[FOTZeiss] Fw: Wish John Dobson a Happy 95!!!

[Glenn A. Walsh]

John Dobson, a very influential amateur/backyard astronomer who invented the Dobsonian Telescope (Buhl Planetarium bought a Dobsonian Telescope in 1985 for public viewing of Halley's Comet), will reach age 95 on September 14. This forward provides a way to send a 95th birthday greeting to John Dobson.

gaw

Glenn A. Walsh, Project Director,
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--- On Tue, 8/3/10, LARRY KLAES <ljk4 at MSN.COM> wrote:

> From: LARRY KLAES <ljk4 at MSN.COM>
> Subject: Fw: [Faces from Earth] Wish John Dobson a Happy 95!!!
> To: HASTRO-L at listserv.wvu.edu
> Date: Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 11:39 AM
> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thilina Heenatigala <thilina_atn at yahoo.com>
> Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 15:34:50 
> To: <thilina.heenatigala at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Faces from Earth] Wish John Dobson a Happy 95!!!
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> John Dobson is arguably one the most influential
> personalities in amateur astronomy in the last last couple
> of decades. He is most notable for being the promoter of a
> design for large, portable, low-cost Newtonian reflecting
> telescopes that bears his name, the Dobsonian telescope - a
> telescope that brought amateur astronomy to a whole new
> level. He has almost single-handedly revolutionized backyard
> astronomy by bringing it out to the street, making it
> possible for everyone to enjoy the beauty of the Universe!
> 
> On September 14 2010, John is turning 95 and here's your
> chance to send birthday wishes to him!
> 
> http://bit.ly/wishdobson95
> 
> Let's get together and wish John Dobson many more healthy
> orbits around the Sun!
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Thilina
> 
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