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TDunk said:
Image rotating around that giant just waiting for the sun to appear.
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There was a former OSU aviation engineering Professor Gerald Gregorek. He designed and later led the Aeronautical and Astronomical Research Laboratory next to Don Scott Field. He lived in Clinton Estates and his son attended Brookhaven High School. The son was a polymath, skipping many grades and he and his father hosted "star parties" at his house. Sadly, the son had leukemia and graduated posthumously, having already finished senior year classwork by mid-year.

I remember him because those moments with 6", 8" and 10" refractor telescopes, as well as, a much larger experimental telescope Prof G was building really set a fire in me. He showed us how to read a star chart, fix a telescope in place, find objects in the sky and set the tracking mechanism (primitive compared to today), even how to grind telescope lenses to make our own telescopes. He also was a pioneer in the model rocketry industry and we watched as he sent them aloft many afternoons.

Dr Gregorek, as we called him, also was a great Buckeye football fan. (Obituary)

When I came to the tip of Africa, it was the stars that anchored me. as I watched the Big Dipper peak above the horizon in the American late summer. I knew it was a different and much better show I was seeing and thought of how much fun it might have been to share it with him.

I mention these things because that family deserves mention and remembering, but also to express my appreciation for those who post in this thread. I remember those folks and the kids I grew up with every time I click my way in. Thank you!
 
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