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ASTRO: Stellafane people: John Dobson and Art C



 
 
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Old September 5th 07, 02:37 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.astro
George Normandin[_1_]
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My friend and star party companion Art C talking to John "You can't get
something from nothing!" Dobson.

.....and if you don't know who John Dobson is:

"May your Dobsonian Telescope turn back into a pumpkin at midnight!!"


John is 92 years old now, and a little frail compared to the guy I first met
in 1995, but then I'm not in as good a shape either! John claims that he
will live to 110 - one year for each Messier Object!

In 1997 John and I spent about an hour or so looking at some of my CCD
images on a PC. John was very interested and had lots of comments on various
objects, but my favorite comment was: ".....but if you want to know what the
Universe looks like, you gotta *look* thru a telescope!" Maybe that's why I
spend as much time on visual observing as imaging.

George N




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Old September 6th 07, 03:08 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.astro
Aidan Karley[_2_]
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Default ASTRO: Stellafane people: John Dobson and Art C

In article
, George
Normandin wrote:
John claims that he
will live to 110 - one year for each Messier Object!

Good target!
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Aidan Karley,
Aberdeen, Scotland
Written at Wed, 05 Sep 2007 23:43 +0100, but posted later.
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Old September 7th 07, 01:56 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.astro
George Normandin[_1_]
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Default ASTRO: Stellafane people: John Dobson and Art C

"Aidan Karley" wrote

John claims that he
will live to 110 - one year for each Messier Object!

Good target!


Every year they give a prize to the youngest and oldest attendees at
Stellafane. They usually exclude Dobson, but this year he was beat by a guy
who was 94 years old! He claimed to have been going to the Convention
off-and-on since the early 1950's. Last year I had a guy in his late 80's
show up at my scope and he even climbed the ladder for a few objects. I
expect my observing days will be long over if I ever make 80..... or
90......

George N


 




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