Astromart

August 12, 2005 04:14 PM Forum: Star Parties

Some Photos from Stellafane 2005, Part 6

Another Canadian, Norman Fullum, won an award in Craftsmanship for his ornate 8 inch f/6 rosewood Dob. As usual, Norman's altitude bearings were crescent Moons. Both Jan and Norman have won awards at Stellafane in previous years.

Dave Mitsky

August 12, 2005 04:15 PM Forum: Star Parties

Some Photos from Stellafane 2005, Part 7

Posted By Dave Mitsky

Here's a homemade 6" f/15 Frauenhofer refractor. The man who built it gave a talk on grinding objective lenses on Friday.

Dave Mitsky

August 12, 2005 04:17 PM Forum: Star Parties

Some Photos from Stellafane 2005, Part 8

Posted By Dave Mitsky

Carl Lancaster and his reworked 18 inch f/4.5 split-ring equatorial Newtonian appear in this picture. Carl won awards for Mechanical Design and Craftsmanship for this beautiful lelescope in 2001. (Split-ring equatorials have been very popular with the judges in recent years.) This year he took the Innovative Component award for a remote control collimation system.

Dave Mitsky

August 12, 2005 04:18 PM Forum: Star Parties

Some Photos from Stellafane 2005, Part 9

Posted By Dave Mitsky

Here's a shot of the prize winning folded refractor that Kelly Jons constructed. His functional 4 1/4 inch f/14 replica of William Herschel's 18 foot telescope is in the foreground. Kelly, who is standing in the background directly behind the refractor, has also garnered awards at past Stellafanes for his refractors and the Herschel scope replica. The famous Pink Clubhouse can be seen in this picture.

Dave Mitsky

August 12, 2005 04:21 PM Forum: Star Parties

Some Photos from Stellafane 2005, Part 10

Posted By Dave Mitsky

This is another shot that was taken near the Pink Clubhouse. In the foreground are three of the few remaining 6 inch f/4 Russell Porter Garden Telescopes.

http://www.chabotspace.org/visit/exhibits/astronomycalif.asp

http://www.chabotspace.org/vsc/exhibits/califastronomy/portergarden.asp

http://www.stellafane.com/images/history/garden01.jpg

Another Garden Telescope is on display in the James Hartness-Russell Porter Astronomy Museum at the Hartness House in Springfield.

http://www.hartnesshouse.com/pages/histoBD.shtml

A beautifully restored 89mm Mogey refractor can be seen in the background.

Dave Mitsky

August 13, 2005 05:19 AM Forum: After Dark

Stellafane Pix on the Upcoming Star Parties Forum

Posted By Dave Mitsky

FYI, I posted some of the photos that I took at the Stellafane convention last weekend on the Upcoming Star Parties Forum. Included are some of the winning ATM scopes.

Dave Mitsky

August 13, 2005 05:22 AM Forum: Telescope Making

Stellafane Pix on the Upcoming Star Parties Forum

Posted By Dave Mitsky

FYI, I posted some of the photos that I took at the Stellafane convention last weekend on the Upcoming Star Parties Forum. Included are some of the winning ATM scopes.

Dave Mitsky

August 17, 2005 07:41 AM Forum: Star Parties