I received this message from David Proctor in Canada. Do any of you recognize the telescope in the attached photo, or know the name? Tom > From: "David A. Rodger" <darodger@xxxxxxx> > To: <tpolakis@xxxxxxx> > Subject: What happened to the Proctor refractor? > Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:20:44 -0700 > > > My wife, Sharon Proctor, was born (1939) and raised in Phoenix. Her father, > Ralph C. Proctor, was a well-known photographer whose photos of the Arizona > desert and cactus flowers were widely published in Arizona Highways and > elsewhere. While Sharon was growing up, her father was also a keen amateur > astronomer, and built/assembled and used a six-inch refractor. Back then, in > the late 1940's and early 1950's, their home, a one-story adobe house on > East Coronado, near Good Samaritan Hospital, was at the edge of town. Hard > to believe, given that it's now "inner city." > > > > Sharon tells me that her father suddenly gave the telescope away. She has no > idea why or to whom, since she was at the University of Arizona in Tucson by > then. > > > > We have no way of knowing whether it even exists today. But it would be > interesting to see if any of your members might recognize it. A photo of > Ralph (who died in 1985) and his telescope is attached. > > > > Naturally I'm personally intrigued because like Ralph, I'm an amateur > astronomer, and I have four refractors (TeleVue NP-127, Orion EON-120, Orion > 100 ED and a Lunt solar scope. Was it coincidence that Sharon would marry an > amateur astronomer? > > > > Thanks, Tom. > > > > David > > > > David A. Rodger, > > Founding Director, > > HR MacMillan Planetarium, > > Vancouver, BC > > Home address: > > #14 - 251 West 14th Street, > > NORTH VANCOUVER, BC V7M 1P4 > > 604-986-0836 > > darodger@xxxxxxx > > > > >
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