... It was with this spirit that Norman Oberle suggested that area amateurs should have the benefit of a large aperture (25 inches or larger) telescope with sufficient focal length for excellent visual work. ... Norm Oberle and Jim Thomas spent 2,000 hours grinding and polishing to work the mirror into an oblate spheroid. ... Norm worked with Jim Thomas in a basement workshop. ... The Richland club is situated in the Hidden Hollow camp ground, and has long held meetings in the clubhouse on the grounds. ...
... Astronomy OnLine the World's Biggest Astronomy Event on the WorldWideWeb R. Albrecht 1 , R. West, C. Madsen European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany M. Naumann Serco c/o European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany Abstract. This educational programme was organised in a collaboration be tween ESO, the European Association for Astronomy Education (EAAE) and the European Union (EU) during the 4th European Week for Sci entific and Technological Culture. ...
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... 3 The Prior and Maximum Entropy The fundamental limitation of Bayesian statistics lies in the selection of a suitable expression for the prior probability; in our example the prior probability of various maps of the radio sky before are given any data. ... It follows, in accordance with the philosophy of Jaynes (2), that the maximum entropy method is a simplified Bayesian approach 2 and the various entropy expressions in use are really statements of a prior prejudice about the sky, given no data. ...
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