Thanks for all the info Santosh. That is a very expensive telescope by most standards. I presume any group anyplace in the world can only hope to access such amazing equipment--considering what people in general earn etc. or the ability to purchase something at even 1/8 the cost. Guess its a matter of how and where resources are directed; towards whom they point to. So congratulations on that. ++++
Now an extrapolated analogy. When I was last in India, I observed massive arrogance from colleagues in India (this has nothing to do with Goa), all of whom were/are from privilege and have the best of everything, including in good spirit wives. I saw that most of their attitude stemmed from having the best resources at their finger tips. Nothing was good enough for them. This included the entire gamut that comprises technology. The amazing part was that my being was being harnessed to garner validation for their lives; rather than acknowledging the spirit that has kept me and others going; as well as well as what our journeys have been about. Last night these and other concerns were clarified by a lovely friend fro CA--an Indian woman. venantius > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:21:31 -0800 (PST) > From: Santosh Helekar <[email protected]> > To: " estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Gazing at the skies > > Venantius, > > I am a founding member of the Association of Friends of Asrronomy, Goa. > (del) I believe it was Benjamin Zuckerman, if my memory serves me right, who > is now at UCLA. The most famous Indian cosmologist Jayant Narlikar must have > spoken there at least twice. > > Regarding publicly accessible telescopes in Goa, last year Goa Sudharop > donated an advanced computerized 14 inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope to the > association. As far as observatories are concerned, in addition to the one > of top of Junta House in Panaji and in Margao, there is a well-equipped > small observatory in Farmagudi, run by a college of the Goa Vidyaprasarak > Mandal. The students there have done some really amazing projects. > > Cheers, > > Santosh > >
