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Marketing Wheeler Farm to schools for the summer 2009 season
by Canopus56 09 Nov '08

09 Nov '08

The Wheeler Farm site for next year's schedule will take another stab at having an urban astronomy site at a location other than traditional urban sidewalk astronomy sites. The sidewalk astronomy Harmon's parking lot approach has been very sucessful with the club due to the heavy walk-by traffic. Relocating some outreach parties from light-flooded parking lots to an off street location means that to maintain a similar level of attendence, more site advertising would need to be done. One outreach draw source would be public schools within 3 kilometers of Wheeler Farm. Another marketing possibility would be to use the off-season winter time to purchase or build an attractive large 10 x 15 water proof temporary sign that could be put up at Wheeler along 900 South on Wednesday night. The sign would say something like "Star party here Friday at 7pm". With respect to targeting school audiences for the summer astronomy season, one idea might be to distribute a box of the SLAS schedules to each school within 3 kilometers of Wheeler Farm, mailing or delivering themin April before school lets out. The following is Google Earth kmz file that frames on schools within 3 kilometers of Wheeler Farm. http://members.csolutions.net/fisherka/astronote/photos/WheelerFarm_Schools… (download) http://members.csolutions.net/fisherka/astronote/photos/WheelerFarm3kmSchoo… The Google Earth listed addresses for each of the approximately 28 schools, including public, charter and private, are listed below. I estimate that there may be around 20,000 K-12 students within that radius (6 high schools at 2500 each; 4 junior high 1000 each; 11 elementary at 700 each). I have not gone through the websites and/or the Utah Board of Education statewide directory to identify possible science teachers at each site: FOCUS SCHOOLS Academy For Math, Engineering and Sciences (AMES) 5715 S 1300 E Holladay, UT 84121 (801) 278-9460 Ames-slc.org HIGH SCHOOLS Brighton High School 2220 E 7600 S Salt Lake City, UT 84121 (801) 256-5200 Creekside Alternative High School 179 E 5065 S Murray, UT 84107 (801) 264-7470 http://www.murrayschools.org/wworks/ Cottonwood High School 5717 S 1300 E Salt Lake City, UT 84121 (801) 646-5264 http://www.graniteschools.org/hs/cottonwood/ Hillcrest High School 7350 S 900 E Midvale, UT 84047 (801) 256-5400 http://www.hillcresthigh.com/ Murray High School 5440 S State St Murray, UT 84107 (801) 264-7460 http://www.murrayschools.org/MHS/ Utah Southvalley High School 5858 S 900 E Salt Lake City, UT 84121 (801) 266-8721 http://www.utahsc.org/ MIDDLE Bonneville Junior High School 5330 S 1660 E Holladay, UT 84117 (801) 646-5124 http://www.graniteschools.org/jr/bonneville/BJH/WELCOME.html Hillcrest Jr High School 126 E 5300 S Murray, UT 84107 (801) 264-7442 http://www.mury.k12.ut.us/HJH/hjh.htm Midvale Middle School 7852 Pioneer St Midvale, UT 84047 (801) 412-2150 http://www.midvalemiddleschool.com/ Union Middle School 615 E 8000 S Sandy, UT 84070 (801) 412-2200 http://union.jordan.k12.ut.us/ ELEMENTARY Butler Elementary School 2700 E Fort Union Blvd Salt Lake City, UT 84121 (801) 944-2942 http://web.jordan.k12.ut.us/butlerelem/ Canyon View Elementary School 3050 Bengal Blvd Salt Lake City, UT 84121 (801) 944-2953 http://web.jordan.k12.ut.us/canyon/ East Midvale 6990 S 300 E Midvale, UT 84047 (801) 565-7450 http://web.jordan.k12.ut.us/east_midvale/ Horizon Elementary School 5180 S 700 W Murray, UT 84123 (801) 264-7420 http://www.mury.k12.ut.us/HZN/mainpage.html Liberty Elementary School 140 W 6100 S Murray, UT 84107 (801) 264-7424 http://www.mury.k12.ut.us/LBT/index.htm Longview Elementary School 6240 Longview Dr Murray, UT 84107 (801) 264-7428 http://www.murrayschools.org/wworks/ Midvalley Elementary School 217 E 7800 S Midvale, UT 84047 (801) 565-7464 http://midvalley.jordan.k12.ut.us/ Oakdale Elementary School 1900 Creek Rd Sandy, UT 84093 (801) 944-2907 http://www.jordan.k12.ut.us/oakdale/default.htm Sego Lily School 1533 Murray Holladay Rd Holladay, UT 84117 (801) 274-9555 http://www.segolilyschool.org/ Woodstock Elementary School 6015 S 1300 E Salt Lake City, UT 84121 (801) 646-5108 http://www.graniteschools.org/el/woodstock/ PRIVATE Creative Learning Center 7304 Jonathan Drive Salt Lake City, UT 84121-0841 (801) 944-1032 http://www.privateschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/27863 Montessori School of Murray 6446 S 900 E Salt Lake City, UT 84121 (801) 268-0944 http://www.evergreen-montessori.com/ Mt Vernon Academy 184 E Vine St Murray, UT 84107 (801) 266-5521 http://www.mountvernonacademy.com/ St Vincent De Paul School 1385 Spring Ln Salt Lake City, UT 84117 (801) 277-6702 http://www.stvincents-school.org/ OTHER SCHOOLS Jordan Resource Center 362 W Center St Midvale, UT 84047 (801) 565-7584 http://www.jordandistrict.org/schools/special/jrc.htm La Europa Academy 1220 Vine St Salt Lake City, UT 84121 (801) 268-9303 http://www.laeuropaacademy.com/ Small Fri Academy 6070 S 1300 E Salt Lake City, UT 84121 (801) 281-8388 The statewide school directory with better addresses can be found at: http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/ under the Information tab. The addressed listed above are in perma link: http://members.csolutions.net/fisherka/astronote/photos/WheelerSchoolAddres… - Kurt

