a report by Liam Kennedy - Updated September 10th 2002
One of the many benefits
of membership with the OCA is the access to a variety of Telescopes which
are available for any member to use. Details of this member benefit are
detailed below by Henry Fry - the Loaner Program Manager.
Henry Fry pictured
between the
newly refurbished 13.1" and 10.1" Dob
The telescopes that
we have in the Telescope Loaner Program are:
#1.. 6" Newtonian with manual equatorial mount
#2.. 8" Schmidt-Cassegrain with Criterion Wedge and tripod
#3.. 10.1" Newtonian Odyssey with Dobsonian mount (red one)
#4.. 10.1" Newtonian Odyssey with Dobsonian mount (blue one)
#5.. 13.1" Newtonian Odyssey with Dobsonian mount
#6.. 4.5" Meade Newtonian with German equatorial mount
#7.. 8" Newtonian with motorized equatorial mount
#8.. 8" Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain with locked-triangle tripod
#9.. 6" Celeston Newtonian with Dobsonian mount.
All telescopes come
complete with several eyepieces, an instruction manual, and an alignment
scope or telrad.
There is no charge
for loan of the telescopes and they are to be picked up from me and returned
to me at my home, or some other mutually agreeable location.
They are normally
loaned for one month and they may be kept longer if no other member has
made a request.
Members can find out
about the availability of any scope by contacting Henry Fry on
(714) 635-6056 or
through email to henryfry@hotmail.com
and, if the specific one they want is not immediately available, they
can be put on a waiting list.
Members who check out a telescope will be asked to complete
a form similar to the following;
OCA Loaner Scope Program
Administrator: Henry J. Fry
1030
S. Verde St.
Anaheim, CA 92805-5752
Phone: (714) 635-6056
Scope loaned to:
Name -----------------------------------------------------------
Address--------------------------------------------------------
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Home telephone
number--------------------------------------
Work telephone
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The Loaner Scope Program is for OCA
members in good standing. It is the responsibility of the borrower to
pick up the equipment from the administrator and to return it to the administrator
or some mutually agreed location. The equipment may be kept for one (1)
month minimum and for longer periods if no other member has requested
the use of the equipment. The borrower agrees to maintain the equipment
and return it in good condition.
A donation of $5.00 per month will
help keep this program going and is appreciated by OCA.
EQUIPMENT BORROWED:
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(signature of borrower) (date)
Equipment to be returned, or loan period renewed (by
phone),
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Present Membership Expires -----------------------------------------------------------
Updated 20020910
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