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[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

An interesting read of the Ryerson Observatory Log-book - Circa 1952 to 1964

I found this quite amusing and entertaining account of 50 year old transcribed observation logs from the classic refractor sessions housed at the Ryerson Observatory in the University of Chicago's Campus on the South side of Chicago.

Apart to the usual notations on celestial objects, there are frustrations, aggravations and outright cussing in regards to users who do not maintain the observatory properly. I can relate.

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M3 interesting but

should have been better. Have seen

better in 1 1/4" inch. Moon interesting.

Nothin works - as usual - a lot of

changes and improvements need to be made.

A red flashlight would be a help.

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Had to wait for beam of physics lab

accelerator to be turned off.

It is advisable to check Rm 450 to be sure

the accelerator is not on before going up to the

observatory. It also might help to leave a note

that you're up here to be certain they come

up and tell you before turning the beam on. (The

roof is not shielded). They're supposed to ask, but ...

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Notice to W. F. - please replace adjustment and lock knobs. Very inconvenient without them.

Will Where the Hell have you been !!!

You leave all the " f " up stuff around

for someone else to work on. You haven't

done a Damn thing for this observatory

so keep your God Damn trap shut.

astro.uchicago.edu/RAS/RAS/logbook1.html

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I have been at the Ryerson to share a session on occasion and find these entries quite funny and well worth a read... ;D