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by Patrick Wiggins 20 Jan '06

20 Jan '06

The following just went out in News but I'm posting it here too just in case there are UVAA members who do not get News. Patrick -- Patrick Wiggins NASA Solar System Ambassador to Utah & NE Nevada http://www.trilobyte.net/paw/ paw(a)trilobyte.net 435.882.1209 Free IMAX "Roving Mars" Sneak Peak One of the many fun things about serving as NASA Solar System Ambassador to Utah (and now NE Nevada too) are the occasional little treats that come my way (things like NASA printed material, videos and DVDs) which I get to share with a few people. But now I've an exciting treat that I can share will a few hundred people. I've arranged for a free sneak peek preview of the new IMAX movie called "Roving Mars". If you have not already seen the preview you can see it here http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/rovingmars . The 45 minute screening will be at the MEGAPLEX 17 at Jordan Commons next Thursday (January 26) starting at 9:00 pm. The theater is located at 35 East 9270 South in Sandy. Officially the screening will be on a first come first served basis but I'm going to do my best to make sure everyone who gets a ticket will get a seat (not the normal practice for most such screenings). Initially tickets will be available only to current members of the various astronomy clubs around Utah. If there are any tickets left by next Tuesday night I'll open it up to all. To request a ticket, please send an email to paw(a)trilobyte.net. Be sure to state which astronomy club you are a member of and if you will be bringing a guest. I'll then email you a PDF file which you will need to print out and take with you to the theater. Sorry, only one ticket per member, however, each member may bring one guest. I _think_ I've thought this through. I sure hope I know what I'm doing... :-) +++++

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Re: the sky, of course!
by Richard Tenney 15 Jan '06

15 Jan '06

Brett, Hope the weather cooperates with you -- you should really enjoy the sky down in Moab. I've CC'd the list here in case anyone is planning to be down that way to join you (...anyone...?) As to the Gegenschein, yes, I saw it quite spectacularly last spring in fact less than an hour's drive from my home out in the West Desert. Interesting photo of Venus. What equiptment were you using? Regards, Rich --- Brett Mensh <brett(a)mensh.com> wrote: > Hi Rich, > I'm an eastcoaster coming out to Utah to enjoy > the extreme darkness > around the late April new moon-- I'm actually going > down to Moab-- > do you know of any star parties down there, or > anybody who does > observing down there? > Have you ever seen the Gegenschein out there? > Check out this picture I took of Venus last week. > Brett > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Brett D. Mensh, MD PhD > > Research Scientist > Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences > Massachusetts Institute of Technology > mensh(a)mit.edu > (617) 452-4976 > > Instructor > Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation > Harvard Medical School > Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital > bmensh(a)hms.harvard.edu > > > Member, Board of Directors > Global Music Healing > www.globalmusichealing.org __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Fwd: Stardust landed succesfully, Titan flyby too!
by Richard Tenney 15 Jan '06

15 Jan '06

--- jane.h.jones(a)jpl.nasa.gov wrote: > Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 03:32:05 -0800 (PST) > From: jane.h.jones(a)jpl.nasa.gov > To: retenney(a)yahoo.com > Subject: Stardust landed succesfully, Titan flyby > too! > --------------------------------- Hello Richard Tenney, Hi everybody, I've been watching the Stardust entry on NASA TV for the past 2 hours. http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html jas all the news. Here's a recap of the successful landing. Times in Pacific time. January 14, 2006 9:57 p.m. radar (Nasa TV) show Stardust releases the Sample Return Capsule on schedule. January 15, 20061:57 a.m. Capsule enters Earth atmosphere. Track nearly over Oregon now and Nevada. And an image of capsule is on NASA TV. Several amateur astronomers report visual sightings in Nevada and northern California. OMSI museum in Portland Oregon is packed at 1 a.m. Wow! Did anyone else try to watch? Hold an event? If so report your observations here: http://reentry.arc.nasa.gov/registrationobservations.html 2:00 a.m. first drougue parachute opened on schedule 2:05 a.m. main parachute deployed on schedule 2:12 a.m. capsule landed helicopter "Vertigo" picked up the capsule signal on the ground 2:50 a.m.. helicopter "Vertigo" has located the parachute 2:54 Vertigo crew has located the capsule and landed 3:00 - 3:15 a.m. additional helicopters are on the ground or on the way to the capsule.3:25 a.m. Accordint to NASA TV, the capsule took a few bounces, and is being photographed right now. Next news - a press conference will be at 6 a.m. Pacific time or check the JPL or Stardust websites for the latest http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ Also later today, only 21 days since the last Titan encounter, at 12:49 pacific time January 15, Cassini makes its 10th flyby of Saturn's largest moon. Follow the news here http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm good night everybody! Jane Jane Houston Jones Senior Outreach Specialist, Cassini Program JPL - 4800 Oak Grove Drive, MS 230-205 Pasadena, CA 91109 Phone - 818-393-6435 Fax - 818-393-4495 jane.h.jones(a)jpl.nasa.gov http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Fwd: [Fwd: [OSP] January 15, 2006 - Stardust SRC Reentry Observing Campaign]
by Richard Tenney 07 Jan '06

07 Jan '06

Got this today from Mark Dakins -- don't know if there's anything new here, but thought I'd pass it along just in case... Rich --- Mark Dakins <mdakins(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:34:41 -0800 > From: Mark Dakins <mdakins(a)earthlink.net> > To: retenney(a)yahoo.com > Subject: [Fwd: [OSP] January 15, 2006 - Stardust SRC > Reentry Observing Campaign] > > Rich > > It seems likely to me that you and the slas folk > have already heard of > this, but just in case, pass this along to slas and > uvaa and anbody else > you can think of. It's a little too far away for me > to try to get to > this time of year, but I wish I could. > > > Mark > > -------- Original Message -------- > From: - Fri Dec 23 17:29:24 2005 > X-UIDL: 1ePXQJ7DL3Nl34h0 > X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 > X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 > Status: U > Return-Path: <osp-bounces(a)tire.patch.com> > Received: from tire.patch.com ([66.93.39.87]) by > mx-mastin.atl.sa.earthlink.net (EarthLink SMTP > Server) with ESMTP id > 1ePXQJ7DL3Nl34h0 Fri, 23 Dec 2005 20:05:29 -0500 > (EST) > Received: from tire.patch.com (localhost.localdomain > [127.0.0.1]) by > tire.patch.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1746857D2BA; > Fri, 23 Dec 2005 > 17:00:34 -0800 (PST) > X-Original-To: osp(a)tire.patch.com > Delivered-To: osp(a)tire.patch.com > Received: from mail.whiteoaks.com > (bdsl.66.15.94.96.gte.net > [66.15.94.96]) by tire.patch.com (Postfix) with > ESMTP id DA33457D261 for > <osp(a)tire.patch.com>; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:00:32 > -0800 (PST) > Received: from [192.168.2.101] > (bdsl.66.15.94.100.gte.net > [66.15.94.100]) (using TLSv1 with cipher > DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 > bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by > mail.whiteoaks.com > (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E6BE8F7A for > <osp(a)tire.patch.com>; Fri, 23 Dec > 2005 17:05:21 -0800 (PST) > Message-ID: <43AC9ECF.4050203(a)whiteoaks.com> > Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:05:19 -0800 > From: Jane Houston Jones <jane(a)whiteoaks.com> > User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 > (Windows/20041206) > X-Accept-Language: en-us, en > MIME-Version: 1.0 > To: Oregon Star Party <osp(a)tire.patch.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; > format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Subject: [OSP] January 15, 2006 - Stardust SRC > Reentry Observing Campaign > X-BeenThere: osp(a)tire.patch.com > X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 > Precedence: list > Reply-To: Oregon Star Party Discussion > <osp(a)tire.patch.com> > List-Id: Oregon Star Party Discussion > <osp.tire.patch.com> > List-Unsubscribe: > <http://tire.patch.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/osp>, > > <mailto:osp-request@tire.patch.com?subject=unsubscribe> > List-Archive: <http://tire.patch.com/pipermail/osp> > List-Post: <mailto:osp@tire.patch.com> > List-Help: > <mailto:osp-request@tire.patch.com?subject=help> > List-Subscribe: > <http://tire.patch.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/osp>, > > <mailto:osp-request@tire.patch.com?subject=subscribe> > Sender: osp-bounces(a)tire.patch.com > Errors-To: osp-bounces(a)tire.patch.com > X-ELNK-AV: 0 > X-NAS-Language: English > X-NAS-Bayes: #0: 8.02313E-180; #1: 1 > X-NAS-Classification: 0 > X-NAS-MessageID: 5254 > X-NAS-Validation: > {B8DD470C-8ACE-450C-9DE3-965C3F74A7A5} > > Dear OSP 2005 participants, I thought the most > efficient way to get this > announcments out to amateur astronomers and imagers > in the northwest was > to send it once to this OSP list, and ask you to > pass it on to the > appropriate astronomy clubs. Many of you are in the > Rose City > Astronomers, but you also have all those wonderful > connections with > clubs or club members in OR, WA, ID, NV, UT. I sent > this out myself to > the northern California clubs. I compiled this > information on behalf of > the Stardust Sample Return Capsule (SRC) Observing > Campaign PI, Dr. > Peter Jenniskens. > > Begin announcement > > Amateur observers and the general public may > be able to to view or hear the Stardust reentry on > Jan 15, > 2006 at about 1:56:39 PST (Pacific Standard Time). > > If you live in Northern California, Oregon, > Washington, > Northern Nevada, Southern Idaho or Western Utah you > should be able to see some part of this man made > meteor. > The closer you live to the trajectory, which runs > from > Crescent City California, and then through > Winnemucca and > Elko Nevada, and finally to Western Utah, the higher > in the sky > it will be. > > An airborne and ground observing campaign to test > thermal > protection systems in the fastest reentries since > Apollo and > probe the delivery of organics for life's origin by > measuring > the physical conditions during reentry is underway. > Here is > the mission website: > http://reentry.arc.nasa.gov/. > > The Stardust SRC (Sample Return Capsule) Principal > Investigator Dr. Peter Jenniskens has compiled an > informative > entry viewing page. On this page you'll find out > where the best > viewing spots are and also see finder charts for > selected cities. > There is also a registration page for interested > observers, plus > video and digital camera instructions page > explaining what is > required for imagers. Here is that page: > http://reentry.arc.nasa.gov/viewingforum.html > > If you are interested in participating, the team is > looking for video, still and telescopic observation > reports. If you > are interested there is an observation form, and a > list of > registered observers will soon be added here: > http://reentry.arc.nasa.gov/registrationobserver.html. > > The view from each location will be different, with > the > brightness falling off when the object passes by and > then is > seen from behind. Researchers are interested in > learning how > the light falls off when the capsule passes by. > There is interest > too in viewing the capsule pass in front of the > near-full Moon > through telescopes and, perhaps, see the hot air > wake expand > and move in upper atmosphere winds. > > If you have any questions, please send them to the > SRC > Observing Campaign mailbox which you will find at > the top of > this page: > http://reentry.arc.nasa.gov/ > > Jane, on behalf of Dr. Peter Jenniskens > > -- > Jane Houston Jones > Monrovia, CA > 34.2048N 118.1732W, 637.0 feet > http://www.whiteoaks.com > Old Town Astronomers: http://www.otastro.org > > _______________________________________________ > OSP mailing list > OSP(a)tire.patch.com > http://tire.patch.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/osp > > Change your list subscription at > http://mail.patch.com/mailman/listinfo/osp#subscribers > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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Fwd: Texas Star Party
by Richard Tenney 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

