FreeLists / az-observing / [AZ-Observing] Re: Sad News about Peter Manly, 1945-2007

[gene lucas <geneluca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In his later years, Peter published two science fantasy books,  "Dragon 
Three-Two-Niner", and "Asterisms", as well writing or co-authoring a 
number of Sci-Fi short stories, and articles, including some on flying 
for Arizona Flyways magazine.  His two successful books on telescopes 
are both widely quoted and still available.
He developed a successful video time inserter that synchronizes against 
WWV radio time signals, which is still in productive use for marking and 
analyzing occultation tapes.
He was President of the Saguaro Astronomy Clubin the 1980s; and helped 
organize a number of occultation observing "expeditions".
Gene
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Jeff Hopkins wrote:

>Very sorry to hear about Peter.
>
>I knew him well back in the IAPPP days. Last I knew he was writing 
>science fiction and doing well with it.
>
>Jeff
>
>At 22:04 -0700 08/02/2007, gene lucas wrote:
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>>I have learned that Peter L. Manly, active in SAC during the 1980s,
>>passed away last Friday at the VA hospital in Phoenix, after a long
>>illness. Captain Manly served and flew in the USAF in Vietnam; later
>>working on the Air Force GEODSS satellite tracking telescope program;
>>and then for NASA on the Kuiper Airborne Observatory.  He was active in
>>the San Jose Astronomy Association, before moving to Phoenix.  He took
>>part in several solar eclipse expeditions.  Peter was a pioneer in video
>>astronomy, for occultation timing and eclipses.  Along with several
>>other SAC members, we did a series of programs featuring live broadcasts
>>of Halley's Comet on Channel 8 KAET TV at ASU in 1985-86.  He was a
>>member of the IAPPP photometry organization, and IOTA, the International
>>Occultation Timing Association.  He published a number of magazine
>>articles on astronomy, and two books, "Unusual Telescopes" and "The
>>20-cm Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope", both still widely available.  In
>>later years, Peter wrote and published two science fantasy books and a
>>number of science fiction stories and was active in the SF writers
>>groups in Arizona.
>>
>>A wake is planned in Scottsdale on August 10th.  Please contact me off
>>line for details and to RSVP to the hosts.
>>
>>Gene Lucas
>>(480) 837-3718
>>geneluca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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