Alachua Astronomy Club: History of Logo

	Alachua Astronomy Club, Inc.	Member Astronomical League	Member International Dark-Sky Association
	History of Logo	Member Astronomical League	Member International Dark-Sky Association
	29°39' N, 82°21' W Altitude: 50 Meters (more or less)		Updated Dec. 6, 2007
(Click logo for home page)	Founded: September 1987		(Developed with Netscape 4.x)

Note: Logo, club name and FirstLight are copyright © by the Alachua Astronomy Club, Inc..

To read a detailed history of the AAC Logo and the contest to find the location of the above latitude and longitude,
read "Where Are We? — A History of the AAC Logo" by Howard L. Cohen,
(reproduced from the 1998 June issue of the club's newsletter, FirstLight).
Also see the AAC's 20th FirstLight Anniversary issue, 2007 December for details on AAC's history
including the AAC logo, the use of Tricorne Display for AAC's official font,
and information on the club's predecessor, The Florida (Amateur) Astronomical Society (FAS).

History of AAC Logo On FirstLight Banner

1987 December First issue of FirstLight (logo by C.S. Broward)

1992 September Latitude/longitude first appear (29°38’ N instead of current 39’)

1993 March Logo and latitude/longitude omitted!

1993 May Logo and latitude/longitude returns!

1994 January Logo redesigned (by C.S. Broward)

1995 February Heading/Logo redone (by H.L. Cohen); position given as 29°29’ instead of 29°38’ (mistake!)

1995 March Latitude corrected (H.L. Cohen) to 29°39’ (arc minutes increased by 1’)
Coordinates have remain unchanged since then.

Our logo gives latitude and longitude. But where is this! We ran a contest in June 1998 to see who could determine just where the logo coordinates places us in Gainesville, Florida!

Winners:

First Place Randy Palmer O’Connell parking lot, about 75 ft W of N/S Drive, 700’ South of W. University Ave.

Second Place Chuck Broward 100 ft NW corner UF Stadium

Third Place Rowland Medler Street between UF Stadium and O’Connell Center

Map showing our "location"
(in O'Connell Parking Lot)
on the University of Florida Campus. However, see next paragraph.

Prior to 2003 Season construction was completed on a two-year, $50 million stadium expansion/renovation that included moving parts of North-South Drive (now named Lemerand Drive) slightly westward by curving the road around the stadium. The marked location now lies near the eastern edge of the road. (See updated map.)
Note: Our marked location (29°39' N, 82°21' W) is given to only the nearest arc min ('). At this location, a difference of 0.5' in latitude and 0.5' in longitude corresponds to approximately 0.58 mi and 0.50 mi respectively. Therefore, any place within a circle centered on the marked position in the O'Connell Parking lot with a radius of about one-half mile will have nearly the same latitude and longitude as the previously given coordinates.

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	1987 December	First issue of FirstLight (logo by C.S. Broward)
	1992 September	Latitude/longitude first appear (29°38’ N instead of current 39’)
	1993 March	Logo and latitude/longitude omitted!
	1993 May	Logo and latitude/longitude returns!
	1994 January	Logo redesigned (by C.S. Broward)
	1995 February	Heading/Logo redone (by H.L. Cohen); position given as 29°29’ instead of 29°38’ (mistake!)
	1995 March	Latitude corrected (H.L. Cohen) to 29°39’ (arc minutes increased by 1’) Coordinates have remain unchanged since then.

First Place	Randy Palmer	O’Connell parking lot, about 75 ft W of N/S Drive, 700’ South of W. University Ave.
Second Place	Chuck Broward	100 ft NW corner UF Stadium
Third Place	Rowland Medler	Street between UF Stadium and O’Connell Center