[ATM] some press for ATMing

[Guy Brandenburg <gfbrandenburg@yahoo.com>]

A few lines from a not-totally-accurate article in the Washington Times on 2-23-06 about DC Community Recreation Centers:

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 Professional is the word for the telescopes produced by classes at the Chevy Chase Community Center, under the guidance of instructor Guy Brandenburg and the National Capital Astronomers, a volunteer-run but scientifically rigorous organization. 
    "The tolerances that we get to are absolutely phenomenal," says Mr. Brandenburg, meaning his students -- who grind and polish their telescopes' mirrors by hand -- allow themselves very little margin for error. 
    A math teacher by day at the District's Alice Deal Junior High School, Mr. Brandenburg offers an example: "I brought the first telescope I made to a star party and it had the best images of them all, including the ones that cost $3,000," he says. "People were flabbergasted." 
    The hand-ground telescopes take at least 30 to 40 hours to produce, depending on the size of the lens, says Mr. Brandenburg, 56, who grew up on a Montgomery County farm and spent his summers staring at the stars. 
     "I saw Sputnik in 1957, when it first came out," he says. "But these days there's so much light pollution it's hard to see anything." 

Guy  Brandenburg
Washington, DC
My home page:
http://home.earthlink.net/~gfbranden/GFB_Home_Page.html
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