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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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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 outreach 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 skies, just to hear 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> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b019h4g8 Stargazing Live is a British live television program 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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargazing_Live Watch some of it Series 1 & 2 available on YouTube at: <https://www.youtube.com/user/OliIzzy> https://www.youtube.com/user/OliIzzy Series 3 & 4 are not easily found (bit torrent).

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CMB Polarization
by Dave Gary 19 Mar '14

19 Mar '14

Good explanation of B-mode polarization. Some equations didn’t show up properly in my browser, but there were links to all of them. http://cosmology.berkeley.edu/~yuki/CMBpol/CMBpol.htm Dave

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Is a puzzlement
by Wiggins Patrick 18 Mar '14

18 Mar '14

Some here will remember Brent's EPOD from a couple of years back showing the difference between the north and south arms of the GSL caused by the railroad causeway. http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2012/09/great-salt-lake-causeway.html (north to the left) I was reminded of that earlier today (yesterday if you are reading this Tuesday) when I saw something similar. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/GSL-1.JPG (railroad causeway on left, causeway described below on the right, in both north is to the left) But the thing is, I was over the south arm, quite near I-80 with Stansbury Island in the distance. It would appear the causeway-like structure in the south end is causing the same thing to happen. So going north to south we now go from blue water to green water, then fades back to blue and one more change to green. My first thought was that his "other" causeway was put there by those that mine minerals from the GSL. http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2012/08/evaporation-ponds-near-great-salt-lake.ht… But as Brent described in his EPOD the water on the south side of the causeway is lower in minerals. To quote the King of Siam, "Is a puzzlement" (here played by a Vladimir Putin look-alike http://vimeo.com/45346724) Another view of the south end color change looking south toward Stansbury Island and the Tooele Valley. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/GSL-2.JPG patrick

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Cosmos 2G
by jcarman6＠q.com 18 Mar '14

18 Mar '14

I thoroughly enjoyed the second installment. Having made that statement, the question is: Is anybody still watching? besides the people on this board and some extended science groupies? Consider Fox's normal audience - ultra conservative, ultra religiious, ultra right wing, so far right as to blend in and make the wall scientists keep banging their heads on. Consider Tyson's 90 second diatribe about intelligent design 20 minutes into the episode. He didn't just slap it down, he took a clenched fist to it. That's 90 seconds that could have remained on the cutting room floor. They could have padded the episode with another commercial for Noah, or Supernatural. Maybe they did - in Oklahoma. Tyson 's "no holds barred" "stand up and be counted" posit ion for science is commenda ble, but he obviously hasn't read the book "How to Win Friends and Influence People." As for the tree of life, wonderful graphic, but, considering my upbringing, the tree of life was immediately connected to Lehi's dream. Perhaps a rereading of those verses in the Book of Mormon are necessary. Perhaps the accepted interpretation is wrong. Perhaps Tyson should have called it the Tree of Knowledge from which Adam and Eve partook and were cast out of the garden. Thank goodness I won't be seeing my 40-something relatives this week. You can imagine what they will say this time about evolution and natural selection. My imagination is boiling over with lighted torches, pitchforks, hot tar and feathers. 2 episodes down and 11 to go. Here's hoping (make that a feverant prayer) that WE all survive the airing of Cosmos 2G. (-- - i.e. large tongue in cheek

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