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chuck webb
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Date Posted: 09:04:21 02/24/03 Mon
In reply to:
Paul G
's message, "Ginna comes to the FVAS for a Visit." on 01:06:38 02/22/03 Sat
What other organization, let alone astronomy club, would go to such trouble to make an almost 80 year old lady feel so welcome???
She will feel wealthy as a result of her trip here, and the rest of her life enhanced by the experience, i have no doubt.i for one feel blessed to be part of fvas. thanks for the leadership as always Paul.
I went out and shot jupiter last night in the backyard. rather frustrating.The neighbour two doors down, had their backyard lights on , huge lights, encroaching on the space in my back yard. the planets were blurry to say the least. The belt had come off the primary on the obsession at the beginning of the evening. Luckily it was a quick fix and a more permanent fix than before i think. Had to remove the counterweights to get the nut tightening down. Then twice i had to tweak the collimation. Still the camera did not really want to come into sharp focus. Saturn was even more difficult. Still , i have used astrostack to load the images (about twelve of them, and then paint shop pro to fiddle with contrast and clarify). Not too bad considering the effort.
Paul can i attach am image to an email such as this. if so, how?
i will try again soon. anyone go the park this weekend?
>As most of you will probably recall, I recieved a
>donation and card from a very young 79 year old gal
>"Ginna" who sent us a donation of $10 dollars as
>support for our efforts here.
>
>Wellll!! It would seem she is coming all the way from
>San FranCisco to visit with us. She has already made
>her reservations at the Ramada Inn in Abbotsford. She
>will be here on the 29th of March..Saturday and
>Sunday..
>
>It is MY HOPE, that the weather will be GREAT...and we
>as a Group can take her on a whirl wind tour of the
>Night Sky.
>She has only looked through a telescope once! Some 40
>years ago and has been in love with Telescopes ever
>since..but could never afford to have one.....and 40
>years ago she saw Saturn for the very first time, in
>pretty much the same position it is now. So with that
>said and if the weather co-operates, I am asking all
>of you who can come out to the park on the 29th to be
>there and give this wonderful lady a memory she will
>not soon forget!!!
>
>I must say this, I get alot of email from people that
>have visited with us in the past, yet their lives do
>not allow them the luxury of joining, or coming out to
>the club's functions regularly...but what they do say
>is ... How wonderful everyone was, how helpful and how
>warm the reception was.. and in closeing how much fun
>they had. And to me that is absolute CORE of this
>club... and you should all be proud of the good that
>you do!! This isn't just about Telescopes and
>Eyepieces...this is also about People, Good people
>having some good times!! Good On Ya!!
>
>I've also promised to build Ginna a Bino Box for her
>15X70 binoculars...and Bill Bixby is sending up some
>First Surface mirrors for free to accomplish the
>task....the only thing he charged Ginna for was the
>shipping. 10 bux...
>
>At anyrate, as I said before....let's rock her world!!!
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