--- tsprooms(a)texasstarparty.org wrote: > From: tsprooms(a)texasstarparty.org > To: retenney(a)yahoo.com > Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:37:08 -0600 > Subject: Texas Star Party > > 2006 Texas Star Party - Sign up Now! > > The great tradition of dark sky observing continues > with the 28th Annual TEXAS STAR PARTY, April 23 - > 30, 2006! > > TSP WILL NOT BE MAILING A FLYER this year, so keep > this e-mail or print it out! > > 1. You should submit a Registration/Reservation > Request Form to ENTER THE TSP DRAWING before January > 14, 2005. This will provide you the highest possible > chance of being selected as one of the 700 people > who will be able to attend TSP this year. > http://www.texasstarparty.org/draw.html > > or fill out the Request Form immediately at: > http://www.alphadata.net/cgi-bin/forms/forms.cgi?form=3 > > READ THE REST OF THIS E-MAIL BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR > REQUEST. > > 2. Participants at the TEXAS STAR PARTY can select > from a variety of accommodations on the Prude Ranch, > including bunkhouses, private cabins, trailer > hookups, and campsites with convenient bathhouses. > All accommodations include access to a TV lounge, a > western-style dining room, and an indoor swimming > pool. And of course the convenience of the observing > fields! > > For rates and more information on ranch and nearby > accommodations please visit: > http://www.texasstarparty.org/travel.html > > 3. The TSP Registration Fee (DOES NOT INCLUDE your > accommodations ) is $50/person if you preregister > before March 25, 2006. (Each additional family > member is just $30 more.) For more information > about TSP Registration rates and policies, visit: > http://www.texasstarparty.org/tspreg.html > > The drawing for names is in late January, and if > your name is drawn you will get a TSP Registration > Form (and optional Prude Ranch Reservation Form) to > send in with your payments in February/March. > > SIGN UP NOW! > > Questions? Visit our website for the latest and > complete details! > http://www.texasstarparty.org/ > > We look forward to seeing you next April! > > Sincerely, > the volunteers for Texas Star Party > __________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/

