Re: Nice Robert Burnham Jr. Memorial....

I saw that and am very happy that Burnham was recognized for his work.
 
I have a set of his books since the late 70's.  It was my first set of observing guides along with AstroCards, which I got a couples years later.  Now I have two sets, a totally worn out and heavily marked up first set and a new (used) set.
 
CS,
Alvin

--- On Wed, 9/2/09, Mark Wagner <mark.wagner@No-Spam> wrote:

From: Mark Wagner <mark.wagner@No-Spam>
Subject: [TAC] Nice Robert Burnham Jr. Memorial....
To: "tac" <tac@No-Spam>
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 12:07 PM

Thanks to well known amateur astronomer and imager Tom Polakis for doing this:

http://www.pbase.com/polakis/rbjm

1997 article mentioned at the top of the above web-page, about Robert Burnham Jr:

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1997-09-25/news/sky-writer/1

If you don't own a set of "Burnhams"... you're missing out...

I'll have a set at CalStar if anyone wants to see them.

Mark

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