June 2002 - Utah-Astronomy - mailman.xmission.com

RE: [Utah-astronomy] Re: Utah County Harmons
by Paul Witte 10 Jun '02

10 Jun '02

Another reporter was already planning on doing an article about the eclipse for the Daily Herald so my wife forwarded the information to him, hopefully she got him the info soon enough. I plan to be there also with my ETX & solar filter, I have a pair of eclipse glasses I'll bring also. --Paul David Moulton wrote: >Just spoke to Kevin Bushnell. He was more than willing for us to come >and will provide a sign or two and 'treats'. > >I will be able to attend with my scope & solar filter. It would be nice >to have others with filters and maybe some of the welding glass that has >been talked about here recently. > >dave

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Parallelograms for sale
by Chuck Hards 08 Jun '02

08 Jun '02

I have 4 parallelogram assemblies for sale. The assembly consists of the arms, yokes, and my "Lakeside" pivot assembly, allowing over 180-degrees of pan, right at the binocular. No need to walk around the tripod to pan. Can be used in "sidesaddle" (either side) configuration, straight, or anywhere in-between. They do not come with a tripod, counterweights, or "L" bracket. These are the wood versions of my aluminum prototype. Rich Tenney and Glen Warchol each have one fully mounted, and hopefully they will have them at Binopalooza next Thursday. I can coach you through attaching the assembly to a tripod and counterweighting it, or perform the work for you at additional cost. Glen and Rich each provided their own tripods. Tripods used on cheap Chinese alt-az refractors are perfect for this mount. There are a couple of counterweighting options, from dumbell weights, to the hanging water jug advocated by DeLoy Pierce and others. I am asking $30 each for the parallelogram assembly, already assembled. First come, first served. I do not plan on making any more for several months. I cannot send images due to the limitations of my AOL browser at home. I sent some to Patrick, hopefully he will get them on his website upon his return. -Chuck __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] Re: Utah County Harmons
by David Dunn 07 Jun '02

07 Jun '02

I have a few, maybe 10 pieces left. As Joe mentioned they are $4 and are about 4.5" square. You can call me at work 961-3253 or home 544-7705 if you want some. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Joe Borgione [mailto:jborgion@xmission.com] Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 11:36 AM To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] Re: Utah County Harmons I was able to purchase a couple of pieces from Dave Dunn, who also subscribes to this list. He'll probably respond before long, as he responded to my query about it last week or so here; I don't know how much material he has stockpiled, but he was selling a 4.5 inch square for $4.00. As far as I know, the Baader film is top of the line, and preferred by many. I'm not sure what Tuthill sells or how it compares, although, I'll lay odds somebody on this list can fill us in. Knowing Tuthills reputation, his material his excellant as well. Joe Borgione ------------------- > Joe, where did you get the Baader film??? Locally? Price? > Thank you VERY much. Is this comparable to mylar like > Tuthill sells? > Jim Stitley _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy

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More sun-viewing advice
by Chuck Hards 06 Jun '02

06 Jun '02

If the scope or binocular you plan to observe the sun with is such that your face is also turned toward the sun, or within 90-degrees of it, cut out a round shade from cardboard, and slip it over the tube of the telescope, or cut two holes in the case of a binocular, and slip it over the front of the binos. Your face will then be in shade as you look through the eyepiece(s). Make the shade large enough to shadow your entire face and head, and then a little more. On binoculars, you can cut a little window in the upper portion, and tape some Mylar over it. Then you can get the naked-eye view just before and after the magnified view. Chuck __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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Fossil beds at Lakeside
by Chuck Hards 06 Jun '02

06 Jun '02

A fellow at work told me that he was at a vast fossilized coral bed near Lakeside yesterday. Brought back some nice specimens. Anybody else familiar with this site? It's not far from the observing site. Chuck __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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Fwd: 17mm Nagler eyepiece for sale or trade
by Richard Tenney 06 Jun '02

06 Jun '02

Anyone...? Note: forwarded message attached. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Re: Utah County Harmons
by David Moulton 04 Jun '02

