<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><img id="gmail-m_8812838433700971889gmail-m_-29999260328924249078267ABD-88B1-4B63-A122-E405EAF0DB6F" apple-inline="yes" class="" src="cid:178c6374661f0a0707e1"><br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class="">Dear Colleagues,</span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class=""><div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class=""><div class="gmail_quote" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Please join us on December 1st at Noon ET to commemorate the tragic collapse of the </span></div><div class="gmail_quote" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Arecibo telescope one year ago. Prof. Don Campbell will highlight parts of his new book on </span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">the </span><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Observatory (see </span><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">below). </span><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Members of the new ASAP Board will briefly update us on </span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">activities advocating for the Observatory’s future. And ASAP members and friends will </span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">share their </span><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">short videos </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">on </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><i class="">What Does </i></span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><i class="">Arecibo Mean to You?</i></span><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""> </span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br class=""></div></div><div class="gmail_quote" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Date: Wednesday, 1st December, 12 noon ET</span></div><div class="gmail_quote" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Moderated by ASAP Board Chair, Prof. Héctor Arce</span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><b class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><i class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Watch for the zoom link which will be sent 24-48 hours prior to the event</i></b></div><div class="gmail_quote" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></div><div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><b class=""><br class=""></b></span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><b class="">Keynote presentation:</b> </span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Prof. Don Campbell, former NAIC Director and author of a history of the </span><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Observatory </span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"> "Celebrating the William E. Gordon 305m Telescope: Its History and Scientific Achievements"</span></div><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class="">Abstract:<br class="">This first anniversary of the shocking collapse of the William E. Gordon Telescope is an opportunity to reflect on </span></div><div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">the history </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">of the telescope itself, its amazing scientific achievements and the people who made</span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">it all possible. </span></div><div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">In May 1958 William </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">(Bill) Gordon gave a seminar in the School of Electrical Engineering at Cornell University </span></div><div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">in which he outlined the specifications of an antenna and radar system that would</span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">be capable of measuring the </span></div><div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">electron distribution with height and other properties of the Earth's ionosphere. He also pointed out that the radar </span></div><div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">system would be capable of studies of the Sun and nearby</span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">planets and that the antenna would also contribute </span></div><div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">to the then still new field of radio astronomy. Over the next five and a bit years, Gordon and a small group of </span></div><div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">engineers and scientists turned the idea into</span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">reality with the completion of the Arecibo telescope in November </span></div><div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">1963. The talk will cover the telescope design and construction, some early science successes, the first upgrade </span></div><div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">of the telescope in the early</span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">1970s, some of the science that this allowed, the second "Gregorian" upgrade in the </span></div><div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">1990s and, again, some of the resulting achievements. A large number of talented and dedicated scientists, </span></div><div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">engineers and,</span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">yes, administrators contributed to the construction of the telescope, to the multiple telescope </span></div><div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">and instrument upgrades and to the success of the scientific programs. </span></div><div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"></div><div class="gmail_quote" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></div></div></span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""> <br class=""><br class=""></span>
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