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question
by J Waterreus 30 Mar '04

30 Mar '04

My daughter and I just spent about 45 minutes in the front yard trying to figure out how to use our telescope. We finally were able to see one planet, I think. Maybe Venus. We've decided we definitely need some help figuring out how to use our telescope!! Anyway, here's my question. We're in Orem. When we looked east, above Cascade Mountain, we saw a rather bright star-like object. When we looked at it through the binoculars, it appeared to be either yellow or white with flashing green and red lights. We assumed it had to be an airplane, but we continued to watch it for awhile. After 30 minutes, it had only moved slightly higher in the sky. It couldn't possibly have been an airplane, because it didn't get closer to us or move to the right or left. Does anyone have any idea what it might have been? I just looked outside again, and it's still there, if anyone wants to go check it out and give me an opinion. Thanks! Dottie

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Beautiful Moon
by Jim Gibson 30 Mar '04

30 Mar '04

I had just a few minutes to step outside tonight after 9:30 and look at the moon. The moon is sooo beautiful. From the North, the terminator runs down through Mare Frigoris and Imbrium clearly exposing the creator Plato, continuing down through Mare Cognitum with Albategnius, Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus, and Arzachel center stage and in the Southern Highlands Tycho, Maginus, and Clavius are clearly lit up. I never get tired of looking at the moon. It shows you something different every night. JG --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time.

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Re: [UVAA] question
by PAPAJOEK＠att.net 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

I would say it was a com or a GPS satellite As for help with your scope what kind is it? JOE

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John Lundwall
by John and Lisa Zeigler 27 Mar '04

27 Mar '04

John Lundwall, Could you call or email us tonight? I haven't been able to get a hold of you any other way. It is about class tomorrow. Thanks! Lisa Zeigler

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Re: [UVAA] Anything planned for Saturday night in Utah County?
by Olhomorto＠aol.com 26 Mar '04

26 Mar '04

Jim Gibson thought that by Saturday night the skies would be clear. If that's true, and since the moon sets by about 1:00 a.m. I am willing to go anywhere it's not muddy and observe until sunrise. Mike Bailey

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Anything planned for Saturday night in Utah County?
by Richard Tenney 26 Mar '04

26 Mar '04

Anyone in Utah County with observing plans this weekend if we get a weather break Saturday night? Just curious. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html

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RE: [UVAA] Weekend Whether for obsurving
by Griffin Louis A Civ OO-ALC/MAKGBA 25 Mar '04

25 Mar '04

Where at?? -----Original Message----- From: uvaa-bounces+louis.griffin=hill.af.mil(a)mailman.xmission.com [mailto:uvaa-bounces+louis.griffin=hill.af.mil@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Olhomorto(a)aol.com Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 3:34 PM To: uvaa(a)mailman.xmission.com; utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [UVAA] Weekend Whether for obsurving If it happens, I'm in!!!!! Mike Bailey <http://cdn-cf.aol.com/se/smi/0201d20638/08>

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Re: [UVAA] Weekend Whether for obsurving
by Olhomorto＠aol.com 25 Mar '04

25 Mar '04

If it happens, I'm in!!!!! Mike Bailey

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Weekend Whether for obsurving
by Jim Gibson 25 Mar '04

25 Mar '04

Weekend Whether There are two whether systems coming through Friday and Saturday. The north could see some precipitation on Friday the South will be mostly cloudy. Saturday will be generally cloudy with heaver clouds to the north but no precip is expected. The skies could be clear by Saturday night both North and South for obsurving. Keep your fingers crossed. JG --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time.

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RE: [UVAA] Re: [Utah-astronomy] Trapezium
by Griffin Louis A Civ OO-ALC/MAKGBA 25 Mar '04

25 Mar '04

Jim, I also saw the E & F stars of theTrapezium last weekend, thanks to some coaching from Daniel, I didn't realize they were so subtle, I kept wondering why everyone was saying how easy it is to see them in the bigger dobs and I figured the seeing just wasn't good enough..... made me realize what a rookie I am, sure am enjoying the education though, wish you guys weren't so far away.... -----Original Message----- From: uvaa-bounces+louis.griffin=hill.af.mil(a)mailman.xmission.com [mailto:uvaa-bounces+louis.griffin=hill.af.mil@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Jim Gibson Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 8:30 AM To: List; UVAA List Subject: [UVAA] Re: [Utah-astronomy] Trapezium The other thing I like about the Trapezium photo is that if you look around the brightest star (I think it is the Alpha star, I am not sure) you can see several blue tadpoles like objects. My understanding is that these objects are Proplyds (short for proto planetary disks). All around the Trapezium is nebulosity. A couple of million years ago there were no stars but only thick nebulosity like you can see above the 'e' star. The dust in the nebulosity was like fine grains of sand or smaller. Over time the dust coalesced in to larger clumps and like a snow ball rolling down hill it continued to grow. Actually there were several snow balls all getting larger at the same time. For over a million years they grew from marbles to boulders, to planetoids, to planets and finely so large that the physics involved with gravity and impacting debris there was a nuclear fusion reaction igniting a star. All of the stars we see in Trapezium are about the same age, roughly about a million years old; babies. The Proplyds are the same age also but never achieved enough mass to become stars. Hidden within the dusty tadpole is a planet. The reason for the tadpole shape is that the Proplyds now stand in the blast of the radiation from the Alpha star and they are loosing material out the tail. You notice that every Proplyd has a tail away from the alpha star. In like manner, our group stand in the blast from the sun. What is protecting us is our magnetic field. Mars once had a magnetic field and evidently an atmosphere and seas or oceans. When mars lost it's magnetic field due to the cooling of the iron core and the cessation of flow or circulation with in the core, mars was subject to the radiation blast from the sun. Like the proplyds, Mars lost much of what it had on the surface of which we are now beginning to find out a few things through the Mars rovers. Sorry I had to gloss over some important details to try and keep this short. JG _____ Do you Yahoo!? <http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html> Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time.

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