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

Need Ride To SPOC
by D P Pierce 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

I need a ride to SPOC Saturday. Deloy

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Sun and radioactivity
by Mark Shelton 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

Have you seen this? The Sun is changing the rate of radioactive decay, and breaking the rules of chemistry http://io9.com/5619954/the-sun-is-changing-the-rate-of-radioactive-decay-an… Mark Mark Shelton Indian Hill Middle School Tech Ed. Teacher Salt Lake Astronomical Society Board Member (School and Special Star Parties Coordinator)

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Board meeting
by D P Pierce 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

I want to come but the AC repairman I've been waiting for 2 days just showed up. Deloy

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] wolf creek
by Jay Eads 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

Mark, Sent you this in email also. Here is a link to how to get out to the Ridge on my Blog with pictures. http://jaysastronomyobservingblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/wolf-creek-utah-obse… The only thing I would add or change is when they turn right into the Wolf Creek Campground they turn another right immediately to get on the dirt road. Also, I read online that they may be harvesting dead trees in this area so one could come up on logging equipment on the way out to the ridge. Feel free if you want to use the pictures and directions or modify the directions to suit what you want. Hope it helps. Jay

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] pics of Mars landing event
by Joe Bauman 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

EXACTLY! It's unbelievable how little money NASA gets. Funding should be steady, set as a particular percentage of GNP. -- Joe ------------------------------ On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 12:52 AM MDT Larry Holmes wrote: >Joe, I believe frame #8? shows an old bearded duffer in a red shirt (could it say Utah Utes?). I think I know the chap, but just cannot seem to recall his name.... 73, On another note, it was especially interesting to watch a computer simulation on Dan's laptop which was about 15 seconds ahead of the video on the screen up front. Really glad I made the effort to attend. What a massive success for NASA. I also overheard a comment that went something like this: NASA flew this bird to Mars & successfully landed it for a total cost of 2.5 billion. And, in the US, people spend some 7 billion a year alone on potato chips! And we do not have the monies for continual higher rates of funding of NASA? Bah! 73, lh > > >On 8/6/2012 5:22 PM, Joe Bauman wrote: >> Hi Friends, I provided three snapshots to the Deseret News of last night's event at the U.: no.s 8, 9 and 10. Tell me if you recognize the backs of anybody's heads. -- Joe >> > > >_______________________________________________ >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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Landing accuracy of the MSL
by Rodger C. Fry 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

All, I have looked through the internet to see if I could find how close the MSL landed to the center of the ellipse target but have not found this out. Does anyone have a link that could provide this information? Thanks Rodger C. Fry

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Orbiter Images NASA's Latest Additions to Martian Landscape
by Joe Bauman 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

Litterbug! ------------------------------ On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 4:13 PM MDT Patrick Wiggins wrote: >MRO images showing MSL, its heat shield, parachute and sky crane on the surface: > >http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/PIA16001.html > >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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pics of Mars landing event
by Joe Bauman 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

Hi Friends, I provided three snapshots to the Deseret News of last night's event at the U.: no.s 8, 9 and 10. Tell me if you recognize the backs of anybody's heads. -- Joe http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765594973/NASA-rover-lands-on-Mars-after…

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] name the dog
by nathan swenson 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

Ha - I like Rover too. That's funny. Here is a list of the astronomy-ish dog names we've had:Pandora (named after Saturn's moon - called her Dorie; among or other things - she was not nice)Kokaubeam ("Kobe" - means "star" in LDS-lore.)Muad'Dib ("Moe" if you can't have astronomy, then there are worse things than Frank Herbert.)Cleopatra ("Cleo" - NGC 1535)Cassiopeia ("Cassie") Max Planck ("Max") My wife wasn't happy about this one, but agreed that "Max" was better than my other suggestion: NGC 457 (call him "ET"). I wanted to name him this because he is from the same family as Cassiopeia. > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 16:05:41 -0700 (PDT) > From: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman(a)yahoo.com> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] name the dog > Message-ID: > <1344294341.56940.YahooMailNeo(a)web125101.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > I still like Rover best. -- Joe > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hutchings, Mat" <mat.hutchings(a)siemens.com> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Cc: > Sent: Monday, August 6, 2012 4:48 PM > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] name the dog > > Hi Mark, my suggestion is Enana Roja (Spanish for red dwarf). If the poodle is not a miniature, then go with "meathead".? Hey, some meat is red, so I guess it works. > > Mat > > -----Original Message----- > From: utah-astronomy-bounces(a)mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Mark Shelton > Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2012 3:10 PM > To: Utah Astronomy > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] name the dog > > Hi,? I need help. > I would like to know what you think. > We are getting a new dog at our house.? A RED? POODLE. > > What astronomy related name would you sugest for a dog. ( Male) > > I'am sirius > > Mark > > Mark Shelton > Indian Hill Middle School Tech Ed. Teacher > Salt Lake Astronomical Society Board Member > (School and Special Star Parties Coordinator)

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Curiosity Landing Site on Google Mars
by Rodger C. Fry 07 Aug '12

07 Aug '12

After Daniel Holmes sent me the link of the best estimate of the landing location of Curiosity, I went to Google Mars to locate where this is on the surface of Mars. In comparing the Google Mars image of Gale Crater with the images of the landing site, it was fairly easy to pick out exactly where it landed. Here is a link to the map that I plotted the landing site on from Google Mars: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=5337 Thanks Rodger C. Fry

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