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Telescopes to Tanzania Update: Construction Continues
The Telescopes to Tanzania observatory project at Mt. Meru, Tanzania is enjoying accelerated progress. Construction is coming right along with the foundation, walls, and roll-off-roof piers in place. The roll-off roof is now fully functional. Electrical wiring for sockets and lights are in place. Only the setting of the isolated,...
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Planning for Tanzanian Observatory
This past Tuesday, November 10 was a day well spent. My son Bernard and I, on behalf of Telescopes to Tanzania, had the good fortune of meeting with the founding members of the Centre for Science. Over the course the morning and early afternoon, we discussed the finer details of...
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Telescopes to Tanzania Update - Sept. 2015
When the burden is heavy and the skies are cloudy the work we have chosen can seem impossible until friends, partners and generous donors put their shoulders to the plow and their hearts on the line. Thank you for your hands and hearts in moving Chuck's dream forward. On Saturday...
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Apr 18

Vanity

By Andee Sherwood, California, U.S.A

Her surface glows with radiant light. Craters dark, exposed to the night. She casts a spell of infinite beauty, reflecting Sun's light, her immutable duty. Although men woo under the...

Apr 17

Skies of Romania (29)

By Valentin Grigore and Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

Apr 17

Skies of Romania (28)

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe (design Valentin Grigore)

Apr 17

Skies of Romania (27)

By Valentin Grigore and Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

Apr 17

Skies of Romania (26)

By Andrei Dorian Gheorghe (design Valentin Grigore)

Apr 16

"The Bubble", which I photographed while fishing Friday morning, appeared to symbolize the wet dome of an observatory. The concentric waves seemed somewhat mysteriously astronomical. Tonight will be the fourteenth...