Ron - Profile Ron - Profile Feed. Produced by UK Astronomers (http://ukastronomers.com) - See More, Learn More, Share More. http://ukastronomers.com/barkis/action/profile/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:45:21 UK Astronomers Feed Ron http://ukastronomers.com/barkis/ <h1 class="title">Ron</h1> <div class="imgthumbnail"> <img src="http://ukastronomers.com/barkis/image/330_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="barkis - Avatar"> </div> <br /><table width="100%"> <tr><td colspan="4"> <h2>Bio</h2> <div> <div><p>Hi.all,</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; My name is Ron. and I am married to my lovely wife Patricia. We have been married 46 years, and have a son and daughter, both married, and two grandsons.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I have been in love with astronomy most of my life, as an observer, photographer, and a maker of Newtonian mirrors.</p><p>I have made in the region of 15 telescopes of sizes 5&quot; to 14&quot;. I have a 16&quot; f4.5 awaiting figuring, but I am not sure I will ever finish it.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I own a Meade LX90 12&quot;, A 152mm f8 refractor. A ED80 Apo. A meade DSI Camera, A Logitech Fusion Webcam, and an Olympus DSLR E-500 which I think is a superb camera IMHO.&nbsp; I have too, a Fujitsu Siemens laptop, a fairly high spec. Pentium 4 computer I built myself for video editing together with my Canon digi camcorder. My good lady says I have more toys than Santa Claus.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I love the Stargazers Lounge. It is full of so many nice friendly people, who are always ready to help those who need it.&nbsp; I am tremendously impressed with the very high quality of imagery that constantly streams into the site, and it is getting better with each new entry. Truly wonderful stuff.&nbsp;&nbsp; I enjoy the friendly banter enormously too, and I hope I can get to the next SGL Starparty to meet the faces behind the names.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thanks for reading, and may I wish everyone great success in their pursuit of this wonderful hobby of ours.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CLEAR SKIES TO ALL.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; RON.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p></div> <br /><br /> <table> <tr><td> Profile Views </td><td> </td><td> Unique </td><td> </td></tr> </table> <table> <tr><td> Age </td><td> 71 </td></tr> <tr><td> Sex </td><td> Male </td></tr> <tr><td> Home Town </td><td> Carlisle </td></tr> <tr><td> Occupation </td><td> Retired Elect. Engineer. </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"><br /></td></tr> <tr><td> Marital Status </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td> Orientation </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"><br /></td></tr> </table> </div> </td></tr> </table> Ron Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:45:21