La Jolla Country Day School - L Esprit Yearbook (La Jolla, CA)

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he observaTory was builT jusT in Time for The passing of l-laIley's ComeT. The gifT of a 7 fooT long NewTonian Telescope wlTh a 'lo inch lens from FriTz Wrenn of Rancho SanTa Fe To La Jolla CounTry Day gave birTh To The ob- servaTory plan. This prompTed The anonymous donaTion of The build- ing iTself, which was designed by archiTecT Gerald Shonkwller, of VeiTzerShonkwiler, AIA. The new building is advanTageously locaT- ed beTween The library and The arT l YOOFTT, Clfld iT f9OTUVGS C1 Sl'TlClH - onlookers. dome on The roof, CounTry Day sTudenTs from all grades and many oThers aTTended The Ground- breaking on SepT. 2OTh. As Head- masTer Tim Burns said, l'This will provide all of our sTudenTs wiTh hands-on experience in asTron- omy - obviously noT someThing every school offers. STudenTs are inTrlgued by The observaTory and are also very curious. AfTer all, Hal- ley's ComeT is a once-in-a-lifeTime evenTl A The planners decide jusT wha? To do with M.-tr-,,., A The construction finally gels underway N99 A Well who needed The lawn anyway'1 A - NEXT- U Sl-3009 ffOl'T19 A A fnal slap wealherproofrngl ld Sh k 'I ' nclerln of The final producf 1 , and The crowning Touch, The dome V ArchlTecT Gera on wr er s re g l KQV! Rl AX s, ly l X V l T l X i jj I r X igiiil :fQ2ff'jl, :X wir' L' 1 win T sKK..,,, .X X X

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Ron Hchn. Alfredo Ortiz, and Dr. Burns are digging for , itll? li, IIII'IIllIlIITI . I lllyl I ,xlllllil llll, 'ill ll I IIE Il Ilill Il. ' I I:IlwI:,.' .-1 Ieni a spacemon appeared out of nowhere He w and if you peered Through The bubble you could see a face gold al The Ground- breaking. egan Jones are DISOSCIUTW surprised by star- shaped Y COOki9S. Path of Comet Halley 1985 l-lolley's Comer will be visible in North America from Augusf 4985 To Augusf 4986 bul most clearly in April 4986. However, one will probably need cl Telescope or binoculars To view iT al all. The comet will noi be visible during February 4986 because ils paTh will lead iT behind The Sun. The following explanalion and The chori were adapTed from The Comer Hol- ley Handbook by D.K. Yeomans. ' UCOORDINATES: Dechhafion, The norlh-soulh co- ordinofe, is expressed in degrees norlh C +5 or soulh Q-3 of The celeslial equaTor. Rlghf Ascension, The east-wesi coordlnaTe, is expressed in hours -C24 hours all The way CFOUHGD easrword from The palm' in Pisces where The Sun crosses The celestial equalor al The spring equinox. 9 and May 1986 2 I . ma' A50 l I G ' l I I V l I l I l l I l l l I l I I G . e - ' f' OA U O O o Munn-aol o Xomux ,S X , , .0- .. , X X0 ' X X fllu. .fl cnnull X . O ' X - ' ,,- X nunulix . muusl . I O . mwln--4 X X . e -ri' rm - L - So . X l , X . Jrruorx . I X --,JJ -X X .fy 70. . N was I rrmsux I T V . I Xxo Hu on A .xr . .. 0. I5 l X, rw ' K, IL, I . . .A 0 of Bf - X Xe l F O- X- 3 0' -I0 . .mm , 0,1 X f PX f - 1 qv -. , . . X , C OX i' 0 ,Q f'-7 V 5 , ff. ,X -xsmuw f A' rj' D or so-nm: mm l 'H X fnwirn X .X WW l 63' - x ' I ' x I is . x fif-M . X 0 .. C -Q - sr , X -X . fxhu- v N y .,l , wma--Us fs, so ff l X 'A Q ,, --. , .- . .p , Q In Y, ' , X! y iw-mf, Y. 10' ai - ' . Q X ,. - -f ,v I. U A . ,f I - .f ,. c ,, e -1 I..rI..II.c.Ir X If f Sw U' , so Q 9 ,wi . o I 4.-. D ' 10 - 'ua' .0 , ,. ,f 8 4 N' . 5 - -W in - Right Ascension W 'O I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Q -

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