There WAS something like that in a little observatory not far from our home, fairly close to the beach as I remember. I think it was used to photograph missile launches from Kwaj. Ah, home sweet home. jb --- On Tue, 11/25/08, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote: From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Free Baker-Nunn telescopes To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 8:43 PM On 25 Nov 2008, at 20:34, Joe Bauman wrote:
Hummm. Would one of these be any good for SPOC? -- Joe
I didn't think so. But I mentioned it to Bruce. No interest. patrick p.s. Maybe in your backyard? Maybe it was the one that used to be on Kwajalein (http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19650075764_1965075764.... ). _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com