From: owner-utah-astronomy-digest@lists.xmission.com (utah-astronomy-digest) To: utah-astronomy-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: utah-astronomy-digest V1 #42 Reply-To: utah-astronomy-digest Sender: owner-utah-astronomy-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-utah-astronomy-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk utah-astronomy-digest Monday, April 16 2001 Volume 01 : Number 042 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 09:27:05 -0600 From: "Wayne Sumner" Subject: Re: (utah-astronomy) Swap meet/Sun party contingency plan This is a MIME message. If you are reading this text, you may want to consider changing to a mail reader or gateway that understands how to properly handle MIME multipart messages. - --=_570CB7C8.4829AC51 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In our OAS meeting last evening, we agreed that the swap meet would take = place even if the sun party did not. We hope others feel the same way. -Wayne Sumner >>> chuckhards@yahoo.com 04/13/01 09:23AM >>> If the sky is overcast, but there is no precipitation, will the swap meet take place sans sun party? Or will the whole thing be cancelled? =20 What's the plan? Thanks Chuck __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail.=20 http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ - - To unsubscribe from utah-astronomy, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.co= m" with "unsubscribe utah-astronomy" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - --=_570CB7C8.4829AC51 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: HTML

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- --=_570CB7C8.4829AC51-- - - To unsubscribe from utah-astronomy, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe utah-astronomy" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 09:27:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Chuck Hards Subject: (utah-astronomy) Sun halo For anyone in south Davis or north Salt Lake county, there is an intense 360-degree halo around the sun as I write this, 10:22 am Friday. This is a very intense halo, one of the brightest I have seen recently. The colors are easily discerned. The weatherman said clearing and warming last night, but Indian legend says we've got a big storm coming in the next 3 to 5 days...Hmmm.... Chuck __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ - - To unsubscribe from utah-astronomy, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe utah-astronomy" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 10:04:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Chuck Hards Subject: (utah-astronomy) Swap meet & bino brackets I'll have a bunch of the "Worlds Best" bino brackets tomorrow. Those of you who reserved them, I have them set aside (Deloy & Chris). Gary, have you had a chance to try out yours yet? See you all there! Chuck __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ - - To unsubscribe from utah-astronomy, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe utah-astronomy" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 11:08:38 -0600 From: "Wayne Sumner" Subject: Re: (utah-astronomy) Sun halo Yes, I stepped outside the office for a moment, and it is also quite = visible from Iomega's Roy site. Thanks! -Wayne Sumner >>> chuckhards@yahoo.com 04/13/01 10:27AM >>> For anyone in south Davis or north Salt Lake county, there is an intense 360-degree halo around the sun as I write this, 10:22 am Friday. This is a very intense halo, one of the brightest I have seen recently. The colors are easily discerned. The weatherman said clearing and warming last night, but Indian legend says we've got a big storm coming in the next 3 to 5 days...Hmmm.... Chuck __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail.=20 http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/=20 - - To unsubscribe from utah-astronomy, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.c= om" with "unsubscribe utah-astronomy" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - - To unsubscribe from utah-astronomy, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe utah-astronomy" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 11:29:21 -0600 From: Piqa Ravenheart Subject: (utah-astronomy) New Resource for Utah Astronomers! Please spread the word! The new Utah Astronomy Message Board is officially launched today! For those intersted in discussion regarding astronomy in Utah, and have web access, please visit the newly designed and presented Message Board located at: http://pub61.ezboard.com/butahastronomy This board is hosted by EZboard (www.ezboard.com) a reliable, well used message board service. If you have comments or questions, please feel free to post to the list, or post a message on the message board itself. You must be registered to use the board to avoid people using duplicate names. Registration is easy, free, and simple. The board can be used for buying/selling/trading equipment. Discussion of Star Party sites, photography, etc., is encouraged. As it evolves the format may be changed to accomodate those who frequent the boards. Please visit today! Thanks Cynthia =) - -- http://www.ilsikhaucil.com http://www.utahdogs.com ICQ#10306498 - - To unsubscribe from utah-astronomy, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe utah-astronomy" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 11:46:50 -0600 From: "Brent Watson" Subject: (utah-astronomy) Big Dob for sale? I have finally made the decision. My 22 inch is for sale. For those who = don't know it, it is a 22" f6.3 scope. It has a focal length oof 139.5 = inches. This is not a small scope! It has a thin mirror and the mounting = itself is heavy plywood with a cardbuard tube. Pointed straight up it is = about 14 feet tall, and weighs around 450 pounds, but can be set up solo. = The secondary is only 3.1 inches minor axis. It is a great performer and = easily shows those hard to find objects you've always wanted to see. It = even shows color in those faint galaxies! (Black and white - hey they are = colors too.) On a more serious note, this scope begins to show what the = pictures look like. I am asking $3500 - or make me an offer I can't refuse. I'd rather it get = used than gathering dust in the garage. I think its been out once in five = years. Brent 801-298-3680 - - To unsubscribe from utah-astronomy, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe utah-astronomy" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 12:50:37 -0600 (MDT) From: Daniel Hanks Subject: Re: (utah-astronomy) New Resource for Utah Astronomers! This is a great idea. I was wondering if it would somehow be possible to have posts to this list show up on the webboard and vice-versa. That way each individual can choose to follow the list via either email or via the web. I don't know if that's possible with EZboard, but just a suggestion. Just to plug another web resource, if anyone ever needs some free space on the web to put your pages, latest aurora shots, etc., I'd recommend http://northsky.org If you go there now, there's not much, but I'd envision eventually building some form of online community of astronomy enthusiasts. The site is built on the tools that power the free web page providers freeservers.com and 50megs.com. Basically you get 20 megs of free web space, and your own whatever.northsky.org subdomain as your address. There are lots of nice tools that make it easy to build a nice-looking web site. Ok, so this is sounding like spam already and I'll shut up. :-) But I just wanted to let people know of its availablility. Hopefully, when I'm a little less busy after this month, I'll maintain the front page a bit more and post news, amateur photos, etc. If anyone would like to contribute to the site let me know. Thanks for your indulgence here. I'll go back to lurking :-) Dan Hanks On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Piqa Ravenheart wrote: > Please spread the word! The new Utah Astronomy Message Board is > officially launched today! For those intersted in discussion regarding > astronomy in Utah, and have web access, please visit the newly designed > and presented Message Board located at: > http://pub61.ezboard.com/butahastronomy > > This board is hosted by EZboard (www.ezboard.com) a reliable, well used > message board service. If you have comments or questions, please feel > free to post to the list, or post a message on the message board > itself. You must be registered to use the board to avoid people using > duplicate names. Registration is easy, free, and simple. The board can > be used for buying/selling/trading equipment. Discussion of Star Party > sites, photography, etc., is encouraged. As it evolves the format may be > changed to accomodate those who frequent the boards. > > Please visit today! > Thanks > Cynthia > =) > > -- > http://www.ilsikhaucil.com > http://www.utahdogs.com > ICQ#10306498 > > > > - > To unsubscribe from utah-astronomy, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe utah-astronomy" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. > - - To unsubscribe from utah-astronomy, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe utah-astronomy" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 13:01:52 -0600 From: Piqa Ravenheart Subject: Re: (utah-astronomy) New Resource for Utah Astronomers! Dan, I don't know of anyway to have the email list, through xmission, be printed on a forum. There is a digest version, but it, also, is sent out through email. There is a way, on the ezboard forum, to check an option to have responses to your post be mailed to you. Otherwise I don't know of any way. The list and the board can be used together for different ways to contact people. Thanks for your support, I hope the board becomes popular. =) Daniel Hanks wrote: > This is a great idea. I was wondering if it would somehow be possible to > have posts to this list show up on the webboard and vice-versa. That way each > individual can choose to follow the list via either email or via the web. > I don't know if that's possible with EZboard, but just a suggestion. > Just to plug another web resource, if anyone ever needs some free space on > the web to put your pages, latest aurora shots, etc., I'd recommend > > http://northsky.org > > If you go there now, there's not much, but I'd envision eventually > building some form of online community of astronomy enthusiasts. The site > is built on the tools that power the free web page providers > freeservers.com and 50megs.com. Basically you get 20 megs of free web > space, and your own whatever.northsky.org subdomain as your address. > There are lots of nice tools that make it easy to build a nice-looking > web site. Ok, so this is sounding like spam already and I'll shut up. :-) > But I just wanted to let people know of its availablility. > > Hopefully, when I'm a little less busy after this month, I'll maintain the > front page a bit more and post news, amateur photos, etc. If anyone would > like to contribute to the site let me know. > > Thanks for your indulgence here. I'll go back to lurking :-) > > Dan Hanks > - - To unsubscribe from utah-astronomy, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe utah-astronomy" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 13:15:36 -0600 From: Piqa Ravenheart Subject: Re: (utah-astronomy) New Resource for Utah Astronomers! Dan, would you like a link to your site place on the message board menu? If so please reply with the URL again as I deleted your mail too soon. =P Cynthia - -- http://www.ilsikhaucil.com http://www.utahdogs.com ICQ#10306498 - - To unsubscribe from utah-astronomy, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe utah-astronomy" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 13:20:05 -0600 From: Piqa Ravenheart Subject: Re: (utah-astronomy) New Resource for Utah Astronomers! test, please discard - -- http://www.ilsikhaucil.com http://www.utahdogs.com ICQ#10306498 - - Visit the Utah Astronomy Message Board: http://pub61.ezboard.com/futahastronomyfrm6 To unsubscribe from utah-astronomy, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe utah-astronomy" in the body of the message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 18:08:26 -0600 From: Patrick Wiggins Subject: Re: (utah-astronomy) Big Dob for sale? Brent Watson wrote: > > I have finally made the decision. My 22 inch is for sale. Hi Brent, Will you be at the swap meet tomorrow? Patrick :-) - - Visit the Utah Astronomy Message Board: http://pub61.ezboard.com/butahastronomy To unsubscribe from utah-astronomy, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe utah-astronomy" in the body of the message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 18:55:15 -0600 From: Patrick Wiggins Subject: (utah-astronomy) Reminder and news Swap Meet & Sun Party Reminder A reminder that the OAS/SLAS swap meet is still set for tomorrow (Saturday) morning starting at 10:00 am in the parking lot of the Harmon's grocery store in Roy (5370 S 1900 W). The swap meet will be held even if the weather is bad. The Sun party, set for the same Roy location, will run from 11 am to 1 pm, weather permitting. +++++ /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ MIDDLE LATITUDE AURORAL ACTIVITY WARNING ISSUED: 05:10 UTC, 13 APRIL 2001 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ *** POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO HIGH ACTIVITY EXISTS *** VALID BEGINNING AT: 18:00 UTC ON 13 APRIL VALID UNTIL: 19:00 UTC ON 16 APRIL HIGH RISK PERIOD: 14 - 15 APRIL (UTC DAYS) MODERATE RISK PERIOD: 13 - 16 APRIL PREDICTED ACTIVITY INDICES: 15, 40, 50, 20 (13 APRIL - 16 APRIL) POTENTIAL MAGNITUDE OF MIDDLE LATITUDE AURORAL ACTIVITY: MODERATE TO HIGH POTENTIAL DURATION OF THIS ACTIVITY: MAIN BELT = 2 BELTS OF ~ 12-18 HOURS EACH MINOR BELT = 48 HOURS ESTIMATED OPTIMUM OBSERVING CONDITIONS: PRIOR TO AND NEAR LOCAL MIDNIGHT EXPECTED LUNAR INTERFERENCE: NONE PRIOR TO MOONRISE, MODERATE AFTER MOONRISE OVERALL OPPORTUNITY FOR OBSERVATIONS FROM MIDDLE LATITUDES: FAIR TO GOOD AURORAL ACTIVITY *MAY* BE OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY NORTH OF A LINE FROM... NORTHERN TO POSSIBLY CENTRAL CALIFORNIA TO NEVADA TO NORTHERN ARIZONA TO NEW MEXICO TO NORTHERN TEXAS TO OKLAHOMA TO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS TO MISSISSIPPI TO ALABAMA TO GEORGIA TO SOUTH CAROLINA (*IF* AND *ONLY IF* FAVORABLE SOLAR WIND CONDITIONS DEVELOP OVER NORTH AMERICA PRIOR TO MOONRISE). A MORE REALISTIC EXPECTATION MAY BE A LINE ROUGHLY NORTH OF OREGON TO SOUTHERN IDAHO TO SOUTHERN WYOMING TO NEBRASKA TO IOWA TO ILLINOIS TO INDIANA TO KENTUCKY TO WEST VERGINIA TO CENTRAL VIRGINIA. +++++ MARS ODYSSEY MISSION STATUS April 12, 2001 Due to a favorable launch trajectory on Saturday, flight controllers for Mars Odyssey have decided that they can postpone the first maneuver to fine-tune the spacecraft's flight path. All systems on the spacecraft are in excellent health. The first trajectory correction maneuver had been scheduled for Monday, April 16, but after analyzing the current spacecraft trajectory, spacecraft engineers have decided to wait until later in the cruise phase to perform the first maneuver. The navigation team is currently evaluating dates in late May for a potential mid-course correction. +++++ Please spread the word! The new Utah Astronomy Message Board is officially launched today! For those interested in discussion regarding astronomy in Utah, and have web access, please visit the newly designed and presented Message Board located at: http://pub61.ezboard.com/butahastronomy +++++ - - Visit the Utah Astronomy Message Board: http://pub61.ezboard.com/butahastronomy To unsubscribe from utah-astronomy, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe utah-astronomy" in the body of the message. