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NORTHROP GRUMMAN
FROM OUR READERS
Recalling a Golden Age
Out of the Park
I'm a bit of a low-tech Dobsonian guy, but I clung to every well-written
word of Paul H. Geithner's story " Building the James Webb Space Telescope "
(S&T: Nov. 2021, p. 20).
Calling this thing a telescope doesn't do it justice because it represents so much
more. We threw every great technological advancement we had into an idea chamber,
flipped a switch, and out popped the pinnacle of human achievement.
Nothing this grand has taken place since that giant leap more than 50 years
ago. It's a privilege for us low-tech little leaguers to watch the genius professionals
hit this home run above the all-star outfield, out of the park, and into the realm of
newborn galaxies and much more.
Roger Sargent * Albion, Pennsylvania
p Engineers evaluate the fully assembled James Webb Space Telescope before its launch, which
is scheduled for December 22nd, as this issue goes to press.
" A Golden Age for Amateur Astronomy "
(S&T: Nov. 2021, p. 14) was a thoroughly
enjoyable piece of writing - absolutely
thrilling. It brought me back to my
own beginnings when I looked at Vega
through my mom's binoculars during
the summer of 1960. You could not have
chosen two more qualified authors than
William Sheehan and Klaus Brasch.
Carolyn and Gene Shoemaker and I
observed with Bill on one of the final
nights of our time at Palomar Observatory's
18-inch (0.46-meter) Schmidt
telescope. But Klaus and I have known
each other since our days at the Royal
Astronomical Society of Canada's
Montreal Centre in the early 1960s. As
I read, the years faded away and there I
was, standing beside all those who have
helped make my own journey among the
stars a happy one.
David H. Levy
Vail, Arizona
I very much enjoyed " A Golden Age
for Amateur Astronomy. " This article
brought back many memories from my
first telescope (a 60-mm Tasco refractor).
It was a Christmas present from
my parents back in grade school in the
1960s. This mediocre scope opened up
the wonders of the solar system to me.
During this time, my love of astron80
Years of Observing Tips
Sky & Telescope's 80th-anniversary issue
[November 2021] brought me back. I
took up astronomy as a freshman in
high school in 1955. I was 13, and my
first telescope was a 2.4-inch (60-mm)
Unitron on an alt-azimuth mount,
which I bought with the money I made
on a newspaper route.
I discovered Sky & Telescope at about
the same time and have been getting it
since then, 66 years. In 1966, I upgraded
to a clock-driven 4-inch (102-mm) Unitron
with an equatorial mount.
All this time, I kept Sky & Telescope
as my encyclopedia and guide. It has
informed and sustained me in my
amateur status even while I was travel6
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ing internationally as an architect. S&T
is my gateway to the universe.
My greatest moments were closely
following Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9's
(D/1993 F2) collision with Jupiter. Sky &
Telescope prepared me for the event, and
I actually excused myself in the middle
of a dinner party to do my observations.
I saw one of the impacts! I ran down to
get everyone and showed them Jupiter
in my telescope. I also made a series of
sketches at the time and submitted them
to the Association of Lunar and Planetary
Observers. It was the high point
of my observing career, all thanks to my
long-time reading of Sky & Telescope.
Jeffrey Heller
San Francisco, California
omy included courses in solar and galactic
astronomy at Riverview High School's
planetarium [in Sarasota, FL] taught by
Whitney Robinette [as well as] several
more courses at the University of South
Florida and Louisiana State. I would
spend hours in the libraries reading S&T
and eagerly anticipating the next issue.
One of my all-time favorite astronomy
books is All About Telescopes by
Sam Brown (S&T: Sept. 1968, p. 176).
This manual has a wealth of information
on designing, building, and testing
telescopes and optics. Even now, I'm
always delighted when reading this book.
Unfortunately, my desire for a larger
scope had to wait until after I completed
my education and had adequate funds.
Years later, after a bachelor's degree
in engineering, a permanent job, a new
house, marriage, and paying off some

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