[AZ-Observing] Re: Pierre Schwaar's 65th Birthday
- From: "Wayne (aka Mr. Galaxy)" <mrgalaxy@xxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 06:46:52 GMT
15480 Empire Rd.
Benson, AZ 85602
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Wow, that is hard to accept that Pierre (Pete as I knew him in Tucson) has been
gone 12 years and that he would now be 65. Thanks for remembering a wonderful
and ingenious friend, Jenn and Tom.
Although Pierre didn't have much, he always had a bed for my wife, Arlene, and
I to sleep in when we came to Phoenix to visit my daughter, Kristen. I still
remember his binocular chair fondly and his Jovian time-lapse videos were
outstanding.
Despite the nearly full moon tonight (14/15 May), I was outside observing
double stars in Lyra. At 10:55pm AZ local time I sensed a bright, blue-white
light moving and knew immediately it wasn't a car going by. I pulled away from
the eyepiece as quick as I could and saw a nice approximately -10 bolide nearly
overhead traveling south to north through the keystone of Hercules. It ended
pretty much overhead so that I don't think anybody in Phoenix should have seen
it, but observers in the Sierra Vista/Tucson area probably witnessed it.
Beautiful way to celebrate Pierre's birthday.
Clear skies,
Wayne (aka Mr. Galaxy)
---------- Original Message ----------
From: "Jennifer Polakis" <m24@xxxxxxx>
To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "EVACONLINE"
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Pierre Schwaar's 65th Birthday
Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 15:39:30 -0700
Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my
pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet
no longer touch the earth. Ptolemy,c.150 AD
Pierre Yves Schwaar May 14, 1946 -May 6, 2000
Here is a link to John Stanley's AZ Republic story about Pierre:
http://members.cox.net/tpolakis/astro/schwaar_bio.jpg
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