Posted: March 20, 2010
Here are the results of the March 19, 2010 SVAS election:
President: Ross Gorman
Vice President: Walt Heiges
Secretary: Charles Real
Treasurer: Kirk Alexander
Directors:
Molly Gallagher
Perry Preston Porter
Lynda Hall
Terry Sandbek
Forrest Lockhart
Gary Shuluk
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E-Observer by admin
Posted: March 16, 2010
SVAS Election Time
The annual election of Officers and Directors takes place Friday, March 19 at Sacramento City College, Room 3 at 8:00pm. Only members in good standing as of the January general meeting will be given a ballot. All members and prospective members are encouraged to come to the meeting to learn about what is in [...]
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E-Observer, Events, General Meetings, News by lynda
Posted: March 1, 2010
Will Lynda ever finish hers?
by Lynda Hall
Thanks to Lonnie, I’ve been inspired to finish the mirror and scope I started about 6 years ago at Cary Chleborad’s telescope workshops. I’m almost finished making my own mirror and am ready to start designing the scope itself.
For those interested in the mirror-making process, I started with [...]
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E-Observer by lynda
Posted: March 1, 2010
Let’s build a large Lightweight Dobsonion Telescope
Part 1 of 4 by Lonnie Robinson LonRobie@surewest.net
INTRODUCTION
John Dobson really started something with his Dobsonian “DOB” telescope design. He enabled the average Amateur Telescope Maker “ATM” to create a very large and very stable telescope with common workshop tools. Since then DOB’s have evolved from a boxy heavy structure [...]
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E-Observer by lynda
Posted: March 1, 2010
By Patrick L. Barry and Dr. Tony Phillips
About 900 light years from here is a rocky planet not much bigger than Earth. It goes around its star once every hundred days, a trifle fast, but not too different from a standard Earth-year. At least two and possibly three other planets circle the same star, [...]
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E-Observer by lynda