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RVO Observatory was named after my father. Someone who is dearly missed and this is my way to show how extremely proud I am of my father.

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That's a great way to remember him.
In similar fasion I made recognition of my father who was my inspiration by naming Gold Mtn Observing Center in his honor and posting it on our Center advertising sign.

Rob(Thanks Dad)

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A great place for amateur astronomers, and ATM's to come and enjoy their hobby.

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/HomemadeRefractorTelescopes/ My homemade refractor group.

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Hey Scott,

Boy you have your own Observatory mega plex, cool,

Wasn't Tardis from Dr. Who?

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the pic was from last June's CN star party here, BEOTS.

Yep the Tardis is the Doctors call booth.

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Hi Joel,

Man Spoonsize sue is one talented dude.

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I named my existing observatory after the Spanish Land Grant of the area, Rancho La Ballona. Being a Spanish land grand, I figured the name should be in Spanish, hence "Observatorio de la Ballona."

There is also Ballona Creek, a small one-time creek now paved storm drain that goes through Culver City.

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I was briefly looking through "Observatorio de la Ballona". Where's Aguanga? I've never heard of it (and I grew up in La Canada Flintridge, so I'm familiar with southern California), although I do kind of know where Anza Valley is.

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Thanks for looking!

Aguanga is an unincorporated community about 17 miles east of Temecula on California Route 79 South. Its "center" is where CA Route 371 heads north from CA-79 toward Anza, Idylwild, Palm Desert, and Indio. It is about 15 miles up CA-371 to Anza and 45 miles to Palm Desert.

The Lake Riverside Estates Clear Sky Chart will get you to a map of the area. Lake Riverside is in the Aguanga post office zip code area. It's about 8 miles up the hill from Aguanga proper. That is where I am building a new observatory that has yet to be named.

Probably too much information for a simple question, I guess.

Clear skies,

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That's cool Peter,

Just imagine if you had 7 sisters,

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I have seven sisters, and my only brother, the youngest, has eight!





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..."Then the blue above grows darker and a million stars erupt
From the places where they hide throughout the day
Into pictures in the heavens even we cannot corrupt
And the vastnesses of time can't wash away..."Jeff Green

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That's cool Peter,

Just imagine if you had 7 sisters,

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I have seven sisters, and my only brother, the youngest, has eight!

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I was briefly looking through "Observatorio de la Ballona". Where's Aguanga? I've never heard of it (and I grew up in La Canada Flintridge, so I'm familiar with southern California), although I do kind of know where Anza Valley is.

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Thanks for looking!

Aguanga is an unincorporated community about 17 miles east of Temecula on California Route 79 South. Its "center" is where CA Route 371 heads north from CA-79 toward Anza, Idylwild, Palm Desert, and Indio. It is about 15 miles up CA-371 to Anza and 45 miles to Palm Desert.

The Lake Riverside Estates Clear Sky Chart will get you to a map of the area. Lake Riverside is in the Aguanga post office zip code area. It's about 8 miles up the hill from Aguanga proper. That is where I am building a new observatory that has yet to be named.

Probably too much information for a simple question, I guess.

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Looking at the map you mentioned, I see Aguanga's not too far from Mt. Palomar; you might even get a distant view of the observatory there. If you do, maybe your new observatory can be called "Observatario Vista de Palomar." Or just "Vista Palomario Observatory"--I don't know if that would technically be correct in Spanish but it would be less cumbersome to pronounce.

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Hi All,

Man I didn't know when I started this thread would be such a big hit.

I my not be ably to reply to all of you for a few days.

My mom is back in the hospital recovering from hip surgery(she's 88)
she had been in a local nursing
home and some how her hip broke and the took her into the hospital.

SO now I am running back and forth to the hospital
and I'll try to get back to you all when I can.

However please keep on responding top this thread.

Hey CSA do you think this thread should be a Sticky?

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Oh, dear. I hope she gets better; old bones heal with such difficulty when broken. Good luck to you and your mother.

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Looking at the map you mentioned, I see Aguanga's not too far from Mt. Palomar; you might even get a distant view of the observatory there. If you do, maybe your new observatory can be called "Observatario Vista de Palomar." Or just "Vista Palomario Observatory"--I don't know if that would technically be correct in Spanish but it would be less cumbersome to pronounce.

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The dome at Palomar is about 15 miles as the crow flies and is visible from my new observatory site. Here is a picture. The inset is a 2x magnification of the dome. There is a broad view of the mountain on my website.



I think your idea for a name is very good. I'll have to play around with that theme. It is also on the foothills of Cahuilla Mountain, so "Cahuilla Mountain Observatory" has been considered.

Thanks and clear skies,

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Mar Vista

Lake Riverside Estates

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Looking at the map you mentioned, I see Aguanga's not too far from Mt. Palomar; you might even get a distant view of the observatory there. If you do, maybe your new observatory can be called "Observatario Vista de Palomar." Or just "Vista Palomario Observatory"--I don't know if that would technically be correct in Spanish but it would be less cumbersome to pronounce.

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The dome at Palomar is about 15 miles as the crow flies and is visible from my new observatory site. Here is a picture. The inset is a 2x magnification of the dome. There is a broad view of the mountain on my website.



I think your idea for a name is very good. I'll have to play around with that theme. It is also on the foothills of Cahuilla Mountain, so "Cahuilla Mountain Observatory" has been considered.

Thanks and clear skies,

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Next time I come to Los Angeles and go hiking to the top of Mt. Lowe, a peak in the San Gabriel Mountains only about two miles from Mt. Wilson, if I can see Mt. Palomar, I'll wave to you! On clear winter days, you can see Mt. Palomar from parts of the Los Angeles basin; looking from Mt. Lowe or even driving on the I-210 from La Canada to Pasadena, it's quite prominent on the southeastern horizon, at least when smog doesn't murk the skies.

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Next time I come to Los Angeles and go hiking to the top of Mt. Lowe, a peak in the San Gabriel Mountains only about two miles from Mt. Wilson, if I can see Mt. Palomar, I'll wave to you! On clear winter days, you can see Mt. Palomar from parts of the Los Angeles basin; looking from Mt. Lowe or even driving on the I-210 from La Canada to Pasadena, it's quite prominent on the southeastern horizon, at least when smog doesn't murk the skies.

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A local has told me that he has seen Mt. Wilson and Mt. Palomar at the same time from a local hilltop. On a clear, dry day, that just might be possible.

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Mar Vista

Lake Riverside Estates

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