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Re: Strange green lights...
by Chuck Hards 06 Nov '05

06 Nov '05

Well, we have to worry about rules, they do have a purpose. But I think I'm OK, I did put some forethought into it, based on regulatory and safety concerns. Kurt is right to raise the question. The Capitol building itself was never beamed by me, it was several degrees to the side of Ann's location. It's not against the law to shine a laser on architecture anyway, is it? Aside from an airport control tower... ;) > From: diveboss(a)xmission.com > Don't > worry about any rules and regulations Chuck, I don't > know anyone who would > turn you in for aiming your green laser pointer > towards the Capital. __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: Strange green lights...
by Chuck Hards 06 Nov '05

06 Nov '05

I just realized that Kurt and perhaps Guy thought I was at my house while I was doing this "experiment"...actually I travelled some distance east and a little north, with the purpose of staying well-off the easternmost runway axis. I'd have to be on my roof (not good in the dark) to see Ann's neighborhood from my own property, due to trees and other obstructions, thanks to the "great white whale" of an RV shed recently erected by my neighbor. And yes, my house is directly under a runway axis, so it's out of the question anyway. __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com

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Re: Shuttle train pix
by Chuck Hards 06 Nov '05

06 Nov '05

Patrick, how would you compare the images to the visual appearance? > From: Patrick Wiggins <paw(a)trilobyte.net> > Being that I now have a much better scanner I went > back and rescanned > and reposted them. And added a few new ones and new > captions to boot. > > Find them (images 104A, 104B, 104C, 105A, 105B and > 105C) at: __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com

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Inexpensive small refractor objectives
by Chuck Hards 06 Nov '05

06 Nov '05

For several weeks now, Surplus Shed has been selling a cache of old Jaegers objectives at good prices, and still has a supply of various diameters and focal lengths- good lenses if one wants to build a small "grab and go" refractor, spotter, large finderscope, white-light solar scope, etc. http://www.surplusshed.com/ __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: Re: Green lasers
by Chuck Hards 05 Nov '05

05 Nov '05

Thanks to everyone who expressed support for the test, but PLEASE do not write Siegfried to protest his decision. He is completely within his rights as club president to set meeting agendas, and while I'm as disappointed as some of you, he's been a good friend for too many years to let this become an issue. Let a couple of months go by and we'll approach Lowell about it. Sorry about the delay, Howard, but if you're in a hurry email me off-list and I'll give you some pre-test purchasing advice. __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com

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Strange green lights...
by Chuck Hards 05 Nov '05

05 Nov '05

If anyone finds themselves outdoors tonight, on the west side of the valley near the E Center, cast your gaze toward the Capitol Hill area on Salt Lake's north bench. Ann and I will be conducting our "laser visibility" activity tonight at about 8-ish. You may be able to see my beam if you are near the Capitol grounds or the area above and west of there, below Ensign peak. These beams diverge very little, so chances are not great that you'll see anything unless you happen to be illuminated directly, but you never know. I'm going to try and get a photo or two. This is a repeat of what I did in 1975 with a HeNe lab laser. Stay tuned. __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com

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NASA tightens its belt, again
by Patrick Wiggins 05 Nov '05

05 Nov '05

It's been a bit slow here lately. Maybe this will spark some interesting discussion: NASA projects face the chop in quest to put people back on the Moon. http://www.nature.com/news/2005/051031/full/051031-12.html Patrick

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Shuttle train pix
by Patrick Wiggins 05 Nov '05

05 Nov '05

The recent meteor train thread here prompted me to look at Holly's and my 1995 shuttle reentry slides I'd posted a while back. Being that I now have a much better scanner I went back and rescanned and reposted them. And added a few new ones and new captions to boot. Find them (images 104A, 104B, 104C, 105A, 105B and 105C) at: http://www.trilobyte.net/paw/slas/patrickw/PATRICKW03.HTML Carpe Noctem! Patrick

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Re: Green lasers
by Michael Carnes 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

I was looking forward to it, as were many others I'm sure. Bring it up again after the official regime change. >I have received a message from Siegfried stating that >he is not interested in my green laser comparison test >as a SLAS meeting presentation. His exact words were: "I appreciate you thoughts on this subject and your wanting to participate in the meeting. I don't however see the point of the experiment."

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Re: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Double Cluster imaged on 10-31
by astrodeb＠charter.net 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

Thanks for the kind comments guys. Actually, when I aligned and stacked the 50 images, the stars came up more round than the individual images. I was quite surprised that the stars didn't look elongated like in the one 30 sec frame I posted. I'm leaving the single 30 sec image up so you can campare the two images. I'm going to try doing some drift alignment in the next few months and spend some quality time with polar alignment. When I'm done done observing with my 15", I'll work on polar alignment and focusing. I'm still waiting on my Losmandy encoders but I should have them in about 4 weeks. I have a polar alignment routine on my JMI-Max I want to try out. It will be interesting to see how much the routine improves the polar alignment. Hopefully the weather will be drier this winter. Debbie > > From: Richard Tenney <retenney(a)yahoo.com> > Date: 2005/11/03 Thu PM 07:00:36 MST > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Double Cluster imaged on 10-31 > > Nicely done Deb! Looks like you got your tracking > problems resolved... > > > --- astrodeb(a)charter.net wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I took over 50 30sec exposures at ISO 800 of the > > Double Cluster Monday night. I had a few problems > > that night. I forgot to switch from JPEG to RAW mode > > after I got the cluster centered on the chip. The > > laptop computer eventually ran out of battery power > > and died. But I'm still pleased with the result. > > > > > http://www.utahastronomy.com/astrodeb/RZ_DOUBLCLUSTERDEB > > > > Debbie > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > > Visit the Photo Gallery: > > http://www.utahastronomy.com > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com >

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