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Venus
by Joe Bauman 12 Jun '15

12 Jun '15

This is Venus, as I photographed it with my iPhone, not using any special lens, the evening of Monday, 6-8-2015:http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6234 This is a cropped version so the crescent is more visible. I could see it as a somewhat-smeary crescent without aid other than my glasses -- that's why I photographed it:http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6240 Thanks for taking a look -- Joe

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Heading Out Tonight
by Jay inUT 12 Jun '15

12 Jun '15

Heading out to Vernon tonight.Packing up right now. I will try for site 1 but I am getting a late start since our Solar Panels were partially installed today. -- Thanks! Jay

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Getting a scope to Argentina
by Wayne Sumner 12 Jun '15

12 Jun '15

Brent, We have a similar but not as severe problem with packages coming to Tarawa. We have even had medical supplies intended for missionaries disappear. One of the "solutions" we use is to have new missionaries coming from the U.S. bring things with them when they come here. While this works fine for church approved missionary supplies, it might not be something the church would approve of for personal items. On the other hand, if anyone knew personally a new missionary going to Argentina, they might be willing to carry a small telescope as a favor. I brought an 80 mm Orion short tube with me and have really enjoyed it, although, as you know, I immediately got aperture fever and ordered an 8" Orion SkyQuest Dob from Australia. By the way, what you said about your finder books is true: they are still very useful from the equator. I am gradually becoming familiar with the southern skies. The Southern Cross, Eta Carina, and Alpha Centauri are all well up in the southern skies around 9 p.m. local time. It's unfortunate, however, that the school campus is so lit up at night. Like Joan said, it's good to know we can still be in touch via the internet. CLEAR SKIES to everyone. Elder Wayne Sumner -----Original Message----- From: Utah-Astronomy [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of utah-astronomy-request(a)mailman.xmission.com Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 12:00 PM To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 148, Issue 13 Send Utah-Astronomy mailing list submissions to utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://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. Re: 2016 transit of Mercury (Joan Carman) 2. Re: What happened to the dinosaurs? (Joe Bauman) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 12:19:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Joan Carman <jcarman6(a)q.com> To: Brent Watson <brentjwatson(a)yahoo.com>, Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] 2016 transit of Mercury Message-ID: <1807490606.2935752.1434039542824.JavaMail.root(a)md30.quartz.synacor.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Brent, I'm glad you are still in contact with us. Granted, its the internet, but you are a long way away. Regarding the transit, didn't you boast about having access to a 60" scope on Friday nights? Surely, for such an event, the scope would be available :) Though I doubt Chuck could provide a sufficiently large amount of baeder film in a letter envelope for that scope. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brent Watson via Utah-Astronomy" <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> To: "Chuck Hards" <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com>, "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 10:08:36 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] 2016 transit of Mercury Chuck, Here is the mailing address: Elder Brent WatsonCordoba Argentina TempleAvenida Pedro LaPlace 5647CP51475009CordobaArgentina Packages should be marked as missionary supplies with a value of less than 5.00 to even have a chance of getting through. ?Now, the unfortunate truth is that it would in all likelihood not get here. ?Someone along the way would find a nice scope and it would be short circuited. ?I did bring a small pair of binoculars along, and a better solution would probably be to send some Baader film in a regular envelope as a letter. ?The binos are only 10X25, and I thought I'd do eyepiece projection. ?Thanks for the offer, though. Brent On Thursday, June 11, 2015 10:32 AM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> wrote: Brent, send me a mailing address.? I can put together a spotting scope with white-light filter & tripod, and send it to you before the transit. On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 7:19 AM, Brent Watson via Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> wrote: Thanks for the heads up Patrick.? It looks like we'll be able to see it here in Cordoba also.? Now, to find a way to look at it. ? ? ?On Thursday, June 11, 2015 7:17 AM, Wiggins Patrick <paw(a)digis.net> wrote: ?For those who may not have heard, Utah will have a transit of Mercury next year on 09 May. Info here: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/transit/catalog/MercuryCatalog.html Looks like we will miss ingress with the Sun rising with the transit already in progress. Egress will be early afternoon. _______________________________________________ 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". ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 09:32:48 -0700 From: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman(a)yahoo.com> To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] What happened to the dinosaurs? Message-ID: <1434040368.49277.BPMail_high_carrier(a)web125105.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I don't get it but then I don't know where my towel is. ------------------------------ On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 8:50 AM MDT Daniel Holmes wrote: >The telephone sanitizers and advertising account executive types helped out a bit. > >(Please tell me at least one of you gets this...) > >Dan > >-- >Sent from my iPhone. Please pardon any mispelings or errors. > > >> On Jun 11, 2015, at 8:39 AM, Dave Gary <davegary(a)me.com> wrote: >> >> Also, the avian dinosaurs (birds) still exist. Not all dinosaurs went extinct. Still, I don?t think that would make a creationist feel any better. >> >> Dave >> On Jun 11, 2015, at 07:42, Erik Hansen <zaurak(a)digis.net> wrote: >> >> Sharks, Gators, and Crocs have been around a long time too >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Jun 10, 2015, at 2:15 PM, Joan Carman <jcarman6(a)q.com> wrote: >>> >>> lol, it was a flood, think all the aquatics would have survived, doubt Noah built aquariums. As to why we don't see them today, the site had an answer- the world changed after the flood and those life forms used to the environment before were not able to survive after. That's why we're finding fossils. Hmmm, but what about the whales - the headache is coming back. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Chuck Hards" <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> >>> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> >>> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 1:24:20 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] What happened to the dinosaurs? >>> >>> So what happened to all the aquatic dinosaurs? >>> >>> On Jun 10, 2015 1:12 PM, "Joan Carman" <jcarman6(a)q.com> wrote: >>> >>> Perhaps it was the Unicorns that said "Damn was that today?" >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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". >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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". >_______________________________________________ >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". ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com https://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 148, Issue 13 ***********************************************

