Wasn't sure where to put these images, if I have done the wrong thing then I apologize.
Image 1: Bird with Lady Bird (Lesa) watching on, assembles his equipment at the start of the week , oblivious to the enormity of what would follow.
Image 2: Following the history making achievement of being the first person on Earth to ever directly observe and record an impact on Jupiter or for that matter any member of the Solar System. (Note that the SL9 impacts occurred behind the limb of Jupiter.)
My wife Cheryl had just brought us down some very nice hot cups of coffee.
Image 3: Later on the impact day, Bird with his equipment, taken in between all of the national and international calls. I intend having a plaque made and placed where Bird made this historic observation.
I love the 2nd one, it looks like the scope comes out of the cardboard box
(moving this thread to general chat)
Arrrrr....... the cardboard box!!!
This was actually a critical piece of kit.
The first morning with Jupiter Birds laptop was more or less swimming in condensation. We remedied that with this custom fitted laptop anti condensation system, worked like a charm.
When Galileo first observed four stars moving about Jupiter through a homemade
telescope in January 1610, he established a new precedent for observational
astronomy. Four hundred years later, Anthony's determination, technical
skill and observational astuteness follow in the tradition of Galileo himself.
Best Regards
Gary & Mai
Mt Kuring-Gai NSW Australia 2080
P.S.
It was great to catch up with you again at Ilford.
Hi Trevor, It was a great story and a little piece of history in the making
I hope one day to call in and see the plaque and observe from the same location, you never know the discovery bug just may rub off
Regards
