home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: sci.astro
- Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!agate!boulder!ucsu!ucsu.Colorado.EDU!maytag
- From: maytag@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (MAYTAG CHRISTOPHER PRAY)
- Subject: Re: Refurbishing Observatory...surprise !!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.172956.11381@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
- Sender: news@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (USENET News System)
- Nntp-Posting-Host: ucsu.colorado.edu
- Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
- References: <142024.2B5E061C@paranet.FIDONET.ORG>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:29:56 GMT
- Lines: 22
-
- In article <142024.2B5E061C@paranet.FIDONET.ORG> Mike.Ditto@p0.f240.n104.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Mike Ditto) writes:
- >ruin a great piece of history!! If you would like a PROFESSIONAL cleaning,
- >please feel free to send the optics to me PROTECTED AND INSURED to the
- >Denver Museum of Natural History, Gates Planetarium. 2001 Colorado Blvd.
- >Denver, CO 80205. The staff astronomers and opticians would DIE to be able
- >to help you out on this wonderful project!
- >
- >Jamie! Please netmail me at mike.ditto@f104.n240.z1.fidonet.org. Thanks!!
-
- This is the kind of story that makes my head spin...imagine finding such an
- instrument! Ack! I wonder what the condition of the optics is currently...could
- be fantastic if the instrument had been taken care of before the observatory was
- closed. Wow...Mike - I live in Boulder...if you need any help (or just an interested
- observer, mail me! <G>
-
- -Chris
-
-
- --
- / christopher maytag / cis:76500,1205 genie:c.maytag / VOTE FREEDOM- /
- / boulder, co. / --------------------------- / VOTE /
- / 303.440.9452 / maytag@cs.colorado.edu / LIBERTARIAN /
-