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RE: [UVAA] Would like opinion, please!
by Griffin Louis A Civ 526 FSSG/GMFF 23 Nov '05

23 Nov '05

Ditto the Telrad, for me it is so much easier to use than a finder scope a definite must have. Also you might inquire about what eyepieces the Goggias have - perhaps use them as "Deal Sweeteners" -----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 Richard Tenney Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 4:15 PM To: Utah Valley Astronomy Association Subject: Re: [UVAA] Would like opinion, please! Dottie, A good choice for a serious beginner scope; 6" f/8 is a classic, and should yield great views. I would recommend you get a telrad type finder for it as well as the 6x30 that comes with the scope. It's another $35-45 but well worth it in terms of ease of use and mitigating frustration finding faint objects. Before you run out and buy one however, my neighbor was telling me he wanted to sell their scope (it may belong to his wife actually), and I think it may be the same or a similar model. You might want to call him/her and see if (s)he's willing to make you a deal (assuming (s)he still has it): Ken & Julie Goggia (pronounced Go-Juh) 785~8463 Tell them Richard Tenney referred you. --- J Waterreus <jwaterr(a)comcast.net> wrote: > Hi Everyone! > > We want to buy a telescope for our 15 year old > daughter for Christmas. > We've already been through two of the cheaper ones > and were very unhappy > with both of them. I'd like to get some opinions on > one we're > considering. We don't want to waste our money again > on something she > won't enjoy. If anyone has the time to take a look > at this and let me > know what you think, I'd greatly appreciate it. > > http://www.telescope.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=365&itemType =PRODUCT&iMainCat=4&iSubCat=9&iProductID=365&relateInfo=1&add=yes#tabLink > > Thanks for your help! > Dottie __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ UVAA mailing list UVAA(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uvaa

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stolen eyepieces alert...
by Darren Davis 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

Last night, I took my telescope out to look at the stars with some visiting friends, only to discover that the meade hard case containing all of my lenses had been stolen from my garage!! (along with several tools). It's been a month since last used my scope, so it must have happened during the past 30 days, probably between Oct 29 adn Nov 12 when I was overseas on business. I doubt that the average thief would have much use for a set of astronomy lenses, so I suppose he/she will attempt to sell them. If anyone comes across a complete set of Meade Plossell (yellow letters) lenses + a second 26 mm and 9 mm (blue letters) lenses for sell in an ad or pawn shop, let me know. One of the lenses has a very obvious flaw visible when looking through the scope, so it won't be too hard to identify if it turns up. Thanks, Darren

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Would like opinion, please!
by J Waterreus 10 Nov '05

10 Nov '05

Hi Everyone! We want to buy a telescope for our 15 year old daughter for Christmas. We've already been through two of the cheaper ones and were very unhappy with both of them. I'd like to get some opinions on one we're considering. We don't want to waste our money again on something she won't enjoy. If anyone has the time to take a look at this and let me know what you think, I'd greatly appreciate it. http://www.telescope.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=365&itemTyp… Thanks for your help! Dottie

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Franklin Elementary Star Party cancelled for tomorrow (Wed) due to weather
by Richard Tenney 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

The star party planned for tomorrow night (Wed) in South Fork has been cancelled due to current weather forecasts. We may try again in a few weeks; I'll let you know. Thanks for those that planned to help out. Rich __________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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Fwd: Telescope for sale
by Richard Tenney 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

FYI, this guy apparently has a boatload of medical bills to pay off, and said he's unloading everything he can. If you know of someone interested in such a scope, please pass this along. -Rich --- "Woffinden, John H." <john.h.woffinden(a)us.army.mil> wrote: > From: "Woffinden, John H." > <john.h.woffinden(a)us.army.mil> > To: "'retenney(a)yahoo.com'" <retenney(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: Telescope for sale > Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:52:23 -0700 > > I have an almost new (used only about 5 hours max.) > telescope for sale. > > > Nexstar 114G > Computerized 1000mm > Reflector Telescope > by Celestron > > (Includes tripod plus 10, & 25 mm lenses) > > ASKING $250 OBO > > Please call after 7:30 PM, M-Thurs or weekends > Fri-Sun. > at 756-9574 or at my office as listed below > Mon-Thurs 6:45 AM- 5:15 PM > > John H. Woffinden, PG > Geologist / Water Resource Manager > Directorate of Environmental Programs > U. S. Army Dugway Proving Ground > CSTE-DTC-DP-EP > (435) 831-3585, FAX -3563 > E-mail: john.h.woffinden(a)us.army.mil > > __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com

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