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arxiv listing for BICEP2 Discovery
by Dave Gary 18 Mar '14

18 Mar '14

arxiv listing for BICEP2 discovery posted by Dale http://arxiv.org/pdf/1403.3985.pdf Dave

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This is a WAY BIGEE if confirmed
by Dale Hooper 18 Mar '14

18 Mar '14

Echoes of primordial gravitational waves... http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-detect-echoes-big-bang-151753508.html Clear skies, Dale.

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OT: What is it?
by Wiggins Patrick 18 Mar '14

18 Mar '14

With the weather keeping us away from our scopes I thought it might be interesting to play a bit of "What's this?". Here's a part of a shot of a location in northern Tooele County near the Great Salt Lake I got a couple of days ago: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/mystery.jpg What is it? Not being one to keep it a mystery for long, I'll provide the complete image that should give it away: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/mysterysolved.jpg Ok, now let's hope the weather breaks soon. Cheers, patrick :)

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ATM report
by Hutchings, Mat 18 Mar '14

18 Mar '14

Even though it was a bit windy and chilly, we had a good session on Saturday. Charlie, Craig, Jamie and Jay attended. Charlie laminated door skin to construction styrofoam which is the beginnings of a very light top ring for his telescope project. Jamie brought a 10" Celestron newtonian OTA which needs some parts to make a working telescope. We checked it over and found some sources for the parts he will need (spider, secondary holder and secondary as well as sundry small parts). He will need to build a rocker box and altitude bearings to complete the scope. It will be a nice 10" dobsonian when he is finished. I finished hogging out my 21" mirror using the diamond tool method I've described in the astronomy in utah forum. If you don't make it over to that forum, I can summarize that I hogged out the mirror in less than three hours altogether! This is a 21", f4 mirror so the sagitta is around 0.33" (in other words, that is a lot of glass to remove). This is way, way faster than I would have accomplished this task using more conventional means. Sorry John Dobson, glass removal is no longer caveman work! Mat This message and any attachments are solely for the use of intended recipients. The information contained herein may include trade secrets, protected health or personal information, privileged or otherwise confidential information. Unauthorized review, forwarding, printing, copying, distributing, or using such information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you received this email in error, and that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this email and any attachment is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender and delete the message and any attachment from your system. Thank you for your cooperation

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It's time for us to swing into action!
by Chrismo 17 Mar '14

17 Mar '14

Okay Listies! It's time for us to come together to solve a real mystery! There's enough telescope power in this group to give a full examination and bring answers to the public. Check this out! http://i.imgur.com/Ee6MBIs.jpg Tongue planted firmly in cheek, Chrismo

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] It's time for us to swing into action!
by Bruce Hugo 17 Mar '14

17 Mar '14

Hmmm... maybe they had to add two warp nacelles to get that baby into space and to the moon? That'd explain the additional engines. I didn't know Elvis had warp technology... <rolls eyes skyward>

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Cosmos 2G
by Joe Bauman 17 Mar '14

17 Mar '14

Will it be replayed? We had a late dinner with friends and missed it. ------------------------------ On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 11:56 AM MDT jcarman6(a)q.com wrote: > > >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 > > >_______________________________________________ >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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It's time for us to swing into action!
by jcarman6＠q.com 17 Mar '14

17 Mar '14

Well, if 's not on the moon - great catch 4 engines, then it must be in the Bermuda Triangle. Who knew the South China Sea had its own Bermuda Triangle. Maybe the passengers and crew with reappear in a week or two saying "huh, we just boarded the plane an hour ago."

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] It's time for us to swing into action!
by Joe Bauman 17 Mar '14

17 Mar '14

Chrismo, where've you been? I miss your comments on Facebook. ------------------------------ On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 10:23 AM MDT Chrismo wrote: >Good eye, Ed! It appears then that there may be other planes which have >been abducted and taken to the moon. Gee I love science. I wonder how >soon they'll cover this on the new "Cosmos." > >On Monday, March 17, 2014, Erik Hansen <erikhansen(a)thebluezone.net> wrote: > >> >A clear case of Alien Abduction. >> >> >> >> Too bad they landed on top of Tommy Lee Jones! 73 >> > >> > Sent from my iPad >> > >> > On Mar 16, 2014, at 7:16 PM, Chrismo <djchrismo(a)gmail.com<javascript:;> >> wrote: >> > >> > Okay Listies! >> > >> > It's time for us to come together to solve a real mystery! There's >> > enough >> > telescope power in this group to give a full examination and bring >> > answers >> > to the public. >> > >> > Check this out! http://i.imgur.com/Ee6MBIs.jpg >> > >> > Tongue planted firmly in cheek, >> > >> > Chrismo >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 <javascript:;> >> > >> > 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 <javascript:;> >> > >> > 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 <javascript:;> >> >> 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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Re: [Utah-astronomy] It's time for us to swing into action!
by Joe Bauman 17 Mar '14

17 Mar '14

The aliens improved it, ala Voyager. ------------------------------ On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:59 AM MDT Ed wrote: >False alarm! > >The plane depicted on the Moon has 4 engines, but the missing plane, a >Boeing 777, has only two. > >Ed > >Now if I'm careful not to bite my tongue, I'll have some breakfast. :) >------------------------------ >Quoting Chrismo <djchrismo(a)gmail.com>: > >> Okay Listies! >> >> It's time for us to come together to solve a real mystery! There's enough >> telescope power in this group to give a full examination and bring answers >> to the public. >> >> Check this out! http://i.imgur.com/Ee6MBIs.jpg >> >> Tongue planted firmly in cheek, >> >> Chrismo >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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