[AZ-Observing] Re: Evred Kreimer
- From: "Wayne (aka Mr. Galaxy)" <mrgalaxy@xxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:36:53 GMT
Benson, AZ 85602
hm ph: 520-586-2244 Thanks, Gene. I'm glad to hear Evered is still among the
living. How old is he? I always admired his astrophotography and always had
misgivings about Mallas' drawings!
Clear skies,
Wayne (aka Mr. Galaxy)
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From: Gene Lucas <geneluca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Evred Kreimer
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:48:18 -0700
Greetings,
FWIW, Evred Kreimer's observatory, housing a 12.5 inch Cave Astrola
Newtonian reflector, was situated on a ridgeline west and overlooking
Prescott, at fairly high elevation. That is where he did most of his
pioneering cold-camera photography. (See Mallas and Kreimer, "The
Messier Album".) Evred also did some astrophotography with Dick and
Helen Lines at the first dome in Mayer. Which originally housed a 16
inch f:7 Newtonian, later a 20 inch -- both sets of optics were ground
and polished by hand by the Lines. They successfully did a great deal of
photography and variable star photometry there. (Gary Frey evidently
replaced the mirror in the Lines 20 with new optics.)
But Evred is now fully "retired" and living in North Phoenix. He sold
off the telescope, dome and trailer in Prescott a few years ago. I
visited with him at Dr. Keith Parizek's home and dome in Rio Verde about
two years ago -- he was still hale and healthy... contrary to a naive
report published in the Sacramento Valley Astro Club Newsletter about 6
years ago (!!)
Gene Lucas
NB, I have some of those "Piled Higher and Deeper" opinions, too....
used to make a pretty good living correcting papers on PhDs... hehehe
On 9/19/2011 2:59 PM, Stan Gorodenski wrote:
> Wayne,
> Too bad we couldn't connect. I am in Dewey. You cannot see the
> observatory from the road except for a narrow view between two hills.
> Even then, you would not know it is an observatory because it is about 4
> miles from Hwy 69. The one dome in Mayer belonged to Dick Lines. When
> Gary Frey bought the property he put the second dome up. I believe it
> also holds a 20".
> Stan
>
Wayne Johnson wrote:
>>Hi Stan, We were just in the Prescott area over the weekend and we must have
>>passed your place while on Hwy 69. Are you in Dewey or is that your place in
>>Mayer with two domes? I know the Lines' and Evered Kreimer used to live
>>there, too.
Clear skies,
Wayne (aka Mr. Galaxy)<
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