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] What happened to the dinosaurs?
by Bruce Hugo 12 Jun '15

12 Jun '15

Well this explains it all (see poster):http://thegoodjokes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/awesome-mondays-… Bruce Hugo

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What happened to the dinosaurs?
by Wiggins Patrick 12 Jun '15

12 Jun '15

Try googling the phrase "what happened to the dinosaurs?" You might be surprised (appalled) at wheat comes up first. Ugh! patrick

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] What happened to the dinosaurs?
by Joe Bauman 11 Jun '15

11 Jun '15

I don't get it but then I don't know where my towel is. ------------------------------ On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 8:50 AM MDT Daniel Holmes wrote: >The telephone sanitizers and advertising account executive types helped out a bit. > >(Please tell me at least one of you gets this...) > >Dan > >-- >Sent from my iPhone. Please pardon any mispelings or errors. > > >> On Jun 11, 2015, at 8:39 AM, Dave Gary <davegary(a)me.com> wrote: >> >> Also, the avian dinosaurs (birds) still exist. Not all dinosaurs went extinct. Still, I don’t think that would make a creationist feel any better. >> >> Dave >> On Jun 11, 2015, at 07:42, Erik Hansen <zaurak(a)digis.net> wrote: >> >> Sharks, Gators, and Crocs have been around a long time too >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Jun 10, 2015, at 2:15 PM, Joan Carman <jcarman6(a)q.com> wrote: >>> >>> lol, it was a flood, think all the aquatics would have survived, doubt Noah built aquariums. As to why we don't see them today, the site had an answer- the world changed after the flood and those life forms used to the environment before were not able to survive after. That's why we're finding fossils. Hmmm, but what about the whales - the headache is coming back. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Chuck Hards" <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> >>> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> >>> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 1:24:20 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] What happened to the dinosaurs? >>> >>> So what happened to all the aquatic dinosaurs? >>> >>> On Jun 10, 2015 1:12 PM, "Joan Carman" <jcarman6(a)q.com> wrote: >>> >>> Perhaps it was the Unicorns that said "Damn was that today?" >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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". >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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". >_______________________________________________ >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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2016 transit of Mercury
by Wiggins Patrick 11 Jun '15

11 Jun '15

For those who may not have heard, Utah will have a transit of Mercury next year on 09 May. Info here: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/transit/catalog/MercuryCatalog.html Looks like we will miss ingress with the Sun rising with the transit already in progress. Egress will be early afternoon. patrick

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Grim class
by dalel2112＠yahoo.com 10 Jun '15

10 Jun '15

I am doing a Grim class Tuesday night at 7 p.m,. I have one student so far. Any others interested, text or call. Dale 801 518 7859 Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

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Monday Night South of Vernon
by Jay inUT 09 Jun '15

09 Jun '15

Went out to Forest Land south of Vernon last night for about 4 hours of observing (figure I have to get what I can get when I can get it lately), then slept over. Great night. Started with viewing Venus, Jupiter then Saturn again, then as it was dark I moved into my prepared list in Leo and Virgo. Sketched about 8 objects and observed about 21 in total, all galaxies. I ended the night as the moon rose with a view of some of the summer highlights, M57, M27, M4, M22, M13 etc. and of course closed the evening off with Saturn which was an improved view. I may head out again tonight if the clouds hold back otherwise it is looking like Sunday through Thursday next week is the next window. -- Thanks! Jay

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Cool gravity Demo you can build yourself
by Jamie Bradley 08 Jun '15

08 Jun '15

Cool gravity demo - For me this answered the question answer to why everything in the solar system goes the same way around the sun Gravity Visualized- Dan Burns explains his space-time warping demo at a PTSOS workshop at Los Gatos High School https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTY1Kje0yLg

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