Re: [Utah-astronomy] SLAS History Thank you Ann B
I'll third that!! I've just spent about an hour reading through Ann's history, and found it wonderfully engrossing. Although I was an official SLAS member for only a few years (I've never actually lived in SLC), I remember fondly the meetings I attended at the Hanson Planetarium with Brent Watson. You'd have to check with Brent to be sure, but I seem to recall that several SLAS members were involved with the Evans & Sutherland Digistar project that Brent and I worked on in the early 1980's. I helped Brent do a presentation of Digistar at RTMC that several SLAS members also witnessed, that received a rousing ovation and was hailed as the future of planetarium projectors! By the way, work is proceeding, albeit at a snail's pace, on the Northridge High School roll-off roof observatory. The cinderblock walls are complete, the cement work around the building is complete, and I'm told the welding for the guide rails for the roll-off roof is scheduled for next week. Perhaps next spring???? I've been telling people that this will be the first high school observatory in the state of Utah. Does anyone know if this is accurate? I know several high schools have telescopes and astronomy programs, but has anyone seen or heard of an actual high school observatory in our fair state? Thanks, Wayne A. Sumner Math/Physics/Astronomy/Engineering Boy's Tennis Coach Northridge High School Davis School District (801) 402-8610
Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> 10/30/08 9:29 PM >>> Hi Kurt,
I'll second that and add that the accent is on the "and growing" part of your message. The good Ms Blanchard just sent me a whole new section on "SLAS Members Publications" that I hope to have added shortly. And, PLEASE everyone. Keep the comments, additions and corrections coming. No one person knows the whole history (and some remember it differently than others) or can catch all the typos so the more input Ann's project gets the more complete and accurate it's going to be. Carpe Noctem, patrick On 30 Oct 2008, at 19:28, Canopus56 wrote:
Many thanks to Ann Blanchard for her efforts on the 69 page (and growing) SLAS history. That's quite an effort! - Kurt
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/slas/SLASPAST.PDF
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Good idea about checking with Brent, Wayne. I don't know if he's with us here at Utah-Astronomy so I'll forward a copy to him. Cheers, patrick p.s. The Members Publications section was added this morning. On 31 Oct 2008, at 08:30, Wayne Sumner wrote:
I'll third that!! I've just spent about an hour reading through Ann's history, and found it wonderfully engrossing. Although I was an official SLAS member for only a few years (I've never actually lived in SLC), I remember fondly the meetings I attended at the Hanson Planetarium with Brent Watson. You'd have to check with Brent to be sure, but I seem to recall that several SLAS members were involved with the Evans & Sutherland Digistar project that Brent and I worked on in the early 1980's. I helped Brent do a presentation of Digistar at RTMC that several SLAS members also witnessed, that received a rousing ovation and was hailed as the future of planetarium projectors! Thanks,
Wayne A. Sumner Math/Physics/Astronomy/Engineering Boy's Tennis Coach Northridge High School Davis School District (801) 402-8610
Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> 10/30/08 9:29 PM >>> Hi Kurt,
I'll second that and add that the accent is on the "and growing" part of your message. The good Ms Blanchard just sent me a whole new section on "SLAS Members Publications" that I hope to have added shortly.
And, PLEASE everyone. Keep the comments, additions and corrections coming. No one person knows the whole history (and some remember it differently than others) or can catch all the typos so the more input Ann's project gets the more complete and accurate it's going to be.
Carpe Noctem,
patrick
On 30 Oct 2008, at 19:28, Canopus56 wrote:
Many thanks to Ann Blanchard for her efforts on the 69 page (and growing) SLAS history. That's quite an effort! - Kurt
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