Did anyone attend Saturday's sun party? I am wondering how it went, how many people came with scopes, how many of the public? I saw an announcement in the Trib. Did anyone see it posted in the Des News? The Des News doesn't seem to be advertising our public parties. -A
Please let me know whether anybody notified the Deseret News. If not, we need to be a little more active there; if so, I will let an editor know about the failing. Thanks, Joe --- On Sun, 7/20/08, Ann House <ann@annhouse.org> wrote: From: Ann House <ann@annhous.org> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Sun Party Report? To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Sunday, July 20, 2008, 9:59 PM Did anyone attend Saturday's sun party? I am wondering how it went, how many people came with scopes, how many of the public? I saw an announcement in the Trib. Did anyone see it posted in the Des News? The Des News doesn't seem to be advertising our public parties. -A _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
Joe, I send notices to James Thalman at jthalman@desnews.com. And given news of layoffs and reassignments there, I also send releases to the city desk's assignment editor, Greg Kratz, at gkratz@desnews.com. -A
Ann, I was there and it was a well attended event. The following were there: Mike Morrison with a Coronado Ron Ford and Wife Siegfried Jachmann Nate Goodman Refractor and PST Myself with PST Craig & Ann Blanchard PST Tom Henchy Refractor Alpine Str ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann House" <ann@annhouse.org> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 9:59 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Sun Party Report?
Did anyone attend Saturday's sun party? I am wondering how it went, how many people came with scopes, how many of the public? I saw an announcement in the Trib. Did anyone see it posted in the Des News? The Des News doesn't seem to be advertising our public parties.
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Ann, I attended and it was a great event. The following people were in attendance: Mike Morrison w/Coronado Ron Ford & Wife Bill Coles Myself w/clubs PST Nate Goodman PST & Refractor Tom Henchy Alpine Stringham Daniel Turner Tom Watson w/Coronado We had a steady stream of visitors between 9:00 AM-1:00 PM. The sun displayed no sunspots but had two very good prominences. It was a fun event. Thanks Rodger ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann House" <ann@annhouse.org> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 9:59 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Sun Party Report?
Did anyone attend Saturday's sun party? I am wondering how it went, how many people came with scopes, how many of the public? I saw an announcement in the Trib. Did anyone see it posted in the Des News? The Des News doesn't seem to be advertising our public parties.
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Thanks, Rodger! It is nice to know that so many showed up with their scopes. I haven't seen the sun through a scope for awhile now, but I love to watch it as it changes right before my eyes. No sun spots? Aren't we headed into an active spot season after a dry spell? -A
No sun spots when they should be making a reappearance MAY mean that we're heading into another "Maunder Minimum". NASA Science News posted an article on this lack of activity at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/11jul_solarcycleupdate.htm --- On Sun, 7/20/08, Ann House <ann@annhouse.org> wrote: From: Ann House <ann@annhouse.org> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Sun Party Report? To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Sunday, July 20, 2008, 10:27 PM Thanks, Rodger! It is nice to know that so many showed up with their scopes. I haven't seen the sun through a scope for awhile now, but I love to watch it as it changes right before my eyes. No sun spots? Aren't we headed into an active spot season after a dry spell? -A _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
2010-2012 is likely the time frame for high solar activity.
Thanks, Rodger!
It is nice to know that so many showed up with their scopes. I haven't seen the sun through a scope for awhile now, but I love to watch it as it changes right before my eyes. No sun spots? Aren't we headed into an active spot season after a dry spell?
-A _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
Ann, I stopped by for a couple hours. It had good support by SLAS Members, 10-12 scopes, but seemed like public was sparse, maybe 50 visitors in all. Seems like public are generally passer-bys. Erik
Did anyone attend Saturday's sun party? I am wondering how it went, how
many people came with scopes, how many of the public? I saw an announcement in the Trib. Did anyone see it posted in the Des News? The Des News doesn't seem to be advertising our public parties.
-A _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
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