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Mars PowerPoint Presentation
by Rex Hale 25 Mar '04

25 Mar '04

My brother sent this to me today, some great shots of Mars. I put it up on http://www.q90.com/clients/UVAA/Mars.pps Probably best to save to disk and view, since it's powerpoint. Rex

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RE: Strange Photo
by Rex Hale 25 Mar '04

25 Mar '04

Steve, www.Heavens-above.com is a great site showing current locations of lots of objects. Especially note the iridium flares, those are neat to watch with the kids. I'd love to see the photos, can you post them somewhere, or email me offline. Rex

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List of Big 5 Stores
by Jim Gibson 24 Mar '04

24 Mar '04

Name & PhoneClick Address for MapsCenterville, UT (801) 397-5802 132 North Frontage Road Centerville, UT 84014 Layton (801) 498-7874 1130 N. Main Street Layton, UT 84041 Murray, UT (801) 268-2667 5950 South State Street Murray, UT 84107 Ogden,UT (801) 393-6319 972 Wall Avenue Ogden, UT 84404 Orem,UT (801) 426-9762 1290 South State Street Orem, UT 84097 Salt Lake City, UT (801) 466-4290 2236 South 1300 East Space C-1 Salt Lake City, UT 84106 South Ogden,UT (801) 392-9465 3990 Riverdale Road South Ogden, UT 84405 St. George (435) 688-1211 245 North Red Cliffs Road St. George, UT 84770 West Jordan, UT (801) 233-8641 1390 West 9000 South West Jordan, UT 84088 West Valley City (801) 982-7800 2660 West 3500 South West Valley, UT 84119 Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time.

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Inexpensive big binos
by Jim Gibson 24 Mar '04

24 Mar '04

The Barska binoculars 15X70s are on sale for the unbelievable price of $49.99 at Big 5 inOrem. The guy in Orem has only 1 pair left. I have a pair similar to these and they are excellent for star gazing. They come on sale form time to time. If you get to the store too late, it is worth calling ahead or going up to SLC to a Big 5. Normally they sell for about $99.00. JG Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time.

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Strange photo
by Steven Goodwin 24 Mar '04

24 Mar '04

Someone here at my work came to me with two strange photos he took while camping near arches national park last Saturday around 9p. He set up his camera to do a 30 sec exposure of Venus and took another picture a few minutes afterwards. What happens is that you see a normal star trail but when comparing the two photos all the stars except one travel clockwise (to the west of course) and the one brightish blue star (???) travels the exact opposite direction. It is best seen if you have a slide show type viewer that can flash quickly between the two photos. Any thoughts on what this blue object could be? I thought it could be a satelite or a meteorite but the star trail is the same length (I thought a satelite or meteorite should have a fairly long trail)- a comet perhaps? Anyone know the location of current viewable comets? If the photos can't be distributed through the list serve is there a way to upload it to the UVAA website? That is if anyone would be interested. Steve G ____________________ Steven & Jenny Goodwin puhiava(a)macosx.com

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Turn Left at Orion
by Jim Gibson 24 Mar '04

24 Mar '04

There was someone on the list that mentioned learning the basic astronomy from the book "Trun Left At Orion." Could you contact me off list please? Thanks. JG Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time.

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Big NASA Announcement in a few minutes
by Rob Ratkowski 23 Mar '04

23 Mar '04

ON CNN I just heard that NASA is to make a major announcement about finding salty sea evidence on Mars. This is to happen in 5 minutes Just a heads up Rob

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Re: [UVAA] May Moon Watch
by Thad Lloyd 23 Mar '04

23 Mar '04

I would be particularly interested in attending a workshop on eyepieces and filters. The 8th of May would work for me. Thanks. -Thad Lloyd --- Jim Gibson <jimgibson00(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > We are tentatively going to schedule a Moon Watch > for the weekend of May 7th or 8th, and so far only > John Zeigler has signed up to do a workshop on > eyepieces & filters. We cant work the poor man to > death. Is there anyone else that would like to take > a part of that for the above-mentioned weekend? If > not, I may have to ask the folks from SLAS if anyone > up there is willing to come down to help out. John > is very capable and very willing, but we can't > stretch him too thin. > > > > I think at the first Moon Watch I will ask for those > with more than a years experience to stand up so the > rest of us can see who we can ask questions of. If > more people stand up than not, we may have to step > up the level of our presentations. > > > > I am assuming that people want to know the > difference types of eyepieces and get some idea of > what kind of eyepieces to buy for specific purposes. > People will probably be interested in price ranges, > how many eyepieces they need, where to get good > buys, and the like. > > > > The topic of filters will be covered and what affect > they have. > > We invite any suggestions as to content or question > you want answered. > > > > JG > > > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time.> _______________________________________________ > UVAA mailing list > UVAA(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uvaa > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html

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Re: [UVAA] May Moon Watch
by Wade Starks 23 Mar '04

23 Mar '04

I should be able to help Wade C Starks >>> mongalloyd19(a)yahoo.com 3/23/2004 09:51:24 >>> I would be particularly interested in attending a workshop on eyepieces and filters. The 8th of May would work for me. Thanks. -Thad Lloyd --- Jim Gibson <jimgibson00(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > We are tentatively going to schedule a Moon Watch > for the weekend of May 7th or 8th, and so far only > John Zeigler has signed up to do a workshop on > eyepieces & filters. We can't work the poor man to > death. Is there anyone else that would like to take > a part of that for the above-mentioned weekend? If > not, I may have to ask the folks from SLAS if anyone > up there is willing to come down to help out. John > is very capable and very willing, but we can't > stretch him too thin. > > > > I think at the first Moon Watch I will ask for those > with more than a years experience to stand up so the > rest of us can see who we can ask questions of. If > more people stand up than not, we may have to step > up the level of our presentations. > > > > I am assuming that people want to know the > difference types of eyepieces and get some idea of > what kind of eyepieces to buy for specific purposes. > People will probably be interested in price ranges, > how many eyepieces they need, where to get good > buys, and the like. > > > > The topic of filters will be covered and what affect > they have. > > We invite any suggestions as to content or question > you want answered. > > > > JG > > > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time.> _______________________________________________ > UVAA mailing list > UVAA(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uvaa > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html _______________________________________________ UVAA mailing list UVAA(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uvaa

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Re: [UVAA] International Space Station
by David Trevino 23 Mar '04

23 Mar '04

Yes, that was me with the eyepice, good view of Jupiter, eh? --- Jim Gibson <jimgibson00(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > David > The Pit'nPole does get better. We had high serous > clouds that brightens the sky and reduces contrast. > > Rich Tenney reported that the sky's cleared up and > got better after most of us left. > > Other places get better still as far as darker skys. > > > Early on the skys were maybe 5 - 6 out of 10. Later > on they may have gotten 7/10. With SLC and Provo to > the East and the Depot to the North it doesn't get > much better than 7/10. Depending on where you live, > the Gravel Pit could be closer and it does get > darker skys. > > David, wasn't that you who had the Zeiss microscope > eyepieces? > > JG > > David Trevino <dotrevino(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Thanks Jim for the update. A question to all that > went on Saturday, what would you rate Saturday > night's condition? It was my first official star > party, so I was curious if the viewing that night > were > as good as it gets or if they can be better. > > > Thanks > > > --- Jim Gibson wrote: > > Those who were at the Pit'nPole on saturday night > > and wondered if the bright object passing overhead > > was the Space Station, it most likely was. > > > > Mar. 20, 8:16 pm6 min.12° above WSW51° above > NNW12° > > above NE > > > > This is what we saw. a bright object coming out of > > the West South West, crossing overhead and leaving > > to the North North West. > > > > JG > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on > time.> > _______________________________________________ > > UVAA mailing list > > UVAA(a)mailman.xmission.com > > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uvaa > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on > time. > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > > _______________________________________________ > UVAA mailing list > UVAA(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uvaa > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time.> _______________________________________________ > UVAA mailing list > UVAA(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uvaa > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html

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