[David Salmon]

Thanks Alex,

Yes, I’m looking forward to it ! I’ve seen a couple of his lectures online from the period when he was Gresham Professor. I’ve never met him before although I know some of the people at Jodrell Bank who have worked with him, and have had a few of the “behind-the scenes” tours over the years.

Cheers,

David

[David Salmon]

Hi Andy,

I’d definitiely be interested in the workshop.

Regarding Birmingham as a potential location, does anyone have contacts at either of the Universities (Aston, Birmingham) who might sponsor use of a venue and avoid the commercial conference rates ? Both are easily accesible from the centre (Aston is a short walk and Birmingham a couple of hops away by local train with a very frequent service) and I’ve been to both a few times in the last year or two in work contexts. Birmingham also has a new conference Hotel with accomodation on the edge of the campus for those who might need it.

Failing that, would there be a local Astronomy society that might help ? Birmingham Astro seems to meet at Aston if I interpret their web site correctly (and if it’s still current.)

I have contacts at Birmingham in the Research IT/HPC area, but not in Physics/Astronomy..

I’m aiming to be at the AGM later today and happy to discuss further.

David

[David Salmon]

Hi Steve,

I have an astro-physics focal reducer (telecompressor) which is a nominal x0.67 with some latitude for adjustment by varying the spacing. I’ve been working through the dimensions in my set-up according to the instructions here:
http://www.astro-physics.com/tech_support/accessories/photo/Telecompresssor-techdata.pdf
and you might find that interesting.

I also noted that François mentioned a range from F/4 to F/5 for the Alpy, but the manual says F/5. I wonder what it actually is ?

David

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