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Oregon Star Party August 28-31 2003 Page 2
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Dan Gray shows how easy it is to assemble his 28" telescope! |
Another view of Dan Grays' 28" telescope. The 28" mirror is
a Swayze mirror.
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Mel Bartels shows his 20" telescope.
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Mel describing the secondary design on his telescope. |
Mel designed a unique secondary spider for the scope using
picture frame wire!
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Close up of the wire spider.
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Close up of focuser.
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Plywood base. |
Full view of Mels' scope. |
Charlie Wick's 20" metal scope. A telescope made using bicycle tire rims for the secondary and the
side bearings!
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Close up of the secondary.
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Mirror, base, and finderscope. |
Another view of base & mirror. Nice mirror cover helps to keep out
the infamous Oregon Star Party dust! |
I tried to get a panorama of the entire OSP site but it covered too
large an area! Telescopes, RV's, & tents as far as the eye could
see!
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Kites flying in the evening over OSP with a lovely crescent moon!
Beautiful night skies!
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The Oregon Star Party includes 3 days of wonderful speakers and
activities. The children also have a full schedule of activities held in a
tent set up just for them! This year the kids built a 6" Dobsonian
telescope which was later given away in the Saturday door prize drawings.
OSP also gave away 8 telescopes from Hardin Optical & Sean's Astronomy
Shop, along with numerous other door prizes. OSP also provides a shower
truck (heavenly!), an all night espresso stand (great hot chocolate!),
numerous vendors, a swap meet, and
a food court. The "Starburgers" were out of this
world!
Chuck & Judy Dethloff founders of Oregon Star Party once again
provided a wonderful experience for everyone that attended. I wish to
thank them, the OSP committee, volunteers, and vendors for all their hard
work. Without them an event of this magnitude and success would not be
possible. Also a big thank you to the U.S. Forest service for allowing us
to use the area in spite of the fire restrictions.
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