Date: May 27-29, 1988
Attendance: 2,002
This was the 20th Riverside Telescope Makers Conference which made it an event of celebration. The Saturday night program was a remembrance of the previous 20 years, with special guests from conferences past being honored.
This was also the second time the conference got snow. Friday night, Big Bear was the coldest spot in the nation as a weather system blew through putting a light dusting of snow on the ground. Fortunately, it cleared up and turned warmer later in the weekend. This year many large, refined telescopes were brought to the conference. Dominating the field was the 31" built by the Los Angeles Astronomical Society. Built by over 40 members of the LAAS, it was made from welded steel and is computer controlled.
Speakers
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Rod Wheeler, "Restoration of a (1958) six-inch Goto Refractor" |
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Tom Quinn, Burt Patterson, "TV Set up with Your Scope" |
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Rick Shaffer, "Tuning Up Your Small Import Telescope for Your Mars Observations" |
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Frederick N. Ley, "Astronomy in Greece" |
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Clyde Tichneor, "Low Cost Video" |
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Tom Dorff, A Thirty-one Incher and Why Not To" |
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Lynn Wyett, John Reinert, "Telescope Spectrometry of Rocket Engine Plumes" |
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Gene Lucas, "The Spin Casting Laboratory" |
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George T. Keene, "Astrophotography Today" |
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Charles Townsend, "Photographic Astrometry With a Single Axis Micrometer" |
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Robert Buchroeder, Ph.d., "A Nearly Perfect Eyepiece for Newtonian Telescopes" |
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Bob Goff, "The Hale Laboratory" |
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Dan Gordon, "Something New for Astrophotography" |
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Michael Geller, Richard Rouse, "The Transit Telescope at Table Mountain" |
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Chris Schur, "Advanced Color Schmidt Camera Photography" |
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Jeffrey R. Charles, "Adventures in Astrophotography with a Small Telescope" |
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David L. Charles, "Sophisticated Version of a Haig Mount" |
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Michael Carroll, "The Next Ten Years of Mars Exploration" |
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Pete Manly, "Weird Telescopes" |
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Joel Harris, John Sanford, "March Eclipse Tales" |
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George Keene, "Astrophotography Today - with a Surprise" |
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Dr. Michael Klien, "Seti--the Search" |
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Ben Mayer, "Observational Astrology" |
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Tom Mathis, "Sky Simulation on a Macintosh" |
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Astronomy Forum Computer Conference |
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Robert Suding, "14.5-Inch Binoculars" |
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Gene Lucas, "Eliminating Stray Light in Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescopes" |
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Dr. Robert Suding, "Computers in Amateur Astronomy Tutorial" |
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Dr. Robert Suding, "Design Construction and Alignment of Large Binocular Telescopes" |
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David Chandler, "The Depth of Space; Custom Star Computer Charts" |
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Norm Sperling, "The American Telescope Business" |
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Chris Schur & Rick Rotramel, "The Pegasus and Perseus: Two Compact Newtonians For Scanning the Southern Skies" |
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Peter Ceravolo, "The Ross Null Test and High Finesse Figuring" |
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Bob Eklund, "The Mount Wilson Epic" |
Merit Awards
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William B. Phelps, Outstanding Binocular Mount |
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Dewey Burkes, Outstanding Design and Execution of Complete Telescope System - 16" f/4-f/16 Newtonian-Cassegrain |
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Jack Tickner, Well Executed Collapsible Dobsonian - 14-1/4" Dobsonian |
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Tom Fox, Outstanding Craftsmanship - 12-1/2" f/8 Newtonian |
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Carter Roberts, Very Rigid Astrographic Telescope - 10" f/6.3 Newtonian on a fork mount |
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David Radosevich, Overall Craftsmanship - 6" f/4 tabletop Dobsonian |
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David Barosso, Inverse Flotation Cell |
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The Los Angeles Astronomical Society, Outstanding Cooperative Effort for a Large Telescope - 31" f/4.6-f/12-f/20 |
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Robert Quimby, Junior Award - 6" Dobsonian |
Honorable Mentions
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Rick Shaffer, Disgustingly Simple Improvements for Small Tripods |
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Jack Borde, Thought Provoking Historical Possibility: A Natural Solar Filter??? |
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David L. Charles, Dual Axis Platform, and astrographic platform with stepper motors |
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Kevin Medlock |
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Douglas Ostroski, 17-1/2" f/4.5 Newtonian |