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 21:45:13 -0600 From: "Gary Liptrot" Subject: (utah-astronomy) Sun Party I thoroughly enjoyed myself at the Sun Party today at the Harmons in Roy. Brent, where was your 22 inch that you are selling? You may have had some takers, money was just a flyin'. Although the public didn't come out in droves, we had a very successful swap meet and people trickled in the whole time to look at the sun. Old Sol would peek out from behind the clouds quite often so we all got to see through a variety of scopes at him. Doug Say brought the 18 incher from OAS ("BOB") and we had everything from binoculars to Dobsonians to whatever you wanted to checkout. Chuck Hards sold a couple of real fine looking scopes plus some other assorted items. I know of an ETX and some other high end items that sold as well. We all got some good ideas for home projects by looking at each others gear. We topped off the day with "advanced training" at the local Village Inn where a dozen or so of us swapped lies and filled our tanks. The OAS and SLAS are two great clubs and I like getting to know one another like today. Great activity everyone, thanks to Ziggy, Dave and their committees for putting it together. Gary Liptrot n7zi@home.com oops I've uncloaked, maybe now I'll start participating on the list more. - - Visit the Utah Astronomy Message Board: http://pub61.ezboard.com/butahastronomy To unsubscribe from utah-astronomy, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe utah-astronomy" in the body of the message. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 23:22:31 -0600 From: Patrick Wiggins Subject: (utah-astronomy) News From the Planetary Society We need everyone interested in planetary exploration to take action to help save the mission to Pluto. Despite evidence of strong public support, President Bush's new budget for NASA contains no funds for this long-planned mission. The budget is now in Congress' hands, and unless they act to add funds specifically for a Pluto mission, it will be cancelled by the start of the next fiscal year, October 1. If you want to help, please write to the chairmen of the congressional committees that authorize the NASA program -- you can easily do this by visiting http://planetary.org/html/UPDATES/Pluto/Committees.htm. Tell them you support the exploration of this last unvisited world in our solar system. +++++ Hubble Spots Mysterious Flash of Light on Jupiter A brief but bright flash of light as big as Earth spotted near Jupiter's north pole by the Hubble Space Telescope has scientists stumped. When the flare erupted, researchers were using Hubble to study an auroral oval, one of two permanent rings of light that glow in the atmosphere above Jupiter's poles. "The flare is far brighter than anything we've seen before at Jupiter," said Randy Gladstone of the Southwest Research Institute. "The amount of energy released is comparable to an atomic bomb blast." http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/jupiter_flare_010411.html +++++ Utah Astronomy Message Board For those intersted in discussion regarding astronomy in Utah, and have web access, please visit the newly designed and presented Message Board located at: http://pub61.ezboard.com/butahastronomy +++++ FOR SALE I have finally made the decision. My 22 inch is for sale. For those who don't know it, it is a 22" f6.3 scope. It has a focal length oof 139.5 inches. This is not a small scope! It has a thin mirror and the mounting itself is heavy plywood with a cardbuard tube. Pointed straight up it is about 14 feet tall, and weighs around 450 pounds, but can be set up solo. The secondary is only 3.1 inches minor axis. It is a great performer and easily shows those hard to find objects you've always wanted to see. It even shows color in those faint galaxies! (Black and white - hey they are colors too.) On a more serious note, this scope begins to show what the pictures look like. I am asking $3500 - or make me an offer I can't refuse. I'd rather it get used than gathering dust in the garage. I think its been out once in five years. Brent 801-298-3680 WATSONB@iomega.com +++++ Pioneer 10 falls silent in deep space after 29-years http://www.smh.com.au/news/0104/14/text/pageone6.html +++++ Submitted by SLAS member Bill Cowles Nimoy Donates $1 Million Star Trek legend Leonard Nimoy has donated $1,050,000 toward the refurbishment of the 66-year-old Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, the World Entertainment News Network (WENN) reported. Nimoy shot scenes for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home in Griffith Park and was quoted by WENN as saying, "By observing the sky and pondering our place in the universe people gain a new perspective on their daily lives. The observatory gives visitors that opportunity." - - Visit the Utah Astronomy Message Board: http://pub61.ezboard.com/butahastronomy To unsubscribe from utah-astronomy, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe utah-astronomy" in the body of the message. