October 2012 - Utah-Astronomy - mailman.xmission.com

Earth-Mass Planet Found in Nearest Star System
by Wiggins Patrick 17 Oct '12

17 Oct '12

Planet Found in Nearest Star System to Earth ESO’s HARPS instrument finds Earth-mass exoplanet orbiting Alpha Centauri B European astronomers have discovered a planet with about the mass of the Earth orbiting a star in the Alpha Centauri system — the nearest to Earth. It is also the lightest exoplanet ever discovered around a star like the Sun. The planet was detected using the HARPS instrument on the 3.6-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. The results will appear online in the journal Nature on 17 October 2012. The release, images and videos are available on: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1241/ patrick

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Fwd: An opportunity for all stargazers…
by Nancy Matro 16 Oct '12

16 Oct '12

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Stratos Jump.
by Daniel Holmes 16 Oct '12

16 Oct '12

In case you missed it, here's a 2 minute highlight reel... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFU774q6eVM&feature=share Dan -- Daniel Holmes, danielh(a)holmesonics.com "Laugh while you can, monkey boy!" -- Lord John Whorfin

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How the Earth was formed (from the funnies)
by Wiggins Patrick 15 Oct '12

15 Oct '12

http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2012/10/15 Grins, patrick Sent from my iPad

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Baader Solar film source in the Salt Lake Valley
by william baker 15 Oct '12

15 Oct '12

Does anyone know of a local source for Baader Solar film in the local area? I know of someone in the local area who is looking for enough to cover a Celestron 6" and a Meade LS200 12" telescopes. Will need it before Friday. Thanks!

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Lakeside
by Joe Bauman 15 Oct '12

15 Oct '12

Lakeside tonight, anyone? I'm heading out. Thanks, Joe

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Cosmic ray observatory / Help with EPOD
by Wiggins Patrick 15 Oct '12

15 Oct '12

I flew down by the U's cosmic ray observatory near Delta yesterday and was surprised to see a couple of structures I don't remember seeing when I was down that way a couple of years ago. Here's a shot of the facility: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/uobservatory.jpg Can anyone here comment on what the various structures are (especially the small white building towards the bottom of the image and the long, rectangular building on the right)? Regarding EPOD, here's a hill located SE of the observatory that I plan on going back with my good camera for a sunset shot on day soon: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/rock.jpg Judging from all the striations I'm guessing it not only looks nice but has an interesting history. Any geologists on the list that might want to collaborate on writing the text for the submission? Clear skies, patrick

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] M31
by Mark Shelton 15 Oct '12

15 Oct '12

Hi, I am above gooseberry right now, no elk yet. -----Original Message----- From: Dale Wilson Sent: 10/13/2012 6:24 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] M31 My son and I were down in Gooseberry last weekend. I have seen M31 naked eye before, but this was spectacular. I wish I had had my camera set up to photograph it. It was the best naked eye view I have ever had of the galaxy. Great place to view the stars. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options". _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".

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New 14 inch scope with my new Zambuto Mirror
by Jay Eads 13 Oct '12

13 Oct '12

The primary is a new 14 inch Zambuto with a prostar secondary. The 14 came from glass that Carl picked out, and then annealed and went through the process creating a new mirror. The original Orion Stock Chinese mirror from my XX14i is on its way to Carl right now to be used as he sees fit, probably as a blank. The Zambuto primary I have is a new mirror, not a re-worked or re-figured mirror and it is NOT a re-figure of my original mirror or another mirror from a similar scope. Dennis used the spider, mirror cell and secondary holder from the XX14i but everything else is new. The mirror cell was modified for the new design. Tyler, that is wonderful that you ordered a 12.5 Zambuto. I paid for the new 14" I got last September, 2011 and took delivery in early September, 2012. I recall a Tom Petty song that had the chorus "The waiting is the hardest part."

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Martian plastic.
by Daniel Holmes 13 Oct '12

13 Oct '12

Looks like it's a piece of plastic that fell off the descent stage. So I was partially right, I thought it was something that fell off the sound stage... http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-316 Dan -- Daniel Holmes, danielh(a)holmesonics.com "Laugh while you can, monkey boy!" -- Lord John Whorfin

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