Date: May 26-29, 2006
Attendance: 1,662
2006 featured a new Moon, with windy weather on Friday and unseasonably cold weather on Saturday. The theme for this year was "The History of Astronomy." For the first time, a special workshop was given by Tony Hallas for prepaid registrants.
Speakers
Keynote Speaker: Mike Brown, "Beyond Pluto: Discovery of the 10th Planet"
Robert Fulton Goff Invitational Lecture on Optics and Optical Design: John Gregory, "My 60 Years of Astro-Optics"
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Chris Schur, "Astroimaging Off the Beaten Track: The Wild - the Exotic" |
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David Metz and Fred Metzler,"Canon DSLRs" |
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Dave Rodrigues, "A Magical Tour of the Universe" |
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Dan Duriscoe, "Inventorying and Preserving the Night Sky Quality in the National Park System" |
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Rick Fienberg, "The International Year of Astronomy" |
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Anthony Stillman, "Bronze Metal Mirrors" |
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Steven Overholt, "Hosting Astronomy at National Parks, Schools, and Libraries" |
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Tim Thompson, "The Spitzer Space Telescope" |
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Dann McCreary, "The McCreary Mount - A New Technology Equatorial Platform" |
Workshops/Annex Presentations
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Ralph Megna and Walt Lickteig, "New Technology for Lunar and Planetary Imaging" |
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Chris Schur, "Image Processing: Getting the Color Right" |
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Alan Binder, "Lunar Prospector" |
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Shelley R. Bonus, "Fun With Space E Tracy and the Solar System Show for the Whole Family" |
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Tony Hallas, "Astroimaging" |
Merit Awards
Astronomer's Choice Award
Ken Graun and Alan Binder, Three
Galilean telescopes
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John Anderson, Solar spectroscope and siderostat |
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Richard Erich, 8" f/8 folded refractor |
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William Phelps, Alt-az siderostat |
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Ross Sackett, 8" f/4.5 Mahogany hybrid fork-Dob travelscope |
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Charles Wicks, 6" F/15 Refractor & German Equatorial Mount |
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Astroimaging Contest Winners
Best of Show: Alson Wong and Bob
Stephens, "2006 Total Solar Eclipse"
Meteors/Atmospheric Effects: Tom Varden
Eclipses/Transits: Alson Wong and Bob Stephens, "2006 Total Solar
Eclipse"
Solar System: Tom Varden
Deep Sky: Tom Varden
