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SPOC tonight
by Patrick Wiggins 23 Jul '11

23 Jul '11

I don't know if it's the flapjacks or the sky but SPOC is packed tonight. A field full of scopes and public galore. Hoping to see even more folks showing up soon. patrick

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Saturday or Sunday Night Pit n Pole
by Jorge Gutierrez 23 Jul '11

23 Jul '11

My drive to lakeside is ~2 hours, but only about 1 hour to the pit, I think Jay’s are similar, a bit shorter in scale but close on comparison if put side to side, its just a matter of where you live exactly I guess On 2011-07-22 04:11, Chrismo wrote: > having said that, is there any reason to say that one is better than the > other? my drive time to lakeside is right at 1hr, but PnP looks like 90min. > > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 9:53 PM, Chrismo <djchrismo@???> wrote: > > > I'm in for either location Sunday night! > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 8:29 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@???>wrote: > > > >> SPOC star party Saturday. > >> > >> patrick > >> > >> On Jul 21, 2011, at 20:05, Jay Eads <jayleads@???> wrote: > >> > >> > The waning moon is getting out of the way for a while on Saturday and > >> > Sunday. Not enough to go out to Lakeside for me, but enough for the Pit. > >> > Anyone up for observing on either night or both? > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Utah-Astronomy mailing list > >> Utah-Astronomy@??? > >> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > >> Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php > >> > > > > >

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Pit n Pole Tonight
by Jay Eads 23 Jul '11

23 Jul '11

I'm heading out to Pit n Pole to take advantage of the darkness there and to do some observing. No flapjacks though, just a nice dark sky, low humidity and a great sky. I'll be out there by 8:00p.m. since I had my mirror out this week and need to do a good collimation job. If you need directions here they are: >From my blog with links to pictures: http://jaysastronomyobservingblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/pit-n-pole-direction… Straight Directions http://www.uvaa.org/sitedirections/PitnPole.html So if your in the mood to get some great observing in come on out. -- Jay Eads

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Moonrise tonight
by Debbie 23 Jul '11

23 Jul '11

Is it true that the moon rises at 12:02 MDT? Please correct me if I am wrong. I thought it was later. Debbie

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WISE
by Joe Bauman 22 Jul '11

22 Jul '11

Hi Folks, Here's my blog about the WISE lecture held at the latest meeting of SLAS. Pics by Cory and WISE. Thanks for taking a look! -- Joe http://www.deseretnews.com/blog/47/10012115/Nightly-news-astronomy-WISE-Inv…

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stolen moon rocks
by Joe Bauman 22 Jul '11

22 Jul '11

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705388080/Story-of-Utah-moon-rock-thief-… -- I ain't gonna comment.

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Saturday or Sunday Night Pit n Pole
by Jorge Gutierrez 22 Jul '11

22 Jul '11

I would be ok with going to lakeside on sunday, but im still not too comfortable with the 2 hour drive back at 2 am or so, im gonna have to think on it a little bit On 2011-07-22 04:11, Chrismo wrote: > having said that, is there any reason to say that one is better than the > other? my drive time to lakeside is right at 1hr, but PnP looks like 90min. > > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 9:53 PM, Chrismo <djchrismo@???> wrote: > > > I'm in for either location Sunday night! > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 8:29 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@???>wrote: > > > >> SPOC star party Saturday. > >> > >> patrick > >> > >> On Jul 21, 2011, at 20:05, Jay Eads <jayleads@???> wrote: > >> > >> > The waning moon is getting out of the way for a while on Saturday and > >> > Sunday. Not enough to go out to Lakeside for me, but enough for the Pit. > >> > Anyone up for observing on either night or both? > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Utah-Astronomy mailing list > >> Utah-Astronomy@??? > >> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > >> Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php > >> > > > > >

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Re flapjacks at SPOC
by D P Pierce 22 Jul '11

22 Jul '11

In order to get more members to stay all night for their Messier Marathon in March the Las Vegas club has a midnight breakfast cooked by past presidents. It works quite well. Deloy Pierce, Large Bored Member

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Saturday or Sunday Night Pit n Pole
by Jay Eads 21 Jul '11

21 Jul '11

The waning moon is getting out of the way for a while on Saturday and Sunday. Not enough to go out to Lakeside for me, but enough for the Pit. Anyone up for observing on either night or both? -- Jay Eads

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Saturday or Sunday Night Pit n Pole
by Jorge Gutierrez 21 Jul '11

21 Jul '11

Im definitely up for both nights, I only wish my UHC filter was here already, now im off to buy refills for my mosquito repellent, left it on outside all night last time I used it... Jorge G. On 2011-07-22 02:05, Jay Eads wrote: > The waning moon is getting out of the way for a while on Saturday and > Sunday. Not enough to go out to Lakeside for me, but enough for the Pit. > Anyone up for observing on either night or both? > >

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