[AZ-Observing] Re: Heaven on earth
- From: "Jack Jones" <Telescoper@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:24:38 -0700
RE: "...he rarely looks through the eyepieces. He has seen all they have to
show. "It's virtually impossible to entertain me at a star party," he says.
Happily, I found this not to be true at the Grand Canyon SP this year. He does
get bored and cantankerous at times, which many attribute to his age, but this
June at GCSP, either we did the impossible or he was in a very good mood, as
he was all but ebullient in going around and seeing all there was to see and
looking thru telescopes, even tho it was quite windy most of the time. He
climbed the ladder at my 20" and got a thorough look at Jupiter. "What a show!
What a show!" he exclaimed after viewing it, and then told me a story about
his hat. But, wish #1, I coulda gotten him to sign my telescope and forgot,
and #2, I coulda had my tape recorder on to record the story, but it was in
the truck.
Jack Jones
Public Events Coordinator
Saguaro Astronomy Club
Phoenix AZ
Telescoper@xxxxxxx
www.saguaroastro.org
> This story was sent to you by: Greg Askins
>
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> Heaven on earth
> --------------------
>
> John Dobson, the high priest of amateur astronomy, stays true to his
calling.
>
> By Hugo Martin
> Times Staff Writer
>
> August 30 2005
>
> Monmouth, Ore. -- John Dobson fumes while shuffling between half a dozen
homemade telescopes arrayed across a yard like cannons.
>
> The complete article can be viewed at:
> http://www.latimes.com/travel/outdoors/la-os-dobson30aug30,1,3411545.story
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