Date: May 23-25, 1986
Attendance: 1,433The 18th RTMC was held on a
full Moon weekend. This inhibited attendance a little as it was down from the previous
year's high. We were also fresh off the encounter with Halley's Comet. Many stories were
told of adventures in viewing this once in a lifetime comet.
Talks were given on several people's experiences on viewing
Halley as well as building equipment suitable for observing comets. This was indeed the
"Halley's Comet" Conference.
Speakers
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Ron Arbour, "An Amateur's Computerized Camera
for the Automatic Tracking of Comets" |
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Don Machholz, "The Discovery of Periodic Comet
Machholz 1986e" |
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Robert E. Cox, "Some All-Spherical Optical
Systems for the Amateur" |
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R. A. Buchroeder, Ph.D., "Design of an 8"
Zoom Telescope" |
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David Levy, "In the Shadow of Kitt Peak: the
Special Joy of Amateur Astronomy" |
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Fred Veio, "The Spectrohelioscope" |
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Glenn Robertson, "Beginner's Luck with
Halley" |
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Mark J. Coco, "A Personal Recollection of
Comet Halley" |
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Bob Eklund and Laura Woodard, "Up From Down
Under" |
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Douglas S. Hall, "How Do I Choose a
Photoelectric Observing Project?" |
Merit Awards
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Henry Grieb, Good Craftsmanship Using Simple Tools
- 8" f/8 Newtonian |
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Tom Osypowski, Craftsmanship - 10" f/6 |
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Ray Coutchie, Innovative Automatic Sky Patrol
System |
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David Pitou, Design and Use of Materials;
Craftsmanship - 6" Maksutov, 6.2" Schmidt |
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Leo Vanderbyl, Outstanding and Innovative Design -
18" Schmidt-Cassegrain |
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James Heaton, Outstanding Refractor & Pier
Design - 7.5" refractor |
Honorable Mentions
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Angie Frey, Junior Division, Well Executed First
Telescope - 6" Newtonian |
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Andre Thibault, Junior Division, Well Executed
First Telescope - 6" Newtonian |
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David Charles, Innovative Improvement to Tangent
Arm Drive |
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Steve Collett, Wood Craftsmanship - 8"
Newtonian |
Clifford W. Holmes Award
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Bob Schalck |
Warren Estes Award
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Dann McCreary, 12.5" Dobsonian |
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