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RE: Fellow amateur astronomer visiting Heber City, UT this weekend
by Gerald Kimber White 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

Hello Anthony, That sounds great! I probably won't get there until 10:00 or so but I'll look for you Saturday night. Thanks! And thank you, Rich, for helping me find some dark skies! Regards, Gerald -----Original Message----- From: Anthony Arrigo [mailto:AnthonyA@UtahSkies.org] Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 5:34 PM To: Richard Tenney Cc: Gerald Kimber White; Utah-Astronomy; UVAA; Don Brown Subject: Re: Fellow amateur astronomer visiting Heber City, UT this weekend Hey Rich Looks like you're in luck. Utah Skies will be holding a Star Party up in Park City on Saturday night (dusk till around midnight or so) Visit www.UtahSkies.org and follow the link at the top of the page for details & directions. Let me know if you make it there. I'll be manning the big scope. Anthony Arrigo Co-Founder of Utah Skies www.UtahSkies.org 801-232-6469 (Call if you need directions or get lost) Richard Tenney wrote: Gerald, I don't have observing plans for the coming weekend (my daugther's b-day is Sat.) but I'm sending this to our various lists in hope someone will be out with a scope and show you the local sights. Anyone? (Please reply to all so we can see if someone's going to be out this weekend, hopefully up near Heber or Park City). Let me know if you don't get a response and I'll try to make time for you. Regards, Rich --- Gerald Kimber White <mailto:Gerald.KimberWhite@RFBinder.com> <Gerald.KimberWhite(a)RFBinder.com> wrote: Hello Rich, I'm an amateur astronomer from Massachusetts who is a member of the Skyscrapers ( http://www.theskyscrapers.org/) out of North Scituate, RI. I will be attending a wedding in Heber City, UT this weekend and would like to try to catch a little of your dark sky on Saturday night, if at all possible. Does your club plan on doing any observing on Saturday night? If not, do you know of any nice locations in your area where I can do a little viewing with my binoculars? I look forward to speaking with you. Regards, Gerald ~~~~~ Gerald Kimber White RF|Binder Partners a member of The Ruder Finn Group Phone: 781-455-8250 Mobile: 508-369-8958 E-mail: gerald.kimberwhite(a)rfbinder.com ~~~~~ ______________________________________________________ Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/

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Re: Fellow amateur astronomer visiting Heber City, UT this weekend
by Richard Tenney 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

Gerald, I don't have observing plans for the coming weekend (my daugther's b-day is Sat.) but I'm sending this to our various lists in hope someone will be out with a scope and show you the local sights. Anyone? (Please reply to all so we can see if someone's going to be out this weekend, hopefully up near Heber or Park City). Let me know if you don't get a response and I'll try to make time for you. Regards, Rich --- Gerald Kimber White <Gerald.KimberWhite(a)RFBinder.com> wrote: > Hello Rich, > > I'm an amateur astronomer from Massachusetts who is > a member of the Skyscrapers > (http://www.theskyscrapers.org/) out of North > Scituate, RI. I will be attending a wedding in > Heber City, UT this weekend and would like to try to > catch a little of your dark sky on Saturday night, > if at all possible. Does your club plan on doing > any observing on Saturday night? If not, do you > know of any nice locations in your area where I can > do a little viewing with my binoculars? > > I look forward to speaking with you. > > Regards, > Gerald > > > ~~~~~ > > Gerald Kimber White > > RF|Binder Partners > > a member of The Ruder Finn Group > > Phone: 781-455-8250 > > Mobile: 508-369-8958 > > E-mail: gerald.kimberwhite(a)rfbinder.com > > ~~~~~ > > > > > ______________________________________________________ Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/

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Wolf Creek tonight
by Richard Tenney 03 Sep '05

03 Sep '05

If any of you are interested, the serious observers should be up at Wolf Creek this weekend. The forecast I looked at said tonight after midnight it should be clear up there. Also note that Steve Dodds (Nova Optics owner) will be up there all weekend with his 33"! I believe that's the biggest scope in the state. I just checked the udot website, and they said that construction crews will NOT be working in Provo Canyon over the labor day weekend. Rich ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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Observing report from Wolf Creek (Friday Night/Sat. Morning)
by Richard Tenney 06 Aug '05

06 Aug '05

Several of us believed the National Weather Service's forecast for "mostly clear" on Friday night, but it turned out to be "mostly cloudy" instead. About to call it a night at 12:30 with no apparent hope of clearing, Quinn informed me that Provo Canyon was closed. Ugh. Wondering what to do, I noticed the sky starting to clear (finally). It opened up for about 2 hours, from 1am to 3am, and I managed to get the last 6 of my summer Herschel-400 objects, all open clusters in the small constellation of Vulpecula. Two of the 6 clusters I observed were especially lovely. NGC 6802 is a small rectangular patch of faint stars that fade to "nebulosity" that I found very lovely in the 16-inch. And NGC 6940 is a spectacular (and I'm guessing often overlooked) open cluster that filled the eyepiece (115x) with over 100 stars, and would probably be wonderful in any aperture scope. All the clusters are in very rich milky way star fields. Good company and some new friends made it worthwhile in spite of the clouds. I just need to remember to bring a pillow and blanket in the future... Rich __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [UVAA] Wolf Creek Friday Night
by Olhomorto＠aol.com 04 Aug '05

