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Out of town Astronomers looking for some observing Thurs -Fri Nights
by Robert L. Taylor 28 Jul '11

28 Jul '11

There are a couple out of town astronomer up at the University of Utah at a conference this week. They are staying on the campus and are looking to get out with a telescope at the University, they scouted out a dark spot on campus, but don't have their own with them. If you have some time this evening or tomorrow evening and would be willing to get in touch with these guys and do some observing up at the University with them please reply to this email and I will PM you with their phone number. Thanks. Bob Taylor

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Anyone loose an inverter at SPOC?
by Patrick Wiggins 28 Jul '11

28 Jul '11

Bruce Grim reports that he found an inverter at SPOC. The owner may claim it by ringing Bruce at 435.882.5237. patrick Sent from my iPad

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Lakeside
by Michael Vanopstall 28 Jul '11

28 Jul '11

Joe -- I hope so. You're right about the weather. I hope to be out by about 10:00. ---- Rev. Michael A. van Opstall Department of Mathematics, University of Utah Office: JWB 313 opstall(a)math.utah.edu

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Great Basin Contacts
by Kelly_Carroll＠nps.gov 28 Jul '11

28 Jul '11

Hey all, I'm here and prompt about returning emails. The problem is that I cannot check emails outside of work and I have Monday and Tuesday's off. So I'm back if you have any questions. Best, Kelly Kelly Carroll Great Basin National Park http://www.nps.gov/grba/ Experience your America

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cool amateur discovery from Hawaii
by Joe Bauman 28 Jul '11

28 Jul '11

http://www.gemini.edu/node/11656

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] OT: 7-27 EPOD - Utah Triceratops' grandfather
by Canopus56 27 Jul '11

27 Jul '11

Joe asked: > Who was the discoverer? Scott D. Sampson1*, Mark A. Loewen1, Andrew A. Farke2, Eric M. Roberts3, Catherine A. Forster4, Joshua A. Smith1, Alan L. Titus5 1 Utah Museum of Natural History and Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, 2 Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology, Claremont, California, United States of America, 3 School of Earth and Environmental Science, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 4 Department of Biological Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, D. C. United States of America, 5 Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Bureau of Land Management, Kanab, Utah, United States of America http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0012292 P.S. - Sampson is also the Dinosaur Guy slash paleontologist who does the spots on the kids show ``Dinosaur Train.'' http://www.scottsampson.net/index.php?page=bio See also the UMNH Press Release on the EPOD page.

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Earth's Trojan Asteroid
by Rodger C. Fry 27 Jul '11

27 Jul '11

Interesting read about the newly discovered Earth orbit asteroid positioned in the Lagrangian point L-4. Follow the link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43914196/ns/technology_and_science-space/ Rodger Fry

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OT: 7-27 EPOD - Utah Triceratops' grandfather
by Canopus56 27 Jul '11

27 Jul '11

Today's EPOD is a paleontology pic that I took last year. The picture is of a newly discovered fossil at the Utah Museum of Natural History. - Kurt http://epod.usra.edu/

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Do I have permission...?
by msaengsoury＠hotmail.com 27 Jul '11

27 Jul '11

Hello. This is Mark Saengsoury. I was curious about something. I've been wanting to get out a couple of nights a week and head on over to a park such as Winchester or Wheeler to stargaze a bit. I don't have the freetime to head out to a darksite so it's my next best option. When SLAS sets up public star parties at parks, do we ask permission from the city hall or whatnot? Or do we just settle on down whenever we want? I'd like to spend a couple of hours in a park, but I know parks give warnings that they close at like 10 pm or so. Would I be okay just hanging out there after hours or would I have to get some kind of permission?

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Just a short follow up on sunday observing at pit and pole
by Jorge Gutierrez 26 Jul '11

26 Jul '11

Im sure Jay’s pictures of the buck had a better close up (I didn’t have my 300 mm lens with me) but just to get a better idea of where it was compared to us (might have to click on it to see the full rez): http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=4522 and http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=4525

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