Date: May 24-26, 1997
Attendance: 1,633
Attendance was down with the phase of the Moon, but that didn't stop participants from having a great time. The telescope making group from the Pacific Northwest, represented by Randy Johnson, started a mirror making class with one of the participants winning the completed mirror. Randy also started a tradition of field tours demonstrating various telescopes and telescope making techniques.
The Keynote Speaker was Richard Fienberg of Sky & Telescope magazine who spoke on how the Internet is changing our hobby.
Speakers
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Randy Johnson, "Optical Testing Demonstration" |
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Jim Brunkella, "History of Astronomy" |
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Tony Patta and Tony Salvatore, "Building an Observatory" |
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George Keene, "6 Inch Camera Obscura" |
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Peter Ceravolo and Douglas George, "Time Lapse Movie of Comet Hyakutake's Tail in Color" |
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Chris Schur, "Digitized Astrophotography from Arizona" |
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John Hoot, "CCD Time Lapse Photography" |
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John Hoot, "A Simple CCD Spectrograph" |
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Bob Stephens, "The Renaissance of Amateur Astronomy in Riverside" |
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Richard Fienberg, "Amateur Astronomy in a Wired World: How the Internet is Changing Our Hobby" |
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Mike Bennett, "Project Astro" |
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Randy Johnson, "Internet Access - Telescope Making" |
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Tim Robertson, "VCAS Astronomy Day Activities" |
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Glenn Malcolm, "The RAS at the Orange Blossom Festival" |
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Bob Bell, "NEAT Project - Near Earth Asteroid Tracking Project" |
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Russell Sipe, Charles Morris, Ron Baalke, "Comet Hale-Bopp and the Internet" - panel discussion |
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Gil Clark, "Robotic Telescopes for Education" |
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Robert Staehle, "JPL Fire & Ice Project" |
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ATM Group, Telescope Making Panel Discussion |
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Burt Patterson, "Introduction to the Pegasus CCD Camera" |
Merit Awards
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Mike Spooner, "Folded Refractor on a Beavertail Springfield Mount" |
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R.A.T.S. (Riverside Astronomical Telescope Makers), "Excellence in Telescope Making Outreach" |
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Bruce Sayre, "Innovative Low Power Observing System" |
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Allen Hall, "Excellence in Design and Construction of a Large Low Cost First Telescope" |
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Gary Wolanski, "Excellence in Metal Craftsmanship and Design" |
Honorable Mentions
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Verryl Fosight, "Clever Solution to CCD Camera Positioning" |
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George Cunning, "Well Made First Telescope" |
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Jean Lilley/Fred Phillips, "Low Power, Easy to Use Portable Telescope" |
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Jay Schwabe, "Detachable Rotating Upper Cage" |
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Michael Schmidt, "Homemade Herschelian Reflex Finder" |
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Debbie Dyke, "Well Done First Telescope" |
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Gary Grue, "Advancing the Design of Large Lightweight Tubes" |
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Randall Wilcox |
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Paul Zwierzynski |
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George Keene |
