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Tomorrow at SPOC
by Ann House 11 Oct '13

11 Oct '13

I received a call from a fellow who is planning on going to SPOC tomorrow night and would like to see Neptune and Uranus. Is anyone going who can show him? Are the two planets even viewable? -A

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 128, Issue 13
by Bruce Hugo 11 Oct '13

11 Oct '13

I believe Jupiter radiates more energy than it receives from the sun. Probably the rogue planet does the same. Bruce ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:31:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman(a)yahoo.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Free floating planet just 80 lys away! Message-ID: <1381523476.33434.YahooMailNeo(a)web125105.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 To me it sounds more like a brown dwarf than a planet, especially since it radiates energy mostly in the infrared.

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Patrick's EPOD
by Joe Bauman 11 Oct '13

11 Oct '13

For those who missed it, Patrick had the Earth Science Picture of the Day, yesterday. Here's the link: http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2013/10/stansbury-island-in-great-salt-lake.html Congratulations, Patrick!

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Free floating planet just 80 lys away!
by Thomas Sevcik 11 Oct '13

11 Oct '13

A giant planet lost-in-space! This is the first time that I can think of where astronomers found one so close to us. Neat pic with the article as well. http://www.nbcnews.com/science/astronomers-say-theyve-spotted-lonesome-plan… Tom Sevcik

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Size of object when directly over the Earth's surface.
by Daniel Holmes 11 Oct '13

11 Oct '13

Interesting to realize that the specks the Voyager spacecraft are is about the size of bacteria. http://xkcd.com/1276/ Dan -- Daniel Holmes, danielh(a)holmesonics.com "Laugh while you can, monkey boy!" -- Lord John Whorfin

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Star party at Tintic High School
by John M. Craig 11 Oct '13

11 Oct '13

I've contacted Greg Thornock. Tintic HS, btw, is in Eureka. And if you can pronounce that and Toole like a native; you pass native muster ;-) It's about an hour's drive for me, but it sounds like it could be fun. If anyone for Utah County wants to go along, I'll put the word out when we have some dates and go/no-go times determined. Ciao, John

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Harmons Friday Star Party
by Bruce Hugo 10 Oct '13

10 Oct '13

A quick question. For the Friday SLAS star party at Harmons of Sandy, does anyone know where in the parking lot the group will meet up? Bruce Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science. - Edwin Powell Hubble

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Tintic High School
by Thomas Sevcik 10 Oct '13

10 Oct '13

For those who might consider going to the Tintic High School. I've driven through it a good number of times returning from Great Basin over the years. From Salt Lake, take Hwy 6 off of I-15 into Santaquin and continue West until you reach the outskirts of Eureka. Tintic H.S. will be on the North (passenger) side of the road.It is huge and very modern and hard-to-miss. Large parking lot area. Also, the last time I drove through Eureka in September there's a new Deli on the very far (West) side of town. There is a Sinclair gas station midway from the school and deli should anyone need gas. If you can't make the trip back to Salt Lake that night, you'll need to return to Santaquin for a place to lay your head down. Tom Sevcik

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Harmons Friday Star Party
by Bruce Hugo 09 Oct '13

09 Oct '13

Cool. Thanks Patrick! Are you going to attend this star party? It is night event so the nocturnal individuals such as yourself are more likely to be there. :-) >Locations in the various parking lots tends to drift from time to time so I typically just pull in the parking lot and look around for telescopes. patrick ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com http://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 128, Issue 10 ***********************************************

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Need ride to SPOC
by D P Pierce 09 Oct '13

09 Oct '13

Hi, I need a ride to SPOC Saturday night. Deloy

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