04 Jun '02

I will, early this week. Off the top of my head, I think its a good horizon. Do we need to talk to somebody at the store as well? dave -----Original Message----- From: Richard Tenney <retenney(a)yahoo.com> To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 10:18:31 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Re: Utah County Harmons Sounds like a decent idea; can you (or someone that lives close by) check out what the western horizion looks like at about 7:30pm from the parking lot? I'm working in SLC these days and may be a bit late gettting there... -Rich --- David Moulton <dmoulton(a)myrealbox.com> wrote: > Hey Rich (and other Utah County folks), > > Do you think it would be worth it to have an Eclipse > party at Harmon's on the 10th? > > dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Tenney <retenney(a)yahoo.com> > To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 07:54:21 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Eclipse Glasses > > #14 Welder's glass works great (what I use). > Rich > > --- Joe Borgione <jborgion(a)xmission.com> wrote: > > Does anybody know of a local (Salt Lake) source > for > > eclipse veiwing > > glasses? If I can, I'd like to pick a few. I'm > > considering getting > > some welding helmet lenses as an alternative; I > > think I can get those at > > a place like Wasatch Metals. > > > > Joe Borgione > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy

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parallelogram & digital camera blues
by Chuck Hards 03 Jun '02

03 Jun '02

Rich Tenney got an advance peek at my new parallelogram, and it's all-wood version, still under construction. Photos should go to Patrick soon. Rich, thanks for stopping by and checking things out. My AOL browser won't support the javascript attachment software on the Yahoo page! The camera software and my Kodak imaging program won't allow me to alter the size of the file, so I can only get one image on a diskette...things are getting ridiculous... I'll download the images directly from the camera to my office computer, which is much more aptly enabled than my home machine. I'll then try and get them to Patrick from there. Sorry, borrowed camera... One neat thing about it, though, was that it can be used in the afocal mode...I snapped a foto of the sun through my 50mm f/9 refractor, with Baader material, hand-held camera. Sunspots are clearly seen. The digital zoom got a bit chunky at extreme magnification, as resolution was reduced quite a bit. Better to use optical zoom by switching to a shorter f.l. eyepiece, or using a Barlow. Those of you with digital cameras may want to try this simple technique on the eclipse next Monday. It now looks positive that I'll have both mounts up and running at binopalooza. Rich is donating a tripod for the wood prototype, a clone of the one I used for the aluminum version. These tripods came from garage-sale small alt-az refractors. I retained the central pivot bearing, and they are perfect for mounting a parallelogram. Chuck __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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Utah Skies & Alcon 2002
by Josephine Grahn 03 Jun '02

03 Jun '02

I was looking at a very nice website called Utah Skies last night which, for reasons unknown, I had never come across before. However, when I sent an e-mail to the "contact us" address, it bounced back as undeliverable. Anyone on this group know how to get in touch with them? (info@.. was the address that did not work.). And a reminder to any of you that are planning to register for Alcon 2002, that the registration fee goes up after Monday, so get those forms in the mail before then. For those of you who are not planning to attend, I urge you to take another look at our website, www.alcon2002.org and make sure you know what you are missing before you pass it up. I'd hate to have anyone feel that they would have gone, if they had only known that it was going to be that good.... By the way, if past conference registration patterns hold true, this one is definitely going to be one of the best attended ones ever. Jo

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Telescope Pier
by Brent Watson 03 Jun '02

03 Jun '02

I apologize for the sales posting, but my membership in SLAS has expired (it seems to do so on a yearly basis!) and I can't post this on the classifieds. I just kicked an old pier once too many times. I will not use it for a long time to come, and it is just in the way. So, I'm putting it up for sale. It is a 6X6 steel tube, 88-1/2 inches high with a 1/2 " steel platform welded to the top. The platform measures 9" X 14". I had my refractor on it many years ago, and it is very stable. Ready to be planted! Please email me off list if you are interested. I'm thinking $75 but please give me your offers. I will pay my membership up at the first opportunity. Brent Watson brentjwatson(a)yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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