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

#14 vs #12 welding glass
by Joe Borgione 02 Jun '02

02 Jun '02

This list always provides the best advice; After purchasing the #12 lense, I made a couple of phone calls and found a place that had #14s and for $1.50 apiece I bought 3 and framed them individually in some cardboard. By the time I tested them on the naked eye sunspot, it was up at about the 10:00 position on the disk. Bring on the eclipse! Joe Borgione >>>fron Patrick: >Hi, >The difference between a 12 and a 14 is the 14 is safe for looking at the Sun >while the 12 is not. I would recommend you NOT use a #12 to view the Sun. >See: http://www.mreclipse.com/Totality/TotalityCh11.html#Welder >Patrick :-) >>>> From Brent: >Joe, >I have used #12 before, and without any noticable >effect. I only used them for VERY short periods of >time. I DO NOT RECOMEND USING THEM. I have purchased >#14 glass from the welding supply shops around town >(US Welding, Gas House, etc.) You would do much >better with the #14.

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Harmons / Celestron
by Patrick Wiggins 01 Jun '02

01 Jun '02

Disregard my question about which Harmons. I see the Harmons being discussed is the one in Utah county. Tasco/Celestron woes: http://SkyandTelescope.com/news/current/article_618_1.asp Patrick

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Re: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Eclipse Glasses
by David Moulton 01 Jun '02

01 Jun '02

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

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] Utah Skies & Alcon 2002
by Paul Witte 31 May '02

31 May '02

Try AnthonyA(a)UtahSkies.org ... They have a nice weekly report they send out via email also. ---------- From: Josephine Grahn Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 2:20 PM To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Utah Skies & Alcon 2002 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 _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy

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Eclipse Glasses
by Joe Borgione 31 May '02

31 May '02

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

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