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OT: Tonight, FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE--APRIL 14
by Richard Tenney 14 Apr '05

14 Apr '05

--- Jim DeGooyer <jdegooyer(a)science.utah.edu> wrote: > Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 09:03:57 -0600 > To: jdegooyer(a)science.utah.edu > From: Jim DeGooyer <jdegooyer(a)science.utah.edu> > Subject: FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE--APRIL 14 > CC: jdegooyer(a)science.utah.edu > > Dear Frontiers of Science patron: > > Reminder---The final Frontiers of Science lecture of > the year is > tonight, Thurs, April 14, 7:30 pm, featuring > world-renowned > mathematician Nancy Kopell from Boston University! > > Her topic is "Dynamics of the Nervous System: Do > Rhythms Help Us > Think?" See the official U. press release at: > http://www.utah.edu/unews/releases/05/mar/rhythms.html > > We sincerely hope you will join us for this exciting > presentation in > the Aline Skaggs Biology (ASB) auditorium. Free and > open to the > public. Call (801) 581-6958 for more info and/or > parking directions. > > -- > James DeGooyer > Administrative Program Coordinator > College of Science > 1430 E. Presidents Cir. Rm. 220 > Salt Lake City, UT 84112 > Ph. (801) 581-6958 > Fax (801) 585-3169 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Observing report from Rush Valley Tuesday
by Richard Tenney 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

Hi all, Four of us braved the cold Tuesday until frost crashed the party just after midnight. Transparency was so-so, the ground was perfectly dry, but the cold air brought very steady seeing, and the views of Jupiter's colorful festoons at 423x in the 16-inch (using my "new" $10 swap meet 6mm Celestron Ortho (thanks Patrick!)) were superb. For me it was also a very productive night; I logged 34 more Herschel-400 objects, all galaxies (most of them in Leo Minor, Ursa Major and vicinity) save NGC 4361, a PNe in Corvus (central star was easy). Highlights were NGC 3294, 3432, 3813, 3877, 3675, 3726, 3198, 3184, and 3556 (aka M108). 7 of the log sketches show pairs of galaxies, not uncommon in this part of the sky. The ground was nice and dry by the way, for any who might be wondering. Thanks Tyler, Daniel and Robert for the great company! -Rich PS, expect more lovely images from Tyler to be posted in the next day or so... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Personals - Better first dates. More second dates. http://personals.yahoo.com

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RE: [UVAA] Tuesday night anyone?
by Richard Tenney 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

Daniel, Tyler and I are definitely planning on heading out tonight; worst case is we don't stray far from the main Pony express road if the flats are too muddy (which seems a little unlikely) since there's so little traffic on it anyway; plans are to stay fairly late if the sky is good and we don't dew up. Rich --- daniel turner <outwest112(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > Rich: > > According to the weather station at Vernon there has > been a quarter inch of rain since noon today. That > dry lake bed will not be a very nice place until it > gets at least a couple of days of sunshine. Hate to > be a fair weather friend but this one scares me off. > It's snowing at the gravel quarry so I'm saving my > gas money for a better looking sucker hole. > > Daniel Turner > > > > > > > the only clear night we'll have this (new moon) week > is tomorrow (Tuesday). I'm thinking of heading out > to > Rush Valley (Pit 'n Pole) if anyone's interested, > and > it's not too muddy out there after today's > anticipated > showers. I know it's a weeknight and all, I just > hate > to miss an opportunity in the Spring when the > weather > seems to always be against us (that, and the fact > that > the vast majority of the remaining ~130 objects left > on my Herschel-400 list are galaxies in Virgo/Leo > Minor/Ursa Major/Coma B./etc.). > > RSVP if you're up for it. > > -Rich > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Messenger > Show us what our next emoticon should look like. > Join the fun. > http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest > > _______________________________________________ > UVAA mailing list > UVAA(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uvaa > > > > _______________________________________________ > UVAA mailing list > UVAA(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uvaa > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Messenger > Show us what our next emoticon should look like. > Join the fun. > _______________________________________________ > UVAA mailing list > UVAA(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uvaa > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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RE: [UVAA] Tuesday night anyone?
by daniel turner 04 Apr '05

