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Old 26-September-2005, 06:39 AM
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A Photo Travelogue of the Cincinnati Astronomical Society's event ScopeOut 2005 is up on FWIS in the Physics section...

http://www.loresinger.com/FWIS/viewtopic.php?t=3262

There are numerous pictures from the oldest observatory in America. The keynote speaker after dinner was John Dobson...and his cosmology is anything but mainstream. Ya hadda be there...
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Up top in the main building is a 1904-vintage 16-inch Alvan Clark refractor.
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...wouldn't you like this one standing in your back yard?
Sure. Thanks for the offer. I'll bring it back when I've finished.
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A Photo Travelogue of the Cincinnati Astronomical Society's event ScopeOut 2005 is up on FWIS in the Physics section...
Very cool. Thanks for sharing.
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Cool images, Charlie. That's my first view of Mr. Dobson. I would love to hear him someday.

My Ohioan wife's gonna love hearing Ohio has the oldest scope in the US.
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