Southern_Nights at Yahoo! Groups http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/ Southern Nights Astronomical League Fire forces closure of Kitt Peak Observatory Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:40:26 GMT Robert Blake http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/609 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/609 Associated Press - July 15, 2009 10:34 PM ET TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A fire burning on the Tohono O'odham Reservation has forced the closure of the Kitt Peak Pensacola's astronomy club reaches 50 years Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:34:26 GMT Robert Blake http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/608 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/608 50 years ago Pensacola's astronomy club was started as the Warrington Amateur Astronomers Association---named for Pensacola's largest New director for local observatory Wed, 06 May 2009 15:47:27 GMT Robert Blake http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/607 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/607 Lowell Observatory names new director By DAILY SUN STAFF Monday, May 04, 2009 An astronomer and deputy leader of astronomy for the federal National Science The case of the missing meteorite Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:39:21 GMT Robert Blake http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/606 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/606 ... Meteorite lands back home By JOE FERGUSON Sun Staff Reporter Tuesday, March 24, 2009 For the last few years Tom Lynch has been using a 50-pound rock as a new Dark Skies news from NZ Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:24:55 GMT Robert Blake http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/605 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/605 Search the yahoo article to see the photograph: New Zealand town is in the dark ? and proud of it Buzz Up Send Email IM Share Digg Facebook Newsvine Do you like Dark Sky????? Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:47:33 GMT Robert Blake http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/604 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/604 Flagstaff is so astronomy oriented that a local band is known as Dark Sky Percussion. To learn more-search the net with "Dark Sky Percussion" as your search Old observatory gets new telescope Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:43:54 GMT Robert Blake http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/603 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/603 Bringing the stars closer to home The new Lutz telescope has energized NAU undergraduates and professors alike. By MICHAEL THIEL Arizona Daily Sun Thursday, The Great (and Sometimes Serious) Debate About Pluto Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:28:46 GMT Robert Blake http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/602 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/602 The Great (and Sometimes Serious) Debate About Pluto Jeanna Bryner Senior Writer SPACE.com 2 hours, 25 minutes ago LAUREL, MD ? The entrance to the debate The naming of Plutoids: article from ARIZONA DAILY SUN Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:44:59 GMT Robert Blake http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/601 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/601 Plutoid names in different orbit With Greek and Roman gods running short, the newest dwarf planet is named after a Polynesian fertility god. By ANNE MINARD Dark Skies: 50 year celebration Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:22:59 GMT Robert Blake http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/600 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/600 from: Arizona Daily Sun Dark skies at 50: All win Tuesday, April 15, 2008 Fifty years ago, Flagstaff adopted a pioneering outdoor lighting ordinance aimed at Bring your skates with you to visit the Lowell Observatory Dark Sky Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:11:41 GMT Robert Blake http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/599 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/599 Drive out on Lake Mary Road about 8 miles and turn left at the sign "Marshall Lake/N.P.O.I." N.P.O.I. stands for Naval Prototype Optical Interferometer which Re: Today show predicts rising sea levels frightening many. Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:48:34 GMT Spirit of the Night http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/598 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/598 Well, from in here Florida, at 60 feet above sea level, we can really feel for you guys in Arizona. Just don't expect us to help you with the moving... we'll Today show predicts rising sea levels frightening many. Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:11:03 GMT Robert Blake http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/597 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/597 The Today show just reported rising sea levels might amount to as much as 4 feet in the next century. This is frightening. Flagstaff, with its hills and A site I ran across looking for Mysterious signals... Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:34:16 GMT blackstar7us http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/596 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/596 Hello Laurent,thought I'd stop by and share a sight I found,but the story on how I ended up at this site. It started the other day when I cane across a bit of A view of the U.S. Naval Observatory from 40 miles away. Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:41:43 GMT Robert Blake http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/595 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Southern_Nights/message/595 Thanks for the kind words. I am sorry that the links were not to Meteor Crater slideshows--- parts 1, 2, & 3. At least they gave access to the photographs.