04 Apr '05

Rich: According to the weather station at Vernon there has been a quarter inch of rain since noon today. That dry lake bed will not be a very nice place until it gets at least a couple of days of sunshine. Hate to be a fair weather friend but this one scares me off. It's snowing at the gravel quarry so I'm saving my gas money for a better looking sucker hole. Daniel Turner the only clear night we'll have this (new moon) week is tomorrow (Tuesday). I'm thinking of heading out to Rush Valley (Pit 'n Pole) if anyone's interested, and it's not too muddy out there after today's anticipated showers. I know it's a weeknight and all, I just hate to miss an opportunity in the Spring when the weather seems to always be against us (that, and the fact that the vast majority of the remaining ~130 objects left on my Herschel-400 list are galaxies in Virgo/Leo Minor/Ursa Major/Coma B./etc.). RSVP if you're up for it. -Rich __________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest _______________________________________________ UVAA mailing list UVAA(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uvaa _______________________________________________ UVAA mailing list UVAA(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uvaa --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun.

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Tuesday night anyone?
by Richard Tenney 04 Apr '05

04 Apr '05

According to this: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/slc/forecast/textproduct.php?pil=zfp the only clear night we'll have this (new moon) week is tomorrow (Tuesday). I'm thinking of heading out to Rush Valley (Pit 'n Pole) if anyone's interested, and it's not too muddy out there after today's anticipated showers. I know it's a weeknight and all, I just hate to miss an opportunity in the Spring when the weather seems to always be against us (that, and the fact that the vast majority of the remaining ~130 objects left on my Herschel-400 list are galaxies in Virgo/Leo Minor/Ursa Major/Coma B./etc.). RSVP if you're up for it. -Rich __________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest

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Jupiter tonight
by David Trevino 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

After a couple of weeks of rain and snow, it is nice to have some clear skies. If my calculations are correct, we should be able to see Io transit in front of Jupiter tonight, around 10:00 PM. The transit should last a couple of hours, and the GRS (great red - or is it pink - spot) should be visible around 11:20 or so. For about ½ hour both should be visible. Clear Skies. PS. Next Saturday (April 9) I am planning on going to the Pit 'n Pole. I'll be bringing some friends from the BYU Astronomical society. If any one wants to joins us, you are welcome. The more scopes the merrier. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Free Motor - Gone
by John and Lisa Zeigler 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

We had a huge response to our Free motor offer and have someone who will be picking it up from us. Thank you for everyone's willingness to help me clean out the shop. John Zeigler

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Free 2hp DC Motor - Come and get it by Saturday
by John and Lisa Zeigler 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

We are cleaning up the shop and I have an industrial 2hp Leeson DC motor I picked up for a large mirror grinding machine project that has now been canceled. The motor has a right angle industrial head and pneumatic clutch. This is a true industrial motor rated for the full 2hp output running 24 hours a day. The output is 0-60 rpm. The only catch - you need to pick it up by this Saturday April 2nd. This motor would be perfect to move an observatory dome or a roll off roof. This motor is FREE for the taking. Just come and get it. If there are no takers, it will end up in the landfill as I need to get it out of the shop before this weekend. John Zeigler

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Re: [UVAA] How to make a red night light
by Richard Tenney 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

Great idea, I'll have to try it. The red gel used for theater lighting also works well, but you usually need a few layers to make it dark red enough for reading charts with fully dark-adapted eyes. Thanks for sharing! Rich --- Sean Humpherys <seanh(a)morewebsales.com> wrote: > > Hello All, > > For anyone that wants to make a red night light to > use while star > gazing, here is an cheap way. Red plastic celephane > does NOT work; too > much white light still gets through. A thick, red > plastic cup works > perfect. Just cut the bottom out of a red plastic > cup. It works perfect! > If you unscrew the top of a flash light, there is a > regular, clear > plastic cover above the bulb were you can place the > newly-made red > plastic insert. You can buy a cheap flashlight at > the Dollar store. > > Sean Humpherys > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > UVAA mailing list > UVAA(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uvaa > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Check out Orem resident Tyler Allred's nice work
by Richard Tenney 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

Just wanted to share some of the spectacular deep sky images Orem resident Tyler Allred's been posting to the utah-astronomy list recently for those of you not on it. You can see his work in the gallery here: http://www.utahastronomy.com/album16 He's got some other nice images there (solar system objects, nature photos), and there are others at that site worth a peek. Enjoy, Rich __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/

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