Pacific Astronomy and Telescope Show (PATS)
In 2007, the Riverside Telescope Makers Conference, Inc. announced a fall event to be held in Pasadena named the Pacific Astronomy and Telescope Show (PATS). This annual event is held at the Pasadena Convention Center and focus displays by commercial vendors, astronomy clubs and other organizations as well as talks and workshops. The first PATS was held on September 13–14, 2008. It is designed to complement the ongoing RTMC Astronomy Expo which will continue to be held in Big Bear in May of each year.
Read more about this topic: RTMC Astronomy Expo
Famous quotes containing the words pacific, telescope and/or show:
“Really, there is no infidelity, nowadays, so great as that which prays, and keeps the Sabbath, and rebuilds the churches. The sealer of the South Pacific preaches a truer doctrine.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The telescope at one end of his beat,
And at the other end the microscope....”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“We become male automatically because of the Y chromosome and the little magic peanut, but if we are to become men we need the help of other men—we need our fathers to model for us and then to anoint us, we need our buddies to share the coming-of-age rituals with us and to let us join the team of men, and we need myths of heroes to inspire us and to show us the way.”
—Frank Pittman (20th century)