AcknowledgementsMany UCO/Lick astronomers and staff, as well as individuals not affiliated with UCO/Lick, contributed their expertise to these pages. In particular, I'd like to acknowledge the following: Donald E. Osterbrock: for his excellent editing help and extensive source materials from his 1988 book "Eye on the Sky: Lick Observatory's First Century" (coauthors Gustafson and Unruh). Steven S. Vogt: for providing APF source materials and editing suggestions, for content edits of several other pages, and for taking the time to explain in detail how telescopes and instruments work. Harland Epps: for explaining technical and historical details of optics as well as telescope and spectrograph function, and for content edits on all pages. Robert Hanson: for authoring most of the Astrograph page, and for helping to choose images and design the layout of that page. Remington Stone: for providing Crossley source materials from his 1979 Sky and Telescope articles "The Crossley Reflector: A Centennial Review" (parts I and II), and for leading informative annual telescope tours for myself and other administrative staff. Debra Fischer: for content edits on many pages including APF, as well as help with clear presentation of facts. Geoff Marcy: for providing information and images for the APF page, and for content edits Arnold Klemola: for contributing to the Astrograph page, both text and images. Richard Stover: for providing details about CCDs, and for his CCD image. Dorothy Schaumberg and the Mary Lea Shane Archives of the Lick Observatory: for providing photos, dates, and historical details. Anthony Misch: for answering many questions about the Lick telescopes over the years. Matthew Radovan: for locating and lending the original 1959 drawing of the Shane telescope, from which I drew the Shane 3-foci illustration. Laurie Hatch: for providing numerous images for these pages. The 111th Aerial Photography Squadron: for providing the image of the aerial view of Lick Observatory at no charge. Rainer Kohler: for making the Shane control room movie. Kelly Tyler: for taking time from her technical writing to proofread at no charge, and for inspiring me. Thank you, one and all. I would also like to acknowledge source material from the 1984 University of California publication "Lick Observatory," the 16th edition of a pamphlet first published in 1894 as "A Brief Account of Lick Observatory." Robin Witmore
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