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Missing pictures
by Patrick Wiggins 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

Since it looks like the new picture gallery wont be up anytime soon (we're relying on volunteer labor) I figured I'd post many of the shots I used to have on Utah-Astronomy to my personal web site. That's when I discovered I had not kept copies of most of those pictures. Dumb! Perchance did anyone here happen to download copies of any of my images? I always said it was ok for folks to copy my shots so now I'm hoping someone did. I'm particularly interested in my attempts at color imaging. Thanks to anyone who can help, patrick p.s. I got 2 four minute exposures of my namesake last night (they were unguided with a 3,900 mm focal length so the stars are a bit elongated): http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/keep/patrickw/PATRICKW1072.JPG

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Your Sky
by Gary Vardon 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

Fellow SLASers Google Your Sky for free star charts that includes planets, constellations and deep sky objects. Sincerely, Gary Vardon -----Original Message----- From: Richard Tenney Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 4:40 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] M31 Mosaic - from Kanab, Utah Holy crap Tyler, that is just stunning. I love it. I agree with Rob, let's see a 3 or 4 pan next time. --- On Mon, 10/27/08, Tyler Allred <tylerallred(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > From: Tyler Allred <tylerallred(a)earthlink.net> > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] M31 Mosaic - from Kanab, Utah > To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > Date: Monday, October 27, 2008, 12:39 PM > Hi all. > Last weekend, I was lucky enough to be invited to the home > of Jerry and > Cindy Foote, in Kanab, Utah, for a little astro-imaging. > The conditions were > really great and so was the hospitality. I decided to try a > mosaic of M31, > which I had never really done with my Epsilon 160. This > image is a greatly > reduced version of the two-frame mosaic. Here is a link to > my website, which > has a larger version that you can click to view. > > http://www.allred-astro.com/gpage8.html > > I am pretty happy with the results, but there is always > room for > improvement. I probably should have used three frames > because I am still > cutting off a little bit of the extended portion of the > galaxy. Feedback is > always welcome. > Cheers and Clear Skies, > Tyler > > Takahashi Epsilon 160 > Losmandy G-11 with Gemini Level 4 > SBIG ST2000XM with CFW-8 and Astrodon Filters > 2 Frame Mosaic > 5x10 minutes L unbinned (each frame) > 4x5 minutes RGB binned 2x2 (each frame) > Maxim DL4 and Photoshop CS3 > > > > > > Tyler Allred > > President > > Allred Restoration, Inc. > > 5725 W 12000 N > > Tremonton, UT 84337 > > 801-358-1868 cell > > <mailto:tylerallred@earthlink.net> > tylerallred(a)earthlink.net > > _____________________________________________ > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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://gallery.utahastronomy.com > Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.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://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] OT: bodies on earth
by Gary Vardon 04 Nov '08

04 Nov '08

The Body exhibit was good. Science, even non astronomy science, should be supported by SLASers. Sincerely, Gary Vardon -----Original Message----- From: Richard Tenney Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 3:45 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] OT: bodies on earth My new wife and I took time out on our honeymoon last week to visit the "Bodyworlds" exhibit at the Leonardo center (near the new SLC library). It was absolutely riveting. I HIGHLY recommend it, however pricey ($22 for an adult ticket). If you or a friend are having trouble quitting smoking (or losing weight), this exhibit will provide you with some powerful incentives to quit (or diet)! Anyway, pretty amazing, informative and fascinating stuff. _______________________________________________ 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://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com

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