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Finkbeiner reference
by Dave Gary 24 Mar '14

24 Mar '14

Larry, Here’s the link to the Finkbeiner reference. Don’t see anything about gender bias in this paper, but maybe I missed something. http://iopscience.iop.org/0004-637X/524/2/867/pdf/0004-637X_524_2_867.pdf Dave

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Fireball Report
by nathan swenson 24 Mar '14

24 Mar '14

What I saw did not light up anything. ----- Reply message ----- From: utah-astronomy-request(a)mailman.xmission.com To: <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 133, Issue 55 Date: Mon, Mar 24, 2014 3:21 AM Send Utah-Astronomy mailing list submissions to utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to utah-astronomy-request(a)mailman.xmission.com You can reach the person managing the list at utah-astronomy-owner(a)mailman.xmission.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Utah-Astronomy digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Cold fusion (Wiggins Patrick) 2. Re: Fireball Report (nathan swenson) 3. Re: Cold fusion (Joe Bauman) 4. Re: Fireball Report (Wiggins Patrick) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 23:00:37 -0600 From: Wiggins Patrick <paw(a)getbeehive.net> To: Astronomy Utah <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Cc: Wiggins Patrick <paw(a)getbeehive.net> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Cold fusion Message-ID: <5C87D092-045D-49C2-A3ED-8DB7C2371913(a)getbeehive.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii This was on KSL this evening. I knew there was still some work on cold fusion but not this much. patrick Cold fusion continues 25 years after announcement http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=29181949 ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 05:24:57 +0000 From: nathan swenson <nathan_swenson(a)hotmail.com> To: "utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com" <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Fireball Report Message-ID: <BLU168-W83E8FECC8153886D4D2FE4F17A0(a)phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I saw it as I was driving NE on I-80 just outside of Stansbury Park. It was bright green; appeared to be breaking up as it traveled across the sky; and appeared to be moving fairly slow. It vanished abruptly. I heard no sound. It was low in the sky. It was cool to see.Nate S. > ------------------------------> > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 10:42:03 -0600 > From: "BWFlowers" <BWFlowers(a)comcast.net> > To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Fireball Report > Message-ID: <004901cf46b6$d237d3e0$76a77ba0$@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > At approx 10pm on 20 March, there were two reports of a fireball/bolide to > the east of SLC, going from North to South, low in the sky with a burst at > the end. Lasted for several seconds. No sounds heard. Did anyone on the list > happen to see it? > Thanks, > -Barrett > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 18:13:33 -0700 (PDT) > From: "enierae(a)yahoo.com" <enierae(a)yahoo.com> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Fireball Report > Message-ID: > <1395623613.93683.YahooMailAndroidMobile(a)web125502.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Sue mentioned a green streak of light last night in the north sky around that time.? Unfortunately I didnt see it > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php > > End of Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 133, Issue 54 > *********************************************** ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 22:33:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman(a)yahoo.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Cold fusion Message-ID: <1395639228.50641.YahooMailAndroidMobile(a)web125101.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To quote the bowl of petunas in the Hitchhiker's Guide, Oh no, not again." Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 03:19:53 -0600 From: Wiggins Patrick <paw(a)getbeehive.net> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Cc: Wiggins Patrick <paw(a)getbeehive.net> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Fireball Report Message-ID: <4A1F02A2-77CA-4864-9832-B74F42420D79(a)getbeehive.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii FWIW, I was imaging that night making 30 second exposures of an assigned minor planet every minute. All on the western side of the meridian. Just for the heck of it I went back and looked at all of the images taken between 2145 and 2215 local time to see if maybe the fireball lit up the sky enough to register on my images. There were two events just after 2200 but nothing I would describe as something having "lit up the sky". patrick On 23 Mar 2014, at 23:24, nathan swenson <nathan_swenson(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > I saw it as I was driving NE on I-80 just outside of Stansbury Park. It was bright green; appeared to be breaking up as it traveled across the sky; and appeared to be moving fairly slow. It vanished abruptly. I heard no sound. It was low in the sky. It was cool to see.Nate S. >> ------------------------------> >> Message: 3 >> Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 10:42:03 -0600 >> From: "BWFlowers" <BWFlowers(a)comcast.net> >> To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> >> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Fireball Report >> Message-ID: <004901cf46b6$d237d3e0$76a77ba0$@net> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> At approx 10pm on 20 March, there were two reports of a fireball/bolide to >> the east of SLC, going from North to South, low in the sky with a burst at >> the end. Lasted for several seconds. No sounds heard. Did anyone on the list >> happen to see it? >> Thanks, >> -Barrett >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 4 >> Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 18:13:33 -0700 (PDT) >> From: "enierae(a)yahoo.com" <enierae(a)yahoo.com> >> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> >> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Fireball Report >> Message-ID: >> <1395623613.93683.YahooMailAndroidMobile(a)web125502.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 >> >> Sue mentioned a green streak of light last night in the north sky around that time.? Unfortunately I didnt see it ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php End of Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 133, Issue 55 ***********************************************

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Fireball Report
by nathan swenson 24 Mar '14

