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Occultation w/AVI format
by Patrick Wiggins 22 Dec '05

22 Dec '05

Regarding my post yesterday asking for folks to see if they could view the occultation mini-movie, I had a suggestion to post it as an .AVI file. If you could not get it to work as a .MOV yesterday file please let me know if this version works (size is 1.2 MB): http://www.trilobyte.net/paw/18JUL200503.AVI Thank you, Patrick p.s. In case you are wondering why I'm doing this I plan on videoing Sunday's grazing occultation from Cove Fort and January's Stardust reentry from Wendover and I'd like to post the videos so others can see them. But first I have to learn how it's done.

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Happy winter solstice - 12:26 pm MDT, 19:26 UTC
by Canopus56 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

Happy Winter Solstice and best wishes on the start of a new observing year. I'll probably wander over to the Matsubayashi-Gallivan Center sundial during lunch and watch the transit. 2005-Dec-21 19:24 * 179.5201 25.7990 Sgr 2005-Dec-21 19:25 * 179.7748 25.8002 Sgr 2005-Dec-21 19:26 *t 180.0295 25.8005 Sgr 2005-Dec-21 19:27 * 180.2841 25.8000 Sgr 2005-Dec-21 19:28 * 180.5388 25.7986 Sgr t = transit - Canopus56(Kurt) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Stardust capsule retun 1/15/2006 - photograph?
by Canopus56 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

>From the Ambassador News and related article: "On January 15, 2006, after more than 7 years in space, the Stardust spacecraft will finally return to Earth with some precious cargo. And it will land in Utah." The "Sample Return Capsule (SRC) will land in the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) within the Great Salt Lake Desert. The SRC will reenter Earth's atmosphere and parachute toward the surface, touching down at approximately 3:15 AM on January 15, 2006." http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/science/feature002.html Wonder if this will present an opportunity to photograph the reentry streak of the capsule, clouds permitting. - Canopus56(Kurt) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Off-Topic: Penn. I.D. decision is out
by David Moulton 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

I think many religious people, for whatever reason, are insecure in feeling that if their children are given a choice, they might stray. I'm confident that we (if we choose to) can teach our kids about God and bring them up in such a way that when they are taught good science, like evolution, stellar mechanics, etc, it will all make total sense to them. They will see it as it is: Man attempting to understand the world around him. That is, after all, what God intended for us, IMHO. dave utah-astronomy-request(a)mailman.xmission.com wrote: > >Why can't the religious right just teach intelligent design in their churches? Then they can teach what they want. I don't know why they have to use the court's precious time for stuff like this. Keep science in the schools and religion in churches. > >Debbie > >

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'Design' ruling doesn't alter Buttars' plan
by Patrick Wiggins 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

From today's D-News: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635170369,00.html

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Does this work?
by Patrick Wiggins 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

Hi, I've just discovered iMovies and am trying to figure out how to post short videos to the web. I'd appreciate it if some of you could go to http://www.trilobyte.net/paw/18JUL200503.MOV and let me know if you can see it (it's of a recent occultation and is about a minute long). Thanks, Patrick

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Off-Topic: Penn. I.D. decision is out
by Michael Carnes 20 Dec '05

20 Dec '05

Yep, that's good news. The ruling was clear and unambiguous. Better brace from more complaints from the religous right about "activist judges", whatever the heck those are supposed to be... : [Utah-astronomy] Off-Topic: Penn. I.D. decision is out > >In a Dec. 20 opinion, a U.S. District Court judge in >the Pennsylvannia "Intelligent Design" trial has ruled >that intelligent design may not be included the >Harrisbourgh school cirriculum. The 139 page decision >can be downloaded for free using the following link. >The link will probably only stay active for a week.

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Re: Re: [Utah-astronomy] M34 Image posted
by astrodeb＠charter.net 20 Dec '05

20 Dec '05

Plus, the illegals would probably think we have some type of canon or weapon if they saw our dobsonian telescopes. All you would have to do is aim at at them and watch them scatter. LOL Debbie > > From: Joe Bauman <bau(a)desnews.com> > Date: 2005/12/20 Tue AM 11:29:24 MST > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: Re: [Utah-astronomy] M34 Image posted > > Sounds good! -- Joe > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Re: Re: [Utah-astronomy] M34 Image posted
by astrodeb＠charter.net 20 Dec '05

20 Dec '05

When I lived in Calif, I had a doberman. I never had a problem with people bothering me. Now, I go with friends that have pistols. Smith and Wesson is good insurance. Debbie > > From: Joe Bauman <bau(a)desnews.com> > Date: 2005/12/20 Tue AM 11:21:23 MST > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: Re: [Utah-astronomy] M34 Image posted > > Lucky you! My son and his wife live in Tucson. Unfortunately, he's so > busy with his graduate student research and teaching he never gets > out to do any observing! If I were down there I'd be out during the > new moon just about every month -- but I guess there would be a > little concern about running into illegal immigrants in the middle of > the night. Best wishes, Joe > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Re: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Off-Topic: Penn. I.D. decision is out
by astrodeb＠charter.net 20 Dec '05

20 Dec '05

Why can't the religious right just teach intelligent design in their churches? Then they can teach what they want. I don't know why they have to use the court's precious time for stuff like this. Keep science in the schools and religion in churches. Debbie > > From: Michael Carnes <michaelcarnes(a)earthlink.net> > Date: 2005/12/20 Tue AM 10:59:15 MST > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Off-Topic: Penn. I.D. decision is out > > Yep, that's good news. The ruling was clear and unambiguous. Better brace from more complaints from the religous right about "activist judges", whatever the heck those are supposed to be... > > : [Utah-astronomy] Off-Topic: Penn. I.D. decision is out > > > >In a Dec. 20 opinion, a U.S. District Court judge in > >the Pennsylvannia "Intelligent Design" trial has ruled > >that intelligent design may not be included the > >Harrisbourgh school cirriculum. The 139 page decision > >can be downloaded for free using the following link. > >The link will probably only stay active for a week. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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