
AMAZING FULL MOON STAR PARTY!!
#51
Posted 01 July 2007 - 06:12 PM
Did Ralph know Robert Burnham Jr.?
#52
Posted 01 July 2007 - 06:20 PM

#53
Posted 01 July 2007 - 06:27 PM
Bonco
#54
Posted 01 July 2007 - 06:30 PM
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#55
Posted 01 July 2007 - 06:56 PM
Dan John put a super focuser on my Unitron yesturday !!!! cool
What would that be? Have any pictures and/or more information?
-JWW:
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Posted 01 July 2007 - 08:27 PM


#57
Posted 01 July 2007 - 08:58 PM
#58
Posted 02 July 2007 - 12:31 AM
The last scope on the field was Frank Grow's 14-inch fork mounted Newt. which he transported on a homemade trailer behind his pickup and camper. In this shot the scope is ready for loading. Among those helping Frank to load the scope was Leif Robinson, seen at right wearing a white sports car cap, standing behind Jack Eastman's Renault. Robinson is editor emeritus of Sky & Telescope magazine.
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#60
Posted 02 July 2007 - 12:47 AM
#62
Posted 02 July 2007 - 01:45 PM
This is the same mount design utilized by Clarke Harris and discussed in another forum thread, "Cave 12.5" F6 - Alika Herring Mirror," page 3.
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#64
Posted 09 July 2007 - 02:36 PM
Griffith Observatory, which had previously employed the services of Pons to refurbish its 12-inch Zeiss refractor and upgrade the planetarium's sound system, contacted him about the Goto offer. That is how Pons acquired that wonderful, old instrument and how it restoration to it original glory began.
The snapshots that follow show the state of the Choate house, dome and Goto refractor at the time Pons began the dismantling process.
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#70
Posted 09 July 2007 - 03:17 PM
Keith
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Posted 09 July 2007 - 04:32 PM

#72
Posted 09 July 2007 - 09:44 PM
I took your advice and did a little on-line research and believe I located Joe Choate, Jr. He's about Pons' age. I left a telephone message and hope he returns my call.
I also located the record of Joe Choate and his family's return from Tokyo on April 27, 1956 aboard Northwest Airlines. I'm attaching a copy of the air passenger manifest. I believe this was the trip when the 6-inch Goto was procured. I've found even more information, but it's not really relevant to this thread.
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#73
Posted 10 July 2007 - 10:00 AM
How in heavans do you find all this stuff?

#74
Posted 10 July 2007 - 01:35 PM
It's not that big a deal. It helps to be a retired investigator and an amateur genealogist.
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#75
Posted 13 July 2007 - 02:48 PM















I'm movin to the west coast!