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Telescopes and
Interests of DAS Members
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Darrell
Dodge |
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Main
Telescope(s):
Celestron
11" SCT
with
Celestron
CGE
Mount;
AstroTech
AT8IN
Imaging
Newtonian;
Orion
120ST
4.7"
refractor
with Celestron
CG-5
Mount;
Coronado
PST. |
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Activities
in
Astronomy:
Observing
galaxies
and
other
deep sky
objects;
AL
Observing
Programs
(working
on
Globular
Cluster
and
Planetary
Nebulae
Programs); CCD
imaging
with
Canon
450D
DSLR;
public
outreach
and
education;
certified
telescope
operator,
Alvan
Clark-Saegmuller
20-Inch
refractor
at
Chamberlin
Observatory;
DAS
AL
Correspondent
and
Webmaster. |
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AL
Observing
Awards:
Lunar I,
Messier,
Binocular
Messier,
Double
Star,
Urban
Club,
Caldwell
(Silver),
Asteroid
(Silver),
Asteroid
(Gold),
Herschel
400,
Herschel
II (DA),
Arp
Peculiar
Galaxies
(V),
Sunspotter,
Master
Observer. |
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Favorite
Observing
Experience:
"Deep
Impact"
of Comet Tempel 1
observed
from
Echo
Lake,
Colorado, July
4, 2005. |
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Personal
Web
Site:
www.telosnet.com/dmdodge/astronomy
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Jack
Eastman |
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Main
Telescope(s):
6-inch
refracting
telescope
built in
1877 by
the
celebrated
firm of
Alvan
Clark
and Sons
(at
left). A
12-cm
(5")
home-built
refracting
telescope
completed
around
1973.
32-cm
(12.6")
f/7.6
Newtonian
Reflector
on a
permanent
pier
equatorial
mount.
This
telescope
saw
First
Light
August,
1957.
Tiny
40mm
f/12.5
Newtonian
Reflector.
Primary
mirror
was the
core
from a
10-inch
f/2
primary
mirror
for one
of the
first
Celestron
"Table
Top
Tens"
circa
1964. |
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Activities
in
Astronomy:
DAS
Chief
Observer,
participate
in public
star
parties
and
public
outreach
at
Chamberlin
Observatory
open
houses,
Riverside
Telescope
Makers
Conference.
DAS
E-Board
member. |
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Astronomy
Awards:
Western
Amateur
Astronomers
2003 G.
Bruce
Blair
Award |
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