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

Observing Tuesday and Wednesday
by Jay Eads 17 Jul '12

17 Jul '12

I am heading out observing tonight in case anyone here is interesting. Not sure if it is Vernon or Lakeside at this time. The weekend is not looking good as the remains of Hurricane Fabio enter the state starting on Thursday. So for this new moon cycle I would say that tonight is the best, might be able to squeeze in tomorrow night. -- Thanks, Jay Eads “The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people in life recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation. For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you. - Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Curiosity
by Joe Bauman 17 Jul '12

17 Jul '12

A Space.com story has this comment about Curiosity: "the spacecraft must slow itself from roughly 13,200 mph (about 21,250 kilometers per hour) to zero in only seven minutes." Getting it to zero mph in seven minutes shouldn't be a problem even if everything fails ..... Joe

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bulgarian ET
by Joe Bauman 17 Jul '12

17 Jul '12

How about Patrick as Tarzan climbing that concrete monstrosity? You could use the bare-cheated pic of him inside the SPOC dome! ------------------------------ On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 4:12 AM MDT Patrick Wiggins wrote: >On 17 Jul 2012, at 04:00, Dave Gary wrote: > >> So much for little green men. He looks as if he could play in the NBA. I think if I had Photoshop I could do that well inserting an “alien” into my photo. > >And maybe you could have him (and Joe) climbing Tree of Utah... :) > >patrick >_______________________________________________ >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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Bulgarian ET
by Joe Bauman 17 Jul '12

17 Jul '12

Supposedly an ET photographed by a hiker in Bulgaria: http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=141259

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Anyone in market for an iPad?
by Patrick Wiggins 16 Jul '12

16 Jul '12

Another group I've with may be selling an iPad. It is an original but I've used it and it works fine and would support most of the astronomy programs currently available for iPads. Price would probably be in the $200 to $250 range. 64 BG, Wi-Fi + 3G and built in GPS. Any interest here? patrick

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U float in Provo parade featured observatory and scope
by Patrick Wiggins 16 Jul '12

16 Jul '12

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150908324605636 Hmmm, maybe we should paint the SPOC dome gold... patrick :)

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18 years ago tonight
by Chuck Hards 16 Jul '12

16 Jul '12

...the first fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacted Jupiter. I'll never forget those views. For weeks (even months!) the upper-atmosphere scars remained visible in small telescopes. I remember just being absolutely floored at what I saw in the eyepiece.

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The Sun
by Chuck Hards 16 Jul '12

16 Jul '12

With the arrival of the summer afternoon monsoon clouds, it's time for me to start packing the PST to work again, when it's sunny in the morning. Been too cloudy most of the time in the afternoon lately, unless I get lucky and am free when a sucker hole breaks.

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Any Lovecraft fans?
by Chuck Hards 16 Jul '12

16 Jul '12

Not quite as off-topic as the Tree of Utah banter; at least it involves mention of alien life and interstellar distances. I like the guy's hair: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut82TDjciSg&feature=channel&list=UL

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2012 Arizona Science & Astronomy Expo
by Jay Eads 13 Jul '12

13 Jul '12

There is NEAF back east and now the same group is bringing ASAE to Tucson on November 10th and 11th. This link to CloudyNights provides information http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/5288999/pa… and it is on facebook also if you do that at http://www.facebook.com/groups/ASAExpo/ Vendors include: APM Telescopes, Apogee Inst., Astro Hutech, Astro Trac, Astronomics, Astronomy Magazine, Astronomy Technology Today, Celestron, Cloudy Nights, Explore Scientific, Explorea Dome, Howie Glatters Laser Collimators, Infinettes, IOptron, Lunt Solar, Monstar Prints, New Mexico Southern Skies, OPT, Optec Inc., Shrouds by Heather, Planewave, Software Bisque, Starlight Instrucments, Starlight Xpress, Stellarvue, Teeters Telescopes, Vixen Optics, Wally Pacolka America the Beautiful, William Optics, Woodland Hills, International Dark Sky Association, Astronomy Foundation, Kielder Observatory.org U.K., Astronomers without Borders, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Hands on Optics, Astronomy Now, BBC Sky at Night. Don Pettit from the ISS and NASA will be a speaker and Mr Adam Block and the Mt Lemmon Sky Center will participate. Mr Block will be hosting the ASAE's Imaging Workshop. Details to follow, but looking like it will start with a tour of the UofA mirror Lab, followed by 2 days of hands on imaging on the mountain. Looks to be a good Expo, though the time of the year is a little rough I think. Still, nice to see that many vendors participating. Hope it goes well. -- Thanks, Jay Eads “The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people in life recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation. For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you. - Neil deGrasse Tyson

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