04 Aug '05

Hi Rich, I'm planning to go up there Friday and Saturday nights. Mike Bailey

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RE: [UVAA] Wolf Creek Friday Night
by Griffin Louis A Civ 526 FSSG/GMFF 04 Aug '05

04 Aug '05

Rich - I'm planning on coming down to AF Canyon tonite and also plan on being at Wolf Creek Friday. After last week's skunking I'm hoping for some good weather, we got clouded out Friday night and rained out Sat. - there was a two hr. break at 2am on Sat night but I only used my binoculars as the scope was under a tarp and the scope cover and the electronics were a bit wet. I hope I can find you guys tonight, the directions are a bit skimpy :)I'll probably end up calling you if there is signal up there. See you tonight..... Lou -----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, August 04, 2005 1:10 PM To: Utah-Astronomy; UVAA Subject: [UVAA] Wolf Creek Friday Night I'm probably going to leave the scope in the car after tonight's star party (for the girl's camp in AF canyon) and head up to Wolf Creek Friday. Anyone else planning to be up there? Rich ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ UVAA mailing list UVAA(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uvaa

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Wolf Creek Friday Night
by Richard Tenney 04 Aug '05

04 Aug '05

I'm probably going to leave the scope in the car after tonight's star party (for the girl's camp in AF canyon) and head up to Wolf Creek Friday. Anyone else planning to be up there? Rich ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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RE: [UVAA] Star Party 4 Aug (Thurs) in AF Canyon (Girl's Camp)
by Wendy Madsen 04 Aug '05

04 Aug '05

I hope to be stopping by with my entourage in tow. We don't have a good scope, or a laser pointer, but we do have eyes, and ooohs, and aaahs. Wendy Madsen Biological Quality ICU Medical SLC (801)262-2688 ext. 5039 -----Original Message----- From: uvaa-bounces+wendy.madsen=icumed.com(a)mailman.xmission.com [mailto:uvaa-bounces+wendy.madsen=icumed.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Richard Tenney Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 8:03 AM To: Utah Valley Astronomy Association Subject: Re: [UVAA] Star Party 4 Aug (Thurs) in AF Canyon (Girl's Camp) Mark, I'm thinking I'll shoot for 8pm setup in the parking lot at the trail head. Sorry I don't have exact directions -- you turn in (right) at the Timpanookie (don't even know if I spelled that right) campground and proceed a hundred yards or so up to a large parking area that starts the trailhead to Mt. Timpanogos, if I remember correctly. It seems like it's a 10 or 15 minute drive up the canyon from the entrance, but I may be wrong about that too. Anyway, also be prepared to pay the entrance fee, though you may be able to convince the park ranger that you are only coming up to help with a star party at a girl's camp and they may waive the fee. I'll have my mobile with me if you get lost (assuming it works up there) 380~3331 Rich --- Mark Burns <markburns1(a)gmail.com> wrote: > All: > slight chance i can make this -- could you also send along directions, > approximate time scopes will be set up, etc.? Haven't been out in > Utah yet but been on the list for a year or so, hope to make it at > some point soon. --Mark Burns __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 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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Fwd: Star Party for Fathers and Sons
by Richard Tenney 01 Aug '05

01 Aug '05

Anyone in North SLC or Ogden that could take this one? Morgan/Porterville is a bit far for me! Please respond to Mr. Russell directly, but CC me so I know this has been addressed. Thanks, Rich --- Bill Russell <bruss(a)wfol.net> wrote: > From: "Bill Russell" <bruss(a)wfol.net> > To: <retenney(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: Star Party for Fathers and Sons > Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 16:13:20 -0600 > > Hi Rich, > I came across your website and was hoping you could > help me. > > I'm in charge of a father and son activity scheduled > for the evening of August 26th involving > approximately 400 men and boys (it's an > over-nighter). The outing is located approximately > 5 miles from Morgan, Utah near Porterville. We > would like to provide the boys with an opportunity > to learn more about the stars and astronomy. Are > you aware of someone or an organization that I could > contact that would be willing to provide a > presentation or demonstrate some large telescopes? > Any information you could provide would be helpful. > Thank you and please let me know at your earliest > convenience. > Regards, > Bill > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: RE: [UVAA] Star Party 4 Aug (Thurs) in AF Canyon (Girl's Camp)
by astrodeb＠charter.net 31 Jul '05

31 Jul '05

Rich, I may be able to make it. I'm thinking of seeing my allergist in Orem around that time but I'll have to check the weather and sky conditions. I wish I had the opportunity to look through scopes when I was a teenager. As I recall, last time we were clouded out there. Debbie > > From: "Lambert, Aaron" <Aaron.Lambert(a)Williams.com> > Date: 2005/07/18 Mon AM 10:54:01 MDT > To: "Utah Valley Astronomy Association" <uvaa(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: RE: [UVAA] Star Party 4 Aug (Thurs) in AF Canyon (Girl's Camp) > > Rich, > I would like to come but will have family in town that night. I have a green laser pointer that you could borrow if you want. I live in A.F. > > Aaron > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Richard Tenney > > Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 4:34 PM > > To: Utah-Astronomy; UVAA > > Subject: [UVAA] Star Party 4 Aug (Thurs) in AF Canyon (Girl's Camp) > > > > > > Anyone care to join me that night? I should be > > bringing up the 16-inch. Anyone with a laser pointer > > is especially welcome. > > > > RSVP! > > > > -Rich > > > > _______________________________________________ > UVAA mailing list > UVAA(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uvaa >

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