vtecmom

http://www.speedtv.com/programs/spee...drive-porsche/

Hal & Terry Jandorf, Astronomer: His & Hers Cayman S
Hal Jandorf is a professor of Astronomy at Moorpark College – as well as an avid Porsche enthusiast. He and his wife Terry love using his Cayman S for star gazing trips to the L.A. Mountains.
We will catch up with Hal and Terry at Moorpark Observatory and watch as they unload their large telescope, astrophotography gear, table, stool, and other observation equipment from their Porsche. We’ll chat about the Porsche’s surprising utility and functionality, and the fact that they own “his & hers” Cayman S’s that they love to drive every chance they get.

vtecmom

I enjoyed seeing Mr.Holtzclaw's & his travels

Mike Holtzclaw, Cross-country Traveler: Drives ’85 911 Coupe
Alaskan native Mike Holtzclaw has two great passions --Porsches and travel. And for the past four years he has combined his passions by taking his Porsche 911 on incredible cross-country tours, attending Porsche events all over America. SPEED’s cameras travel to Alaska to talk with him about his adventures and the various events he’s attended, including last year’s Porsche Parade in St. Charles. We can also highlight the fact that he will be driving 10,000 miles (round-trip) from Alaska to Savannah, GA this summer to be in this year Porsche parade. As Holtzclaw takes us on a tour of the Alaskan countryside, he will dispel any notion that Porsches are solely built for performance. Porsches are exceptionally reliable vehicles that are made to be driven – around town, or across the country.

The Raptor

Don't know them, but I know know that Moorpark College has an observatory.

vtecmom

I liked seeing their choice of gear haulers

I've only been to the BIG one up on the hill

The Raptor

You couldn't begin to fit all my telescope stuff in your Cayman. It barely fits in Anne Marie's Acura MDX.

The Raptor

WHAT big one on WHAT hill?

vtecmom

WHAT big one on WHAT hill?
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Griffith..... Nick & his LG took me there its really sadly they had a lil cloud coverage that evening so no opening her up but I think that pendulum is really fun/interesting in the lobby think I have a or two I'll lookie

The Raptor

WHAT big one on WHAT hill?
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Griffith..... Nick & his LG took me there its really sadly they had a lil cloud coverage that evening so no opening her up but I think that pendulum is really fun/interesting in the lobby think I have a or two I'll lookie
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I've looked through that 12" Zeiss refractor many times.

vtecmom

WHAT big one on WHAT hill?
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Griffith..... Nick & his LG took me there its really sadly they had a lil cloud coverage that evening so no opening her up but I think that pendulum is really fun/interesting in the lobby think I have a or two I'll lookie
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I've looked through that 12" Zeiss refractor many times.
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YOU LUCKY!

here's the pendulum
I forget the time it takes for it to do a complete revolve around I'll have to look for my lil sheet from there. Or maybe you know?

vtecmom

The gently swaying Foucault Pendulum in the W.M. Keck Foundation Central Rotunda has long been a visitor favorite since the building opened in 1935. One of the largest such devices in the world, the fully restored pendulum is actually an elegant scientific instrument which demonstrates the Earth's rotation.

The 240-pound brass ball, suspended by a cable 40 feet long, swings in a constant direction while the Earth turns beneath it. The pendulum is mounted to a bearing in the rotunda ceiling that does not turn with the building as it rotates with the Earth. A ring magnet at the bearing gives a little tug on each swing of the pendulum to keep the pendulum in motion. As the day passes, the pendulum knocks over pegs set up in the pendulum pit and indicates the progress of rotation.