Date: May 23-25, 1986
Attendance: 1,433
The 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 |
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Bob Schalck |
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Dann McCreary, 12.5" Dobsonian |
