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Article #4450Re: Perseids 'N' Packets
From: Leigh Palmer
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 19:25
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 19:25
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In article <pascalCBI8EC.C29@netcom.com> Richard Childers, pascal@netcom.com writes: > But precisely when the shower will reach its peak - probably some > time Wednesday night - is impossible to predict, said Andrew Fraknoi > of the Foothill College Astronomy Program, also executive director > of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. > > [ Those of you acquainted with the Bay Area astronomical scene will > probably better remember him as the germinator of Sidewalk Astro- > -nomers, whom built their own telescopes out of wildly painted > cardboard tubes discarded by carpet stores, and hand-ground their > lenses, then delivered them to unexpected locations for people to > be given the opportunity of seeing the sun or the moon in vivid > detail - bringing astronomy, as it were, to the streets. ] Those of us in foreign countries will probably think that was John Dobson. Leigh
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f824f,a1ec2788dce0b74d X-Google-Attributes: gidf824f,public X-Google-Thread: f74ae,a1ec2788dce0b74d X-Google-Attributes: gidf74ae,public X-Google-Thread: 110235,a1ec2788dce0b74d X-Google-Attributes: gid110235,public X-Google-Thread: 10fbd1,a1ec2788dce0b74d X-Google-Attributes: gid10fbd1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-08-11 12:40:13 PST Newsgroups: sci.astro,rec.radio.amateur.packet,ba.general,ba.singles Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!gumby!destroyer!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!newsserver.sfu.ca!astro.phys.sfu.ca!palmer From: Leigh Palmer <palmer@sfu.ca> Subject: Re: Perseids 'N' Packets Message-ID: <1993Aug11.192552.28009@sfu.ca> X-Xxmessage-Id: <A88E95CA760228F9@astro.phys.sfu.ca> X-Xxdate: Wed, 11 Aug 93 20:25:46 GMT Sender: news@sfu.ca Organization: Simon Fraser University X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d24 References: <pascalCBI8EC.C29@netcom.com> <246lq5INNa36@cronkite.cisco.com> <ELM.93Aug10002246@terrorism.berkeley.edu> <pascalCBKrtI.9Gp@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 19:25:52 GMT Lines: 19