[AZ-Observing] Re: Omega Centauri Tales; (was: The Idiot)
- From: "Bob Erdmann at ngcic.org" <bobe@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 05:58:29 -0700
Gene,
>
> O.K., gotta chime in here with my Omega Centauri story (I think every
amateur
> astronomer in AZ has one!) I was privileged some years ago to be able to
observe
> with Jeff Shaffer's 24 inch Newt/Cass fork-mounted reflector when it was
> originally located north of Prescott (at a place called Hootnanny Holler,
> honest!).
It is a small world! I was just up at Hootnanny Holler (west off Williamson
road) yesterday looking at week-end getaways. There's also Corn Squeezings
lane, and Jug Handle Road up in that area as well :-) I would have never
believed it if I hadn't seen it!
/Bob
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endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us
to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei
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