[Lvas] Lvas Digest, Vol 21, Issue 17-Burnham Jr.

Sat Mar 14 18:52:19 PDT 2009

John Boron,

Re: Robert Burnham Jr; certainly a tragedy indeed. 

I had mentioned to you in a previous e-mail that there are quite a few of the Losmandy G-11 mounts in the area.

I started counting and there are four Losmandy G-11's, two Astro-Physics
(AP 1200's) one AP 600 all within 25 minutes from my house. They are all mounted in personal home backyard observatories.. 

Within a 60 mile radius there are too many heavy duty Losmandy and AP mounts to count. Again the G-11 is one of the most popular "super heavy duty" top quality mounts in this area. 

Unfortunately I do not have one. I have been an EQ mount enthusiast for the past 40 years. Again you are fortunate indeed to have such a quality mount...   

Roger

    I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how he could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.      Abraham Lincoln

> From: jboron at cox.net
> To: lvas at lvlug.org
> Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:01:55 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Lvas] Lvas Digest, Vol 21, Issue 17-Burnham Jr.
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> Roger,
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> what a tragic story about Robert Burnham Jr. It was easy for me to assume 
> that the writer of the Celestial Handbook was a successful person to the 
> end.
> 
> John Boron
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> > Fred,
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> > Thank you for sharing your "horror" stories regarding your employment in 
> > manufacturing in America.
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> > I too have difficulty on Sunday nights also...even after 4-1/2 years.
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> > My sister-in-law's brother whom I have know since the mid 60's and has 
> > always been one of my best friends was an A-10 pilot at Nellis AF base 
> > many years ago. He later became a wing commander at another A-10 
> > base...forgot where it was now. He later flew a Stealth fighter, went to 
> > the War college, and before that was in an exchange program with the Navy. 
> > He would tell me about his 100+ carrier landings in the middle of the 
> > night with only the strip lights on. He said that you had a 20 foot window 
> > as the ship moved up and down...and it was important that you did each 
> > landing perfect. He later retired as a full Bird Colonel.
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> > The point: He said that the stress of carrier landings was severe and he 
> > would often soak his flight suit with sweat before the landing. That is 
> > the way I felt before attending and attempting to prepare for the 
> > "everyday" morning management meeting. I still have difficulty enjoying 
> > mornings...even having coffee with my wife.
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> > Everyone should read the story of Robert Burnham Jr. author of the 
> > Celestial Handbooks. I think the Phoenix times has a good story. Google 
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> > Burnham lost his job at Lowell after a 20 years of a proper motion star 
> > study. He was offered a job as a janitor...cleaning the bathrooms and 
> > sweeping up at the Mars Hill complex. He died penniless and during his 
> > last 10 tens sold paintings of cats outside a Planetarium in (maybe San 
> > Diego). He occasionally mentioned to some of the insignificant astronomers 
> > and directors of this planetarium that he was in fact Robert Burnham Jr.
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> > Everyone thought that the pitiful looking guy was just a homeless 
> > derelict. He died of congestive heart failure and no one even knew who he 
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