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 22:24:16 -0600 From: Patrick Wiggins Subject: (utah-astronomy) News, 15 APR 2001 Hansen Planetarium is hiring floor staff. Several openings now available. Contact Ann Ellingson at 531-4979. +++++ This picture of the largest sunspot group in a decade is a collage of images taken on March 27, 2001, at the National Science Foundation's Richard B. Dunn Telescope at the National Solar Observatory in Sunspot, New Mexico: http://www.noao.edu/outreach/press/pr01/nso.html +++++ M-61 taken this morning. Image #14 at http://planet.state.ut.us/slas/patrick/patrick.html +++++ Space Weather news for April 15, 2001 http://www.spaceweather.com One of the most powerful solar flares ever recorded (an X14-class explosion) erupted near sunspot group 9415 today, climaxing a two-week spate of X-class flares from that active region. The source of the explosion is near the Sun's western limb, so the blast was directed mostly away from Earth. That's a good thing because today's flare was nearly as powerful as one in 1989 that triggered the collapse of a power grid in Canada -- no such calamities are expected this time. A moderate radiation storm is in progress. - - Visit the Utah Astronomy Message Board: http://pub61.ezboard.com/butahastronomy To unsubscribe from utah-astronomy, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe utah-astronomy" in the body of the message. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 07:22:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Chuck Hards Subject: (utah-astronomy) Thanks to Swap Meet attendees & organizers I had no idea as I left my home in a downpour Satruday morning that the sun would actually peek out, and a couple dozen of Utah's finest amateur's would show up for what turned out to be a very worthwhile and fun swap meet/sun party. A little disappointed that no hydrogen-alpha views could be had, but that was minor. Thanks to our favorite "telescope hoarder" Scott Crosby for making another contribution to Chuck's tax and retirement fund, and to Aaron Barson for picking up my latest rendition of the "Weightless" refractor and mount. We had some great white-light solar views with this scope before Aaron spirited it away. The bino brackets sold-out, and although I said I wasn't going to make any more this year, if I can find more raw materials, I'll make another batch in coming months. Many thanks to the organizers from the Ogden and Salt Lake clubs. It was great to renew old acquaintances and put faces with names for all the new folks I met! Wayne, Dave, Gary (whom I met just a few days prior to the event) and Dave Bennett once again, who at least didn't have to drive quite so far this time! Ron, you didn't stick around long, I would have liked to chat a bit! Sorry that Brent and Rich couldn't make it. Good to see Siegfried, Bruce, Roger, Deloy and Karen, Scott, and Patrick, among others from SLAS. Again, it was a fun morning. Looks like we have an annual event on our hands. Maybe next time, we can hold it in Utah or Salt Lake county, since it's been north two years in row now. One thing I forgot to bring was an intended raffle item. Maybe we can do this at a future star-party; I have an unopened bottle of "Palomar" spring water, from, you guessed it, Mt. Palomar, Ca. It even has a little picture of the dome on the label. I thought we might raffle it off for 50-cents a shot, with the proceeds going to charity, or maybe the observatory fund. What do you think? Thanks everyone! Chuck __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ - - Visit the Utah Astronomy Message Board: http://pub61.ezboard.com/butahastronomy To unsubscribe from utah-astronomy, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe utah-astronomy" in the body of the message. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 08:32:01 -0600 From: "Brent Watson" Subject: Re: (utah-astronomy) Thanks to Swap Meet attendees & organizers So much for assuming bad weather. It was snowing at my house Saturday am. = Surely, the swap meet would not be held in weather like that, methought. = Oh well - next time. Brent >>> chuckhards@yahoo.com 04/16/01 08:22AM >>> I had no idea as I left my home in a downpour Satruday morning that the sun would actually peek out, and a couple dozen of Utah's finest amateur's would show up for what turned out to be a very worthwhile and fun swap meet/sun party. A little disappointed that no hydrogen-alpha views could be had, but that was minor. Thanks to our favorite "telescope hoarder" Scott Crosby for making another contribution to Chuck's tax and retirement fund, and to Aaron Barson for picking up my latest rendition of the "Weightless" refractor and mount. We had some great white-light solar views with this scope before Aaron spirited it away. The bino brackets sold-out, and although I said I wasn't going to make any more this year, if I can find more raw materials, I'll make another batch in coming months. Many thanks to the organizers from the Ogden and Salt Lake clubs. It was great to renew old acquaintances and put faces with names for all the new folks I met!