I was extremely saddened to read in the April S&T that longtime ATM Ernie Pfannenschmidt passed away last November. The current Telescope Techniques article was written by him and published posthumously. (And it's darned good, I might add, like everything Ernie did.) Some of you may recall that Ernie and I shared the T.T. column back in February of '00. Editor Gary Seronik paired my "Woodshop Eyepieces" article with Ernie's "Homemade Barlows". The column received favorable reviews, I was too glad to ride on Ernie's ample "coat-tails". Ernie was a professional astronomer & optician during his working career, his first S&T article was decades ago, though the exact date escapes me at the moment, I was just a kid at the time. Please take the time to read the tribute Gary wrote in the April S&T, page 128. Ad Astra, Ernie. C. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools