[Chaos-l] Have vintage telescope will rehab

[Mark South]

I wish I could've made it out it there last night....  bummed!!!
Mark

Mark South
500 Market Street Ste. 204
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
http://web.mac.com/md_south

 
On Saturday, July 07, 2007, at 10:30AM, "Terry Crook" <terrycrook at earthlink.net> wrote:
>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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