=20 Wayne, Dave, Gary (whom I met just a few days prior to the event) and Dave Bennett once again, who at least didn't have to drive quite so far this time! Ron, you didn't stick around long, I would have liked to chat a bit! Sorry that Brent and Rich couldn't make it. Good to see Siegfried, Bruce, Roger, Deloy and Karen, Scott, and Patrick, among others from SLAS. =20 Again, it was a fun morning. Looks like we have an annual event on our hands. Maybe next time, we can hold it in Utah or Salt Lake county, since it's been north two years in row now. One thing I forgot to bring was an intended raffle item. Maybe we can do this at a future star-party; I have an unopened bottle of "Palomar" spring water, from, you guessed it, Mt. Palomar, Ca. It even has a little picture of the dome on the label. I thought we might raffle it off for 50-cents a shot, with the proceeds going to charity, or maybe the observatory fund. What do you think? =20 Thanks everyone! Chuck __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail.=20 http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/=20 - - Visit the Utah Astronomy Message Board: http://pub61.ezboard.com/butahastronomy=20 To unsubscribe from utah-astronomy, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.c= om" with "unsubscribe utah-astronomy" in the body of the message. - - Visit the Utah Astronomy Message Board: http://pub61.ezboard.com/butahastronomy To unsubscribe from utah-astronomy, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe utah-astronomy" in the body of the message. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 09:08:01 -0600 From: "Wayne Sumner" Subject: Re: (utah-astronomy) Sun Party This is a MIME message. If you are reading this text, you may want to consider changing to a mail reader or gateway that understands how to properly handle MIME multipart messages. - --=_4C17A0CF.0968EEA9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Gary, I whole-heartedly agree with your assessment of the swap meet/sunparty= . I only wish there were more and/or larger name tags to help me learn = the names of the great people who were there. I sold a 6" f5 equatorial = mounted Starsplitter telescope to Andrew Pratt for $380, and used $250 of = that to buy the ETX you mentioned. Andrew is the Davis High student who = has been coming to our OAS meetings, and the 6" f5 is his first telescope. = I hope he really enjoys it. I still remember how thrilled I was when I = got my first telescope from the Sears catalogue (a cardboard tubed 2.5" = f10 Newtonian reflector) when I was about 13 years old. Help me with the = name of the fellow I bought the ETX from. Was it Alan? Thanks to you and all who came. I wish I could have stayed for the = advanced training. -Wayne Sumner >>> n7zi@home.com 04/14/01 09:45PM >>> I thoroughly enjoyed myself at the Sun Party today at the Harmons in Roy. Brent, where was your 22 inch that you are selling? You may have had some takers, money was just a flyin'. Although the public didn't come out in droves, we had a very successful swap meet and people trickled in the = whole time to look at the sun. Old Sol would peek out from behind the clouds quite often so we all got to see through a variety of scopes at him. Doug Say brought the 18 incher from OAS ("BOB") and we had everything from binoculars to Dobsonians to whatever you wanted to checkout. Chuck Hards sold a couple of real fine looking scopes plus some other assorted items. = I know of an ETX and some other high end items that sold as well. We all = got some good ideas for home projects by looking at each others gear. We = topped off the day with "advanced training" at the local Village Inn where a = dozen or so of us swapped lies and filled our tanks. The OAS and SLAS are two great clubs and I like getting to know one another like today. Great activity everyone, thanks to Ziggy, Dave and their committees for putting it together. Gary Liptrot n7zi@home.com oops I've uncloaked, maybe now I'll start participating on the list more. - - Visit the Utah Astronomy Message Board: http://pub61.ezboard.com/butahastronomy To unsubscribe from utah-astronomy, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.co= m" with "unsubscribe utah-astronomy" in the body of the message. - --=_4C17A0CF.0968EEA9 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: HTML

Gary,

I whole-heartedly agree with = your=20 assessment of the swap meet/sunparty. I only wish there were more = and/or=20 larger name tags to help me learn the names of the great people who = were=20 there. I sold a 6" f5 equatorial mounted Starsplitter telescope to = Andrew=20 Pratt for $380, and used $250 of that to buy the ETX you mentioned. = Andrew=20 is the Davis High student who has been coming to our OAS meetings, and the = 6" f5=20 is his first telescope. I hope he really enjoys it. I still = remember=20 how thrilled I was when I got my first telescope from the Sears catalogue = (a=20 cardboard tubed 2.5" f10 Newtonian reflector) when I was about 13 years=20 old. Help me with the name of the fellow I bought the ETX from. = Was=20 it Alan?

