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Date: May 24-26, 2002
Attendance: 1,776

In 2002 the full Moon did not reduce attendance, which increased over the previous three years and was the highest since the last new Moon in 1998. There were partly cloudy skies most of the weekend.

The theme for this year was "Women in Astronomy," with E.C.Krupp, director of Griffith Observatory, and his wife Robin featured as Keynote Speakers.

As usual, the RTMC had concurrent workshop sessions, along with the Beginners Corner which moved to the newly renovated Coombs Lodge.

Speakers

	Jim Young, “History of Table Mountain and Its Observatories”
	Karen Young, “Where Does the 21st Century Woman Fit into Amateur Astronomy?”
	Bonnie Buratti, “Mysterious Lights and Flashes on the Moon: Are They Real?”
	Shelley Bonus, “Women Who Reached for the Stars at Mount Wilson”
	Gary Seronik, “The Making of a Telescope”
	Trina Ray, “A Day in the Life of an Interplanetary Spacecraft”
	Teresa Plymate, “A Day in the Life of a Tech at Kitt Peak”
	Roger Clark, “Visual Observing the National Parks of the Deep Sky”
	Jim Burr, “The Big Bang: The Bible and What You Won't See on the Discovery Channel”
	Peter Abrahams, “H. Dennis Taylor & the Design and Testing of Astronomical Instruments”
	Chris Schur, “Photographing Galaxies with a CCD Camera”
	Bryan Greer, “Using Fans in Newtonian Reflectors”
	Dale Mais, “Amateur Spectroscopy: Those Peculiar C and S Stars”
	Timothy J. Thompson, “Stars in the Evolving Universe”
	Jack Kellythorne, “Inside the Mind of a Commercial Telescope Designer”

Workshops

	Light Pollution/International Dark-Sky Association, Laverne Booth, Moderator
	So You Want to Work in an Observatory?, Jean Mueller, Moderator
	Digital Image Processing, Chris Schur, Moderator
	The Unexpected Future: Trends that Will Radically Change Astrophotography, Dave Rowe , Moderator
	Amateur Astronomoy Outreach Survey: Open Forum: Suzanne Chippindale, Moderator

Merit Awards

	Howard Banich, Single-Height "Springsonian" observing system
	Roger C. Ceragioli, Optical Excellence in a 90mm APO refractor
	Jakob Getson, First Telescope, Junior Division
	Bill Kelley, Alan Adler, Howard Moore, Outstanding Telescope and Pointing System for education
	Gerry Logan, Outstanding Craftsmanship in Mechanics and Optics
	Teresa Takaki Matsushima, Excellent First Telescope
	Kerry A. Sagar, Excellent Craftsmanship
	Walter E. Thomas, First Telescope and Mirror Making Equipment
	Ronald L. Tindall, Excellent Woodwork in a portable telescope

Honorable Mentions

	Eugene Clement and Matthew Nadret, Senior/Junior Collaborative telescope project
	Steven Overholt, Educational outreach telescopes
	Scott Rychnovsky, Wood and foam core tube construction
	Kerry A. Sagar, Innovative Tube Joinery in a tube telescope
	Richard D. Shaffer, Telescope viewing stand
	Ronald L. Tindall, Stable low-cost tripod and mount

Clifford W. Holmes Award

E.C. Krupp

Warren Estes Award

Peter DeBaan

Clyde Tombaugh Award

Stephen, Thomas, Daniel, and Matthew Bisque

The crowd gathers for door prizes Out Back Tents and scopes on the meadow The Grand Poobah and friends view the Sun Binocular telescope E.C. Krupp receives the Clifford Holmes Award from Jackie Holmes A solar halo frames the 20" Cast Iron Wonder