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Texas Star Party Prude Ranch Fort Davis, Texas April 27 to May 4, 2003 |
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Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) Dome at the McDonald Observatory |
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HET Telescope mirrors. Note one is missing for repairs, and one is covered up. They are in the process of recoating the mirrors at this time. |
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Rear support cells for the HET telescope mirrors. |
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82 inch dome at the McDonald Observatory |
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82 inch telescope inside the dome, notice that the mirror cell is closed or covered |
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107 inch telescope at the McDonald Observatory |
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107 inch telescope bottom. This is where the CCD camera, and the light spectrogram fits. |
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107 inch telescope middle section. This is the section that can be used for visual observing. |
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107 inch telescope top section, and the doors on the dome. |
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Looking up from the road toward the 107" dome |
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VLBA antenna off in the distance. |
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Looking out from the 107 inch dome parking lot back wet toward the Davis Mountains. |
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McDonald Observatory Visitor Center from above |
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Ken at the lower RV site taking photos on the lower field. |
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Kent Francis having a great time at TSP ("What no clouds, this is GREAT") |
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RV Parking Site at the Prude Ranch (Southern skies over the RV's) |
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Our Scopes are set-up, covered and ready for their first night of observing at the Prude Ranch on the lower field. (loving referred to at the low rent district) |
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Middle Field at the TSP. This was the first Sunday afternoon, and people were still sitting up. |
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Scenery looking out from the Prude Ranch Upper Field |
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More Scenery from Prude Ranch |
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Upper Field where the BIG boys were. (Note Larry Mitchell's 36 inch telescope covered up.) |
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Upper Field panning south |
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More of the Upper Field still panning south. |
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More of the