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From: johnf@dark.ssl.berkeley.edu (John Flanagan)
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Subject: Re: Amigas in Astronomy (was Re: C-A Adverts. in magazines)
Summary: Correction to my last post
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Date: 31 May 89 23:46:45 GMT
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In article <25125@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> I wrote:
>I was told that one of the professors from U.C. Santa Cruz (which operates 
>the telescope) was trying to use it to measure the point-spread function 
>of guide stars, as an aid to pointing. 
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  I just remembered that the purpose was to measure the clarity of the
atmosphere (known as the "seeing").
  Incidentally, there was also an old PET in the room, which was used
until recently to control the telescope guidance motors.  

john

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