24 Mar '14

I saw it as I was driving NE on I-80 just outside of Stansbury Park. It was bright green; appeared to be breaking up as it traveled across the sky; and appeared to be moving fairly slow. It vanished abruptly. I heard no sound. It was low in the sky. It was cool to see.Nate S. > ------------------------------> > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 10:42:03 -0600 > From: "BWFlowers" <BWFlowers(a)comcast.net> > To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Fireball Report > Message-ID: <004901cf46b6$d237d3e0$76a77ba0$@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > At approx 10pm on 20 March, there were two reports of a fireball/bolide to > the east of SLC, going from North to South, low in the sky with a burst at > the end. Lasted for several seconds. No sounds heard. Did anyone on the list > happen to see it? > Thanks, > -Barrett > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 18:13:33 -0700 (PDT) > From: "enierae(a)yahoo.com" <enierae(a)yahoo.com> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Fireball Report > Message-ID: > <1395623613.93683.YahooMailAndroidMobile(a)web125502.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Sue mentioned a green streak of light last night in the north sky around that time.? Unfortunately I didnt see it > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php > > End of Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 133, Issue 54 > ***********************************************

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Cold fusion
by Wiggins Patrick 23 Mar '14

23 Mar '14

This was on KSL this evening. I knew there was still some work on cold fusion but not this much. patrick Cold fusion continues 25 years after announcement http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=29181949

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BICEP2 2014 Results Release
by Dave Gary 23 Mar '14

23 Mar '14

Take a look. http://bicepkeck.org/ Dave

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NeilDeGrasseTyson
by jcarman6＠q.com 21 Mar '14

21 Mar '14

Kate Thanks for posting this information. Now the question is, which venue to go to where there will be a chance to get seats :). Recommend people show up at 5:00 at their chosen location. Anyone have a preference? It would be nice if a bunch of us showed up at the same place, but it is certainly not necessary.

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The first solor photograph
by Joe Bauman 21 Mar '14

21 Mar '14

http://lightbox.time.com/2014/03/19/first-photograph-of-the-sun/?xid=newsle…

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A new constellation
by Wiggins Patrick 21 Mar '14

21 Mar '14

The outreach program I manage for the U had me at Discovery Gateway yesterday. While setting up for my presentation I noticed kids had drawn stick figure constellations on papers and put the papers on the wall. This one was my favorite: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/minion.jpg Grins, patrick

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Fwd: [WaCoHo] Neil deGrasseTyson, Wed., 3/26/14
by Kate Magargal 20 Mar '14

20 Mar '14

Hi all, As promised, here is a venue where you can see a live telecast of the NDT event next week. I'm looking forward to hearing people's response to what he has to say. Best, Kate Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson Speaks at U Published March 14, 2014 [image: neil-degrasse-tyson]<http://fyi.utah.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/neil-degrasse-tyson.jpg>Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson will give the 2014 Tanner Lecture on Human Values, sponsored by the University of Utah's Tanner Humanities Center. Tyson's lecture titled, "Science as a Way of Knowing," will be Wednesday, March 26, 7 p.m. in Kingsbury Hall. *The event is sold out*, but Dr. Tyson's lecture will be broadcast live to the Marriott Library's Gould Auditorium, the Social and Behavioral Science Lecture Hall and the Film and Media Arts Building Auditorium. Broadcasts are free and open to the public, with doors opening at 6 p.m. In his lecture, Tyson makes the case for science as a way to understand human values, and explores how the scientific process is critical for comprehending the world and universe. He argues that it is the most rigorous means to discover elusive answers to questions large and small. Tyson is the director of the Hayden Planetarium and a member of the Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Tyson's research interests are primarily related to the structure of the Milky Way Galaxy, and the formation of stars, supernovas and dwarf galaxies. He directs the scientific research efforts of the Hayden Planetarium and guides its educational outreach, working closely with the museum's Department of Education. Tyson also serves as a visiting research scientist in the Department of Astrophysics at Princeton University. -- ----------------------------------------- Kate Magargal Archaeology Graduate Student Anthropology Department University of Utah ------------------------------------------

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Stargazing Live
by Jamie Bradley 19 Mar '14

19 Mar '14

Has anyone seen this show? If only they could do a show like this in the U.S. I have been watching it am almost through series 2. Quite good, good public out reach for astronomy. Aimed at the general public, tries to explain things in layman terms. Funny item about 40 min. in the second episode of the first series, they switch to the guy with the telescope in the field under cloudy skys, just to here him say that there is still nothing to see and a meteor can be seen in the one hole in the clouds behind him. They point it out later in the episode. Stargazing Live - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b019h4g8 Stargazing Live is a British live television programme on astronomy that was first broadcast for three evenings on BBC Two between 3 and 5 January 2011, with a second series broadcast between 16 and 18 January 2012, a third series between 8 and 10 January 2013, and a fourth series between 7 and 9 January 2014. The series is primarily presented by scientist Brian Cox and comedian and amateur astronomer Dara Ó Briain with support from TV presenter Liz Bonnin and astronomer Mark Thompson. It is broadcast from Jodrell Bank Observatory and has featured live links from scientific facilities in Hawaii, South Africa, Norway and NASA. Each episode of series 2, 3 and 4 were immediately followed by Stargazing Live: Back to Earth In which Brian, Dara and their guests discuss the subjects raised in the main show. Main Show - 60 mins Back to Earth - 30 mins Info from: Stargazing Live From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargazing_Live Watch some of it Series 1 & 2 available on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/user/OliIzzy Series 3 & 4 are not easily found (bit torrent).

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