Your Dad is certainly a great guy! He retired from SDL right around the same time as I started (I'm pretty sure that's a coincidence <g>). I had him over to my observatory awhile ago - but I need to get back together with him now that the weather is starting to warm up a bit. How does he like his new observatory in Smithfield? Clear skies, Dale Hooper (Hyde Park) -----Original Message----- By way of background, I grew up in Cache Valley, in the town of Richmond, Utah. My father (Glenn Allred) worked for Space Dynamics Laboratory at Utah State University, and was/is an avid amateur astronomer. I was lucky enough to have a roll-off roof observatory with a C-14 on a pier mount located in my back yard, when I was growing up. I didn't realize, until later, how spoiled I was as a youth! I have always loved astronomy. Cheers, Tyler _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com