[Lvas] GWU's new scope

[Fred Rayworth]

Roger,

 

Your drawings are true works of art. I hope some of that rubbed off on your students!

 

Fred


 


From: drivester at hotmail.com
To: lvas at lvlug.org
Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 21:15:23 +0000
Subject: [Lvas] GWU's new scope



 
LVAS,

Dr. Don Olive is very proud of the new Gardner-Webb University telescope. A 16-inch Ritchey-Chretien telescope with a Paramount mount. I had e-mailed about this earlier. 
 
The focus is electronic and if you look carefully, you can see that the focus is the movement of the secondary.
 
This was a donation to the University ... total value $50,000. I understand that Harvard has several...identical to this one.
 
I was able to do a class on sketching to one of the GWU astronomy classes this past Thursday. Don too, feels that we have to keep this ancient "art" alive. I was honored to have been asked. I thought it went very well...
 
Roger
 
 
  
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
    The moon and stars to govern the night; his love endures forever.   Psalm 136:9






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