Hopewell Middle School was the lucky receipient of some 8″ Newtonian Scopes donated by Andy Lunt from Lunt Solar Scopes. Stephen Ramsden’s Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project did the assignment for Lunt and Stephen called on the Charlie Elliott Chapter of the Atlanta Astronomy Club for help in giving the students guidance in putting the scopes together. Frank and Theo answered the call. (it took them 2 1/2 hours to drive in the morning rain from Social Circle to Alpharetta) Before they started the assembly in each of the three classes, we did demonstrate the components of telescopes, and how they work to the students, using the tools provided by the Night Sky Network. Than groups of students were assigned tasks and put the scopes together themselves under the watchfull eyes of Frank and Theo. They did a great job and need to be congratulated on a job well done!! Click here for some pictures of the workshop