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New address
by CJ Cottrill 07 Jul '14

07 Jul '14

Hello listies! I apologize for the troubles with my address recently. I have changed and I'm now using this address as my primary. Feel free to contact me with any concerns you may have. Chris Cottrill aka Chrismo

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iPad anyone?
by Wiggins Patrick 06 Jul '14

06 Jul '14

The iPad-1 that's been used in my plane has been replaced with a newer model. Despite it being an iPad-1 it will still run hundreds of apps including many astronomy related. Any interest? If so, make offer. patrick

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A request from Maui
by Rob Ratkowski 06 Jul '14

06 Jul '14

Aloha from Haleakala Summit I have a simple request, I am involved in a project photographing sand for a proposed book about the sands of the USA. If you would please collect a few tablespoons of sand from sand pits, river and lake beaches, sand dunes, anyplace sand is found in Utah or Nevada along with where it was collected and mail it to me, I would greatly appreciate your effort. Please send samples to Rob Ratkowski c/o Dr. Gary Greenburg Institute for Astronomy 34 Ohia Ku St Pukalani Hawaii 96768 Again, many thanks. If anyone is visiting Maui and would like to observe from a 10,000ft volcano, please contact me with your interest in visiting the Haleakala site. Aloha from Maui Rob Ratkowski Sent from Rob's iPad

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tilt shifted astro photos
by Ian Glenn 06 Jul '14

06 Jul '14

Hi all, Just thought I'd share an album of interesting hubble photos with an alteration I haven't seen applied before, the tilt shifting focus technique. Shifting the focus really gives an interesting sense of depth, although it isn't physically accurate. https://imgur.com/a/OHtqE Ian

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Trib
by Joe Bauman 05 Jul '14

05 Jul '14

Congratulations to Ann House for the nice story in today's Tribune about the star party tonight! -- Joe

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UFO
by Joe Bauman 05 Jul '14

05 Jul '14

Chile releases official study on UFO photos Chile releases official study on UFO photos The government office investigating UFOs in Chile has released an analysis of two high quality photos showing what appear be genuine unidentified flying ... View on www.huffingtonpost... Preview by Yahoo

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Fw: SLAS: misc astro ISS crosses sun - point to UA list request
by daniel turner 04 Jul '14

04 Jul '14

Kurt Fisher is requesting help on a EPOD project he has in mind for this coming Sunday. I will not be available at the time of the event, but it looks to be an interesting project. DT ----- Forwarded Message ----- >From: Kurt Fisher <fisherka(a)csolutions.net> >To: Patrick Wiggins (SLAS) <paw(a)getbeehive.net>; daniel turner <outwest112(a)yahoo.com> >Sent: Friday, July 4, 2014 3:22 PM >Subject: SLAS: misc astro ISS crosses sun - point to UA list request > > >Patrick and Daniel, I would appreciate it, if one of you would post the >following note for an ISS crosses the Sun event on July 6, Sun, at 9am. >Please note the request for club member help in taking a screen capture >from the ISS live view capture at the same time that it overflys the Salt >Lake Valley. Please feel free to edit and rewrite the draft post as you >deem fit. Thanks, Kurt > >-------------------------------------- > >The ISS will cross in front of the Sun on a centerline through the Salt >Lake Valley and Park City's Synderville Basin on Sun., July 6, 2014 at >approx. 9:03-9:04 am. Suggested observing points, which can be verified on >CalSky and Google Maps, are listed below. > >Additionally, I would like to request help from any club member with >internet access on the morning of July 6 in the form of screen capturing >an image looking down from the ISS on Salt Lake City at about that same >time. I am planning a novelty submission to EPOD - a two-pane photograph. >The right pane would be a picture of the ISS crossing the Sun with a near >simultaneous image taken from the ISS looking back down on Salt Lake City. >In May and June, NASA launched its ISS live stream - a camera mounted on >the ISS that looks down towards the Earth - > >http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-iss-stream > >The camera looks at random angles - sometimes it leads the ISS nadir >ground point, at other times it points behind the ISS, but it does not >point directly down. > >This is to ask other club members up at that time to monitor the ISS >broadcast before and after the over flight and to do a screen print >capture at the best image angle. Since the ISS live view camera points >either ahead or behind the ISS's ground track, you would need to monitor >the ISS live stream from about 8:55am to 9:10am. > >In Windows, usually FNC+PRT SC captures, and you can paste the image into >MS-Paint. In Mac, CMD+SHFT+4 dumps a screen shot. > >NOAA CONUS sky cover plots shows clear skys for Sunday, 8am. > >Another useful link to monitor the real ground track position of the ISS is - > >http://iss.astroviewer.net/index.php > >I encourage any other club members to pick this photo idea up, and to run >with it. > >Please feel free to email me with any questions fisherka at csolutions >dot net . - Kurt > >I. South Salt Lake Obs Point >9h03m54.0s Lon: 111°56m19sW Lat: +40°26m52s Alt: 0m asl Path direction= >52.1° NE ground speed=8.137 km/s width=8.7 km Transit duration=1.20 s >diameter=36.9" Satellite at az= 85.9° h=31.5° dist=749.0 km > >On Center line Obs point - >Along U68 - Gravel Pit lot north of Camp Williams >16535 1700 W >Bluffdale, UT 84065 >40.451158, -111.939357 > >Alternative near centerline Obs point- >Jordan Narrows Park parking lot >40.446857, -111.927032 > >II. Park City Obs Point >9h04m00.4s Lon: 111°27m10sW Lat: +40°44m03s Alt: 0m asl Path direction= >52.3° NE ground speed=8.111 km/s width=8.6 km Transit duration=1.19 s >diameter=37.3" Satellite at az= 86.4° h=31.9° dist=742.1 km > >On Center line Obs Point >Parking lot of Home Depot off U189 >Freeway south to Heber, at 1st exit about >2 miles south of I80 >Park City, UT 84098 >40.716573, -111.483160 > >Alternative on Center line Obs Point >Justice Center >6125 Silver Creek Dr >Park City, UT 84098 >40.720984, -111.480753 > >Alternative near center line obs point >Trailside Park >South Snyderville Basin, UT 84098 >40.711757, -111.504398 > > > > >

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NGC5895 in color
by Joe Bauman 02 Jul '14

02 Jul '14

I made the background too dark because it was sort of blotchy. http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=5926&g2_imageViewsIndex=1

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NGC5985 group in color
by Joe Bauman 02 Jul '14

02 Jul '14

Here's the best I could do in color. I don't like the background this dark, but the image was sort of mottled looking and it was a way to get rid of the blotchiness. http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=5926&g2_imageViewsIndex=1

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My latest astrophotography
by Joe Bauman 02 Jul '14

02 Jul '14

This is just a preliminary image -- I haven't worked much on the color yet. http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=5911&g2_imageViewsIndex=1

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