22 March 1992: Siegfried Jachmann uses 9" Alvin Clark refractor to show syzygy (alignment of 3 celestial bodies) between sun and Galilean satellites Europa and Ganymede. Actually it was the "Alvan" Clark. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Patrick Wiggins" <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 2:35 PM To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] On this day in astronomy
If that's true it needs to go in the SLAS History document. :)
BTW, for those who may not know, thanks primarily to the efforts of Ann Blanchard, there really is such a document:
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/slas/SLASPAST.PDF
patrick
On 01 Feb 2011, at 07:38, Chuck Hards wrote:
On this day in 1975, in an ironic twist, Bruce actually repaired a toilet using a part scavanged from an old equatorial mount.
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