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Clif Ashcraft
My Birthday: November 1, 1938
Hometown: Cincinnati,, Ohio
Current Home: Central NJ
About me:
I'm a retired chemist (organic and polymer synthesis), PhD (Berkeley), BS (University of Cincinnati), widowed, four kids, one dog.
Hobbies:
I enjoy singing, computer music, building telescopes, taking planetary images with a webcam, double star observation and hanging out with my observatory guard dog, Chewie.
I am a member of Philomusica (tenor) and Amateur Astronomers, Inc. (research committee)
Favorite quotes:
"It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble.
It's what you know for sure that just ain't so."
-- Mark Twain
My astronomy club, AAI, meets here on the campus of Union College:
Philomusica Chorus
![Way too much fun...](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=607x10000:format=jpg/path/s07f04f9a570d6498/image/i55e589a0d9d33c55/version/1400697469/image.jpg)
Noah my best friend...
![Clif and Noah by 12.5" in old tube](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=370x10000:format=jpg/path/s07f04f9a570d6498/image/icec7807bf1be347c/version/1345043935/image.jpg)
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![Boomer, my new best friend. Boomer is a 7 year old German Shepherd Dog who found me at the SPCA. He is taking over Noah's duties as night assistant and bear detector.](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=300x10000:format=jpg/path/s07f04f9a570d6498/image/id79ccd6de6a30348/version/1371826219/image.jpg)
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Here's my new best friend, Chewbacca. His mother is an English Bulldog and his father is a wandering romantic of unknown genetic heritage.