A lot goes on in the week before convention, and this year we
are again going to share some photos
of some of the activities the occur before most of your arrive.
We made a large effort to get all the pavers installed this year,
and we thank the many volunteers who helped with this job and did a great job of installing them.
Additionally, we introduced engraved pavers at this year's convention, and we have a few shots of
them being made:
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| The pavilion got it's balcony extended, and we put up
the new plaques to recognize donors: |
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There is plenty of work to do to get ready outside the pavilion also: general work
around the site, making sure our observatories are ready for use, getting the "fruit stand" in place
at the entrance. And yes, there is time to take a quick nap before dinner on a sunny rock after
a hard days work.
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| Did you ever wish your Wi-Fi setup had a bit more range?
We did. John Martin donated his old satellite dish, and we added in a pickup truck with a scaffold
in the bed that we used to help build the pavilion. Tape a USB Wi-Fi stick at the focus, string
together a few USB extension cables, put a PC in the cab and you are good to go (5 bars on the first
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| It takes a daily morning meeting to organize all this
work, and Thursday evening we hold a regular club meeting to make sure we are ready for the convention
events on Friday & Saturday: |
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Here are our traditional candid shots taken during convention:
Photos from around the site:
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The Horseshoe Pitching Contest, winners at right.
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| Some Banners and License Plates seen at Convention this year: |
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Activities in and around the McGregor Observatory:
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| Photos from Breezy Hill (There are more on the
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| ATM Demo and Ice Cream Sales in the Pavilion: |
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| The Saturday
Evening Program: |
Stellafane
Donation
Scope
on display
at the
Evening Program |
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Next 3 to Right:
Oldest & Youngest
Attendees |
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Telescope Competition
Left: Head Judges Chris Houghton & Rick Hunter
Right: Winners of Optical & Mechanical Awards
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Shadowgram
Speaker
Mario
Motta |
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Keynote
Speaker
Tom
Williams
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Contributed Panoramic Photos
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Click image to view. 1.11 MB, 2,471 x 600 panorama of
Saturday Night Program in the Flanders Pavilion.
Photo by Mathew Ota
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Click image to view. 5.64 MB, 5,011 x 1,417 panorama of
Breezy Hill on Saturday Morning.
Photo by Mark G. Meredeth
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Photos by George N. Huftalen, Jr. of the ASSNE at
Stellafane
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Photo by John Vogt
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Ed Jones &
his
Herschelian
Telescope |
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Photos by John Bortle of Stormville, NY
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Photos by Lance Clarke of Toronto
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Photos by Jeff Curren of Diamond
Point, NY
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Photos by Kim Kegan & Dennis
Cassia of the Springfield Telescope Makers
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Photos by Megan J of the Aldrich
Astronomical Society
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Photos by Lloyd Merrill of
Cumberland, RI
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Photos by John Vogt of Huntington,
NY
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Photos by Dave Mitsky,
member of AELC, ASH and DVAA
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Photos by Verissimo Monte,
member of ASSNE from New Bedford, MA
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"My camera is a Canon 20d with a Canon 28-135mm IS lens and a Sigma 28-300mm lens piggy back
on a Meade 10" LX200 GPS in alt. az. that's why there is some field rotation." |
