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Many of us in classics have bought items from Brian Dewelles to feed our hobby. I reached out to this long-time CN member for our June restart, and he was kind enough to share this about his background.
"Like many I started young in the hobby. My first scope was a great one, an Edmund Scientific 4.25 inch newtonian. I was in sixth grade. I'll never forget coming home from midnight mass on Christmas Eve and seeing the big boxes and putting it together.
An early memory was from 8th grade when my dad somehow got tickets to the second show ever at the brand new strasenburgh planetarium in Rochester NY, my hometown. The show obviously impressed with its big Zeiss projector because later in life I would start my own mobile planetarium, performing shows all over Arizona. In between I worked in the photographic industry.
One other thing about that show, in the planetarium lobby before it was to be installed in the Observatory behind the star theater sat a brand new 12.5 inch cave newtonian with all the bells and whistles.It was a donation from Bausch and Lomb. To me it was like seeing a Lamborghini or Maserati for the first time!
My favorite part of the hobby is outreach. One of the best things I have ever done was becoming a VIP or Volunteer In The Park. For three years every summer I would spend a month doing outreach. First at Capitol Reef NP UT. Then Black Canyon Of The Gunnison NP CO. and Great Basin NP in Nevada.Truly the experience of a lifetime. The dedication that the Interpretive and Law Enforcement Rangers provide is amazing. The parks now are committed to dark skies as a resource and we all benefit.
Like most I have a lot of scopes. I'll be 70 this summer and it's funny but I've never really gotten tired of telescopes or the hobby."
Thanks Brian for sharing this about yourself,your background and outreach efforts.A 10" Criterion? Wow,what a rare scope.
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