New Mexico Sunspot : Sacramento Peak Observatory in the Beginning

Over fifty years have passed since the Sacramento Peak Solar Observatory (elevation 9000 feet) was established. This book, based on the daily journals of Rudy Cook, a pioneer of the observatory, as well as correspondence between the author and the original ?Sac Peakers,? was written as a record of the observatory's growth.Joanne was the third bride to come to the Observatory in its early days. Drawing on Rudy Cook's documentation of the building of the structure and daily observations of solar phenomena, Joanne also provides a memoir of the hardships and moments of both comedy and sadness experienced by those who were there at the beginning.The Sacramento Peak Observatory has since become known as the National Solar Observatory. about the author - Joanne Ramsey lives with her husband in the Sacramento Mountains. She enjoys writing, gardening and taking long walks with their dog, Moose. For nine years she and her scientist husband lived at the Sacramento Peak Observatory.Joanne felt a great need to write about the birth of the observatory and share the details of everyday life as they lived it at that time.Ramsey, Joanne Margaret is the author of 'New Mexico Sunspot : Sacramento Peak Observatory in the Beginning', published 2002 under ISBN 9781553064220 and ISBN 1553064224.