Thanks to you and all who = came. =20 I wish I could have stayed for the advanced training. -Wayne=20 Sumner

>>> n7zi@home.com 04/14/01 09:45PM=20 >>>
I thoroughly enjoyed myself at the Sun Party today at = the=20 Harmons in Roy.
Brent, where was your 22 inch that you are selling? = ; You=20 may have had some
takers, money was just a flyin'. Although the = public=20 didn't come out in
droves, we had a very successful swap meet and = people=20 trickled in the whole
time to look at the sun. Old Sol would peek = out=20 from behind the clouds
quite often so we all got to see through a = variety of=20 scopes at him. Doug
Say brought the 18 incher from OAS ("BOB") = and we=20 had everything from
binoculars to Dobsonians to whatever you wanted = to=20 checkout. Chuck Hards
sold a couple of real fine looking scopes = plus=20 some other assorted items. I
know of an ETX and some other high = end=20 items that sold as well. We all got
some good ideas for home = projects=20 by looking at each others gear. We topped
off the day with = "advanced=20 training" at the local Village Inn where a dozen
or so of us swapped = lies and=20 filled our tanks. The OAS and SLAS are two
great clubs and I = like=20 getting to know one another like today.

Great activity everyone, = thanks=20 to Ziggy, Dave and their committees for
putting it together.

Gary= =20 Liptrot
n7zi@home.com

oops I've uncloaked, maybe now I'll = start=20 participating on the list more.

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- --=_4C17A0CF.0968EEA9-- - - Visit the Utah Astronomy Message Board: http://pub61.ezboard.com/butahastronomy To unsubscribe from utah-astronomy, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe utah-astronomy" in the body of the message. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 21:22:33 -0600 From: Patrick Wiggins Subject: (utah-astronomy) Duplicate postings Greetings, The subject of multiple postings of planetarium releases has popped up again. Many people are receiving duplicate postings as a result of their membership in one of the astronomy clubs in Utah and as a subscriber here. So, to keep the bandwidth to a minimum I'll stick with posting general planetarium releases only to club members (OAS, SLAS, UVAA, etc.). Sorry, Patrick - - Visit the Utah Astronomy Message Board: http://pub61.ezboard.com/butahastronomy To unsubscribe from utah-astronomy, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe utah-astronomy" in the body of the message. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 22:05:50 -0600 From: "Gary Liptrot" Subject: RE: (utah-astronomy) Duplicate postings Patrick, That was fast, I just composed a letter to this regard and you sent this. Disregard my request to be dropped from the Planetarium list if you are going to split the information sent to each one. Do me a favor then, please make sure the Planetarium listing is changed from: n7zi@arrl.net (delete) n7zi@home.net (add) 73 es CUL de n7zi Gary Liptrot n7zi@home.net - -----Original Message----- From: owner-utah-astronomy@lists.xmission.com [mailto:owner-utah-astronomy@lists.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 9:23 PM To: utah astronomy listserve Subject: (utah-astronomy) Duplicate postings Greetings, The subject of multiple postings of planetarium releases has popped up again. Many people are receiving duplicate postings as a result of their membership in one of the astronomy clubs in Utah and as a subscriber here. So, to keep the bandwidth to a minimum I'll stick with posting general planetarium releases only to club members (OAS, SLAS, UVAA, etc.). Sorry, Patrick - - Visit the Utah Astronomy Message Board: http://pub61.ezboard.com/butahastronomy To unsubscribe from utah-astronomy, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe utah-astronomy" in the body of the message. - - Visit the Utah Astronomy Message Board: http://pub61.ezboard.com/butahastronomy To unsubscribe from utah-astronomy, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe utah-astronomy" in the body of the message. ------------------------------ End of utah-astronomy-digest V1 #42 *********************************** - To unsubscribe to $LIST, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe $LIST" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.