Date: May 25-27, 1984
Attendance: 1,176
Now in its 16th year, the RTMC had become one of the premier astronomical events. By now, the presence of vendors of astronomical equipment had started to dominate the telescope field. One of the favorite activities had become purchasing of secondhand or cosmetically damaged items from these vendors.
This conference was dedicated to the memory of Luther Davidson, former president of the Riverside Astronomical Society, who died in 1983. You can see his picture on the 1977 RTMC page.
Speakers
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Jim Jacobson, "The Art and Science of Visual High Fidelity in Astronomy" |
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Louis Boyd, "Automatic Photoelectric Telescope" |
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Norm Sperling, "Four Great Questions of Astronomy" |
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Robert Little, "Eclipses '83 and '84" |
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Chris Schur, "The Black Canyon Observatory" |
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Dennis di Cicco, "The Dog House Observatory" |
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Steve Reed, "Home Observatory" |
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Roger Sanders, "Light Weight Telescopes - Revisited" |
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Ben Mayer, "Stellar Frame Connection" |
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John Mood, "Watch the Skies! An Excursion in Atmospheric Optics" |
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David Levy, "Bart Bok: Farewell to a Friend" |
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Stephen Edberg, "Apodizing Screens: Do They Really Work?," "Solar Filters--A Spectroscopic Study" |
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Jack Marling, "Advances in Color Photography" |
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Joel Harris, "The Galileo Project" |
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Frank Melsheimer & Russell Genet, "A Computerized Low Cost 0.4 Meter Research Telescope" |
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Jeff Charles, "A Versatile Accessory of Cassegrain Telescopes" |
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Hal Jandorf, "Illustration of the New 3M 1000 Slide Film" |
Merit Awards
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Dave Radosevich - 12-1/2" f/6 with built-in computer, Unique Combination Observing System |
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Tom Osypowski - 16" Dobsonian, Outstanding Equatorial Platform |
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Gordon McDonald - Outstanding Wood Craftsmanship |
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Keith Lawson - 60mm f/15 Coude, Unique Integration of Mechanics and Optics |
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Douglas Thomas - Junior Award for Best First Telescope |
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Robert Pfaff - Mercury edge mirror support, Best Mirror Support |
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Kevin Medlock - Weight drive, Excellently Designed Drive |
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David Kenyon - Drive Corrector, Excellent Electronic Design |
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Duane Niehaus - Excellently Executed Folded Refractor |
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Mike Hill - 17-1/2" Dobsonian, Unique Wood Design |
Honorable Mentions
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Jeff and Steve Kysir - Star finder and portable observing station, Father and Son Project |
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Rick Swenson - Trailer mounted astrophotography system, Workmanship |
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Monty Barker - 80mm Refractor, Hand Tooled Craftsmanship |
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Sue Pasko - Modified Coude, Exceptional Execution of a Design |
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Jim Jacobson |
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John Day |
