Fred Ley

I guess that time of year will soon be here again. So, if I can make it and I am still in Greece, count me in too. Fred

Maybe we need to send them a dictionary. Boy, I sure would like to know who is in charge of their quality control department at the manufacturing plant. With a high price on the eyepieces, you gotta get the wording right. Fred

Up for sale is a rendering done by Tom Hames, long-time space/astronomy artist in California. This is a rendering done in the medium of acrylic on stretched canvas. The dimensions of this work is 36" x 48" or 92cm x 122cm. Further samples of his work may be viewed at this link... http://www.instrumentsoflight.com/hamesgallery.html Be advised that the image below was taken with the assistance of a flash. The rendering is depicted somewhat brighter than it actually is and the rendering displayed has been slightly cropped. Asking price is Euros 450.00 Thanks for visiting, Fred

Unfotunately, this is not the kind of news that one likes to receive. I first met Kosta in October of 1994 when he received his first telcope, a 10-inch Newtonian. Since then we had quite a few evenings under the starry skies in Attica and other interesting episodes, like the night we were coming doen from Mt.Penteli and three police cars forced us to stop. That was weird scene. The police never asked me a single question. Hah! But Kosta forgot his license at home. I guess that his being a Doctor and all that, they didn't give him to much grief. He had also written and published a book in Greek "A Doctor in Africa". He loved Africa and as Manos mentions above, founded an organizastion for helping wih the needy in different countries. A few years ago, going out to my old friend George Staphanopoulos's home, we came across a car accident. As typical, Kosta stopped to render aid to the driver until an ambulance arrived. There are others who have their own stories to share about Kosta or "Dr. Afrika" as I used to also call him. Oh yes, he also had an appreciation for modern music from Afica. Kosta, you will be missed by all of us. I hope that you fervently believed in the Resurrection and unto eternal life through Jesus Christ. As your friend all that I can say is... until we meeet again. Your Friend, Fred

The display keeps on getting better, check out the latest killer photo at spaceweather.com. I hope it gets even better. -Fred

There is a very nice image of the comet taken from the International Space Station. Here is the link to the NASA website... http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2137.html -Fred

There is a beautiful photograph of Comet Lovejoy at www.spaceweather.com today. It is displaying a magnificent tail. -Fred

There are some very nice photographs of the tail of Comet Lovejoy posted at Space Weather, www.spaceweather.com in the morning sky in the Southern Hemisphere. I hope that the tail will be around a bit longer so that the whole comet can be photographed prior to the rising of the Sun. -Fred