[Chaos-l] Have vintage telescope will rehab

[Terry Crook]

It was great! One of our stalwarts observed 
(pardon the pun!) that Jayme's is nearly as close 
(<30' from Chapel Hill) as the Fearrington Boat 
Ramp. Even more important, it has much less light 
pollution (fixed and automotive) while still a 
good horizon, especially when the leaves are off the trees!

At 08:13 AM 7/7/2007, Walter Fowler wrote:
>What a great meeting we had at Jayme Hanzak's 
>last night.  12 telescope builders, tweekers and 
>techno-gizmo wannabes showed up wanting to be 
>part of this major restoration 
>project.  Hillsborough amateur astronomer Alex 
>Armstrong was a hit, telling us that he (and 
>many other) young teenagers lusted after the 
>"Criterion-style" 8 inch reflectors in the '60's 
>but couldn't afford one.  Now he was looking at 
>5 of them.  He told us that all 5 had to be 
>restored and that he would help us.  Let's get 
>started!  The evening being dark and fairly 
>clear, we drug out one of the 8 inchers as well 
>as several other scopes that just happened to be 
>in people's trunks to peruse/pursue the wonders 
>of the Cedar Grove sky.  All agreed that Jayme 
>had a nice backyard and a nice observatory.  We 
>also agreed that Jayme should have more meetings 
>at his house.  More about that later.  Thanks for coming, everybody.  Walter
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TaurusTerry in Chapel Hill, NC
35° 57' N  79° 02' W

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