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Another "face" on Mars
by Patrick Wiggins 24 May '03

24 May '03

This will be in the next issue of News but I got a big enough chuckle out of it that I thought I'd share it here first. http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2003/05/15/index.html Cheers! Patrick :-)

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beautiful meteor
by Thomas Sevcik 24 May '03

24 May '03

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Earth from Mars
by Paul Witte 23 May '03

23 May '03

Ok, this is worth taking a look at: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs/sci/earth/index.html

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Tues SLAS Meeting
by UTAHDEB＠aol.com 22 May '03

22 May '03

What is the topic for Tuesday's SLAS meeting? Debbie

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$3
by Jim Gibson 20 May '03

20 May '03

Brent Watson Are you planing on going to the Wedge? I still owe you 3$, besides that I need to glean the crumbs of knowledge at the master's feet. Jim --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] The moon
by UTAHDEB＠aol.com 20 May '03

20 May '03

Nice shot Joe. I had fun that night. Debbie

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] The moon
by UTAHDEB＠aol.com 20 May '03

20 May '03

Jim, I didn't have any trouble finding M81-M82 Sat night. This is probably because my skies were a little darker and I was using my setting circles on my mount. It surprised me how good the pair looked despite the moon. The globular clusters looked good also. Do you live near the mountain in PG? When I used to set up at Rich's house I could always find M81-M82 and M51. I'd estimate the skies there in Lindon are about 4.0 mag. Of course it helps to use a low-power eyepiece to locate these galaxies. I was using 40X Sat night which gave me a 1.7 degree field. Debbie

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The Wedge
by Jim Gibson 20 May '03

20 May '03

I see in Nova that the trip to the Wedge is comming up on May 30-31. I looked at the map at http://www.slas.ws/maps/woverlook.htm and there seems to be alot of different ways to get there. What is the recommended way? Are reservations required and where does eveybody meet? Jim --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.

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Mark Dakins Lunch
by Richard Tenney 19 May '03

19 May '03

If any of you remember long-time SLASer Mark Dakins he'll be having lunch with a few of us at a Chinese Buffet ("Dragon Buffet") at 90th South and 1300 West today at 11:30 if you are interested in joining us. Mark's in town for a visit and will be heading back to Oregon tomorrow. Rich __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] The moon
by UTAHDEB＠aol.com 12 May '03

12 May '03

Jim, Starhopping can be a frustrating experience with the moon and light pollution. I had some trouble finding M92 Sat night but I eventually found it. I don't normally look at galaxies when the moon is out. I save those for moonless dark nights. I was mainly looking at planets, double stars, and globular clusters For a finderscope, I like the ones from University Optics. I own a 8 X 50 Right Angle Amici finder though I don't use it much. I prefer the right-angle finder because it saves my neck. Here is the link. <A HREF="http://www.universityoptics.com/acc.htm"> www.universityoptics.com/acc.htm</A> Debbie

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