Saturdays SPOC turn out benefit from the Clark Planetarium do out at LHM Motor Park? Yeah, it's certainly not for the coffee at Denny's.
On 6/22/10, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
And I think the story also illustrates why we don't always show up only when the weather is perfect.
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I've had people express surprise that we can't look right through cloud cover. Amazing. On 6/23/10, erikhansen@thebluezone.net <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote:
If we advertise a star party, then someone has to show up. Some of the public has become upset even when its raining. The "weather permitting" qualifier is often ignored.
Erik, The star party at SPOC Saturday night was very good. We had the biggest crowd yet this year and the seeing was reasonable. It was even fairly warm but the mosquitoes were out in force. I think they had spent all day honing there beaks on the rocks around the lake so they would be ready for us when we arrived. It was a good event. Rodger -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of erikhansen@thebluezone.net Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 10:16 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Blowing my own horn
If we advertise a star party, then someone has to show up. Some of the public has become upset even when its raining. The "weather permitting" qualifier is often ignored.
BTW: Did last Saturdays SPOC turn out benefit from the Clark Planetarium do out at LHM Motor Park? Yeah, it's certainly not for the coffee at Denny's.
On 6/22/10, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
And I think the story also illustrates why we don't always show up only when the weather is perfect.
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Rodger,
I did get the impression that the star party was well attended. There was a star party hosted by Clark Planetarium at the Larry Miller Motor Sports Park that night also. I was just wondering if some folks saw the observatory on the way to that event and decided to check it out, or perhaps even got confused and thought that was the Clark Planetarium Star Party. Perhaps that contributed to the turn out as much as any press coverage. Erik BTW, Sterling Poulson broadcasted that the Lunar Eclipse was going to occur the morning of Tuesday June 22nd. Did anyone else catch that? Erik,
The star party at SPOC Saturday night was very good. We had the biggest crowd yet this year and the seeing was reasonable. It was even fairly warm but the mosquitoes were out in force. I think they had spent all day honing there beaks on the rocks around the lake so they would be ready for us when we arrived.
It was a good event.
Rodger
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of erikhansen@thebluezone.net Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 10:16 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Blowing my own horn
If we advertise a star party, then someone has to show up. Some of the public has become upset even when its raining. The "weather permitting" qualifier is often ignored.
BTW: Did last Saturdays SPOC turn out benefit from the Clark Planetarium do out at LHM Motor Park?
Yeah, it's certainly not for the coffee at Denny's.
On 6/22/10, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
And I think the story also illustrates why we don't always show up only when the weather is perfect.
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Who is Sterling Poulson? On 6/24/10, erikhansen@thebluezone.net <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote:
Rodger,
I did get the impression that the star party was well attended. There was a star party hosted by Clark Planetarium at the Larry Miller Motor Sports Park that night also. I was just wondering if some folks saw the observatory on the way to that event and decided to check it out, or perhaps even got confused and thought that was the Clark Planetarium Star Party. Perhaps that contributed to the turn out as much as any press coverage.
Erik
BTW, Sterling Poulson broadcasted that the Lunar Eclipse was going to occur the morning of Tuesday June 22nd. Did anyone else catch that?
Erik,
The star party at SPOC Saturday night was very good. We had the biggest crowd yet this year and the seeing was reasonable. It was even fairly warm but the mosquitoes were out in force. I think they had spent all day honing there beaks on the rocks around the lake so they would be ready for us when we arrived.
It was a good event.
Rodger
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of erikhansen@thebluezone.net Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 10:16 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Blowing my own horn
If we advertise a star party, then someone has to show up. Some of the public has become upset even when its raining. The "weather permitting" qualifier is often ignored.
BTW: Did last Saturdays SPOC turn out benefit from the Clark Planetarium do out at LHM Motor Park?
Yeah, it's certainly not for the coffee at Denny's.
On 6/22/10, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
And I think the story also illustrates why we don't always show up only when the weather is perfect.
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Weather dude on one of the TV channels. Don't remember which because I almost never watch TV, now that FlashForward has been canceled. -- Joe --- On Thu, 6/24/10, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote: From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Blowing my own horn To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 10:45 PM Who is Sterling Poulson? On 6/24/10, erikhansen@thebluezone.net <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote:
Rodger,
I did get the impression that the star party was well attended. There was a star party hosted by Clark Planetarium at the Larry Miller Motor Sports Park that night also. I was just wondering if some folks saw the observatory on the way to that event and decided to check it out, or perhaps even got confused and thought that was the Clark Planetarium Star Party. Perhaps that contributed to the turn out as much as any press coverage.
Erik
BTW, Sterling Poulson broadcasted that the Lunar Eclipse was going to occur the morning of Tuesday June 22nd. Did anyone else catch that?
Erik,
The star party at SPOC Saturday night was very good. We had the biggest crowd yet this year and the seeing was reasonable. It was even fairly warm but the mosquitoes were out in force. I think they had spent all day honing there beaks on the rocks around the lake so they would be ready for us when we arrived.
It was a good event.
Rodger
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of erikhansen@thebluezone.net Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 10:16 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Blowing my own horn
If we advertise a star party, then someone has to show up. Some of the public has become upset even when its raining. The "weather permitting" qualifier is often ignored.
BTW: Did last Saturdays SPOC turn out benefit from the Clark Planetarium do out at LHM Motor Park?
Yeah, it's certainly not for the coffee at Denny's.
On 6/22/10, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
And I think the story also illustrates why we don't always show up only when the weather is perfect.
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Ah, that explains it. Not much of a TV guy, myself. Thanks, Joe. On 6/24/10, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
Weather dude on one of the TV channels. Don't remember which because I almost never watch TV, now that FlashForward has been canceled. -- Joe
--- On Thu, 6/24/10, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Blowing my own horn To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 10:45 PM
Who is Sterling Poulson?
On 6/24/10, erikhansen@thebluezone.net <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote:
Rodger,
I did get the impression that the star party was well attended. There was a star party hosted by Clark Planetarium at the Larry Miller Motor Sports Park that night also. I was just wondering if some folks saw the observatory on the way to that event and decided to check it out, or perhaps even got confused and thought that was the Clark Planetarium Star Party. Perhaps that contributed to the turn out as much as any press coverage.
Erik
BTW, Sterling Poulson broadcasted that the Lunar Eclipse was going to occur the morning of Tuesday June 22nd. Did anyone else catch that?
Erik,
The star party at SPOC Saturday night was very good. We had the biggest crowd yet this year and the seeing was reasonable. It was even fairly warm but the mosquitoes were out in force. I think they had spent all day honing there beaks on the rocks around the lake so they would be ready for us when we arrived.
It was a good event.
Rodger
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of erikhansen@thebluezone.net Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 10:16 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Blowing my own horn
If we advertise a star party, then someone has to show up. Some of the public has become upset even when its raining. The "weather permitting" qualifier is often ignored.
BTW: Did last Saturdays SPOC turn out benefit from the Clark Planetarium do out at LHM Motor Park?
Yeah, it's certainly not for the coffee at Denny's.
On 6/22/10, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
And I think the story also illustrates why we don't always show up only when the weather is perfect.
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Hey Steve, I can only hope all of us can be sharp enough to seize an opportunity like that and make a difference in peoples lives. Great job! Dale ________________________________ From: Rodger C. Fry <rcfry@comcast.net> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tue, June 22, 2010 5:28:47 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Blowing my own horn Way to go Steve. That was a great article and you are totally right, sharing the experience is what amateur astronomy is all about! Thanks Rodger Fry -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Steve FISHER Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 3:45 PM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Blowing my own horn Many of you were out at Stansbury Park on the 22nd of May for the public star party that was nearly canceled. I told Patrick and a few others that I had had a GREAT night in spite of not setting up my own scope. I came home and typed out my experiences for that night and sent it to a few people to see if I could get it published. Well Cloudy Nights did publish it today. I know it is not up to Joe B's level but who would have ever thought I would be "published" with anything concerning astronomy? http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=2449 _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
Steve, you did good that night, and congrats on getting your story published on-line! Personally, I keep hoping to have my own version of that experience. I want to show the night sky to the Victoria's Secret models, and find my life changed... ;o) On 6/22/10, Steve FISHER <sfisher01@msn.com> wrote:
Chuck, Which star have you been wishing on? One thing is universal about getting older, our fantasies just get better. Rodger -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 7:00 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Blowing my own horn Steve, you did good that night, and congrats on getting your story published on-line! Personally, I keep hoping to have my own version of that experience. I want to show the night sky to the Victoria's Secret models, and find my life changed... ;o) On 6/22/10, Steve FISHER <sfisher01@msn.com> wrote:
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Close, I'm thinking a Victoria Secret model who owns a liquor store.
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:00:04 -0600 From: chuck.hards@gmail.com To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Blowing my own horn
Steve, you did good that night, and congrats on getting your story published on-line!
Personally, I keep hoping to have my own version of that experience. I want to show the night sky to the Victoria's Secret models, and find my life changed...
;o)
On 6/22/10, Steve FISHER <sfisher01@msn.com> wrote:
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