Am I correct in understanding that we in Salt Lake or maybe even the whole state of Utah will not be able to observe any part of this event on Wednesday? Barney B.
I joined this list a few months back as I am planning on buying my scope sometime this year...I am still very much in the research and development stage. Anyway, I realize that the majority of subscribers to this list do not live in Utah County...But I just thought there would be a bunch of you that might appreciaate a private showing of the new Matrix movie... Every year, I get several private showings of all the big blockbuster hits...I invite friends, family, and well, just about anybody else that wants to go...I just thought I would open this invitation up to those people and their friends and family in this list... I haven't finalized the show time yet, but I am planning on around 10:00am Thursday May 15th (Opening Day)...Tickets are $6 each. Please contact me via email if you are interested. Later, JohnRen P.S. For those of you that want to show up at the last minute, I do have reserved seating available for an additional charge...makes it nice if you want a bunch of your freinds/family to sit together w/o having to get there early.
John, This sounds interesting. I am in Utah county. Where would the show be? I suspect that 3 or 4 of my friends will also be interested. Also, let me know about the reserved seating charge. thanks! dave moulton ----- Original Message ----- From: JohnRenstrom@Hotmail.com To: Astronomy in Utah Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 8:14 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Matrix 2: Reloaded I joined this list a few months back as I am planning on buying my scope sometime this year...I am still very much in the research and development stage. Anyway, I realize that the majority of subscribers to this list do not live in Utah County...But I just thought there would be a bunch of you that might appreciaate a private showing of the new Matrix movie... Every year, I get several private showings of all the big blockbuster hits...I invite friends, family, and well, just about anybody else that wants to go...I just thought I would open this invitation up to those people and their friends and family in this list... I haven't finalized the show time yet, but I am planning on around 10:00am Thursday May 15th (Opening Day)...Tickets are $6 each. Please contact me via email if you are interested. Later, JohnRen P.S. For those of you that want to show up at the last minute, I do have reserved seating available for an additional charge...makes it nice if you want a bunch of your freinds/family to sit together w/o having to get there early. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
Oops, meant to take this off list, sorry. dm David Moulton wrote:
John,
This sounds interesting. I am in Utah county. Where would the show be? I suspect that 3 or 4 of my friends will also be interested. Also, let me know about the reserved seating charge.
If you go to the following link you can see that only those in the North East get even a chance of seeing any of the transit. We have to wait until November 2006 for a decent Mercury transit in the Americas... FYI> The 2004 Venus Transit will be visible from about the same areas as this May 7th Mercury Transit. Boohoo. http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/article_921_3.asp I've put the entire S & T Skywatcher's Bulletin here as well. Dave Bennett On Monday, May 5, 2003, at 07:30 PM, Barney B. wrote:
Am I correct in understanding that we in Salt Lake or maybe even the whole state of Utah will not be able to observe any part of this event on Wednesday? Barney B. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
======================================================================== = * * * SKY & TELESCOPE's SKYWATCHER'S BULLETIN - May 5, 2003 * * * ======================================================================== = Welcome to S&T's Skywatcher's Bulletin. More information on the items below is available on our Web site, SkyandTelescope.com, at the URLs provided. Clear skies! ======================================================================== = TRANSIT OF MERCURY On Wednesday, May 7th, whatever sunspots are visible on the Sun's disk through a safely filtered telescope will be joined by something even blacker: the tiny silhouette of Mercury. The tiny planet will spend more than five hours crawling slowly across the northwestern corner of the solar disk. Learn who on Earth can see this event, when it will take place, and how to observe the transit safely.
http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/article_921_1.asp
------------------------------------------------------------------------ JUPITER'S MOON DANCES Every six years, for a few months at a time, Jupiter's satellites engage in a wonderful variety of mutual eclipses and occultations. On the evening of the 6th, from about 10:36 to 10:41 p.m. EDT, an annular occultation of one moon by another occurs as the disk of Europa is superimposed on that of Callisto. More information about other events can be found here:
http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/article_771_1.asp
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So save some money and go to Egypt or something. (maby they won't want to kill us as badly by then) :-)
FYI> The 2004 Venus Transit will be visible from about the same areas as this May 7th Mercury Transit. Boohoo.
http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/article_921_3.asp
I've put the entire S & T Skywatcher's Bulletin here as well. Dave Bennett
On Monday, May 5, 2003, at 07:30 PM, Barney B. wrote:
Am I correct in understanding that we in Salt Lake or maybe even the whole state of Utah will not be able to observe any part of this event on Wednesday?
Barney B. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com
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TRANSIT OF MERCURY
On Wednesday, May 7th, whatever sunspots are visible on the Sun's disk through a safely filtered telescope will be joined by something even blacker: the tiny silhouette of Mercury. The tiny planet will spend more than five hours crawling slowly across the northwestern corner of the solar disk. Learn who on Earth can see this event, when it will take place, and how to observe the transit safely.
http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/article_921_1.asp
------------------------------------------------------------------------
JUPITER'S MOON DANCES
Every six years, for a few months at a time, Jupiter's satellites engage in a wonderful variety of mutual eclipses and occultations. On the evening of the 6th, from about 10:36 to 10:41 p.m. EDT, an annular occultation of one moon by another occurs as the disk of Europa is superimposed on that of Callisto. More information about other events can be found here:
http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/article_771_1.asp
------------------------------------------------------------------------
MAY'S TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE
On Thursday night, May 15-16, the full Moon will pass through the Earth's shadow, providing a colorful spectacle for observers throughout the Americas, Europe, and Africa. Learn more about this eclipse (and others) at:
http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/eclipses/
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SKY AT A GLANCE
Jupiter is the brightest starlike object in the evening sky. It shines high in the southwest at dusk and lower in the west later at night. To read more about what's happening in the night sky this week, visit "This Week's Sky at a Glance" at:
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