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SLAS Blast - August General Meeting
by Lowell Lyon 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

Hello Everyone: Just a quick reminder about this Tuesday's meeting. Nal Morris from UVSC in Orem will be our featured speaker. He will discuss Utah's own Stonehenge, the Parowan Gap. Nal spoke once before at SLAS when we were meeting at the Hansen Planetarium and also made a presentation at ALCon 2002 at the University of Utah. If you are even remotely interested in Archaeoastronomy, you won't want to miss this meeting. Nal's talk details and biography are on the SLAS website. The remaining speakers for the rest of the year are also on the SLAS website for your review. See you all on Tuesday!! Lowell Lyon

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Inexpensive pyrex mirror blanks
by Richard Tenney 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

A colleague at work just bought and received an annealed pyrex 16-inch by 1-inch thick mirror blank for $145 (+ shipping) from Swift Glass in NY (he thought he ordered plate glass). Unless I'm grossly mistaken this is an amazing price. E-mail me for details if this is of interest to any of you. -Rich __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Upcoming General Meetings of The Salt Lake Astronomical Society
by Lowell Lyon 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

Hello everyone: I have updated the SLAS website with information regarding both the August and September general meetings of SLAS. I am really excited about these two speakers and I hope to have a large turnout for both. Thanks!! Lowell Lyon, 2006 SLAS Prez.

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Fwd: Enchanted Skies Star Party
by Richard Tenney 01 Aug '06

01 Aug '06

--- "Jason C. Speights" <jspeight(a)nmt.edu> wrote: > Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:22:36 -0600 (MDT) > Subject: Enchanted Skies Star Party > From: "Jason C. Speights" <jspeight(a)nmt.edu> > > Howdy. > > My name is Jason and I am on the board that > organizes the Enchanted Skies > Star Party in Socorro NM. We are contacting > astronomy clubs across the > southwest asking if you would be interested in > attending this year's star > party. > > The Enchanted Skies Star Party is September 20-23. > We feature observing > atop Magdalena Ridge (Elevation 10,000 ft), lots of > guest speakers and > presentations, the use of Etscorn Campus Observatory > at New Mexico Tech, a > cowboy cookout, and dark New Mexico Skies. > > Those are just some of the highlights. For more > info, just check out our > website http://www.socorro-nm.com/starparty/ > > If you have any questions, please contact me at > jspeight(a)nmt.edu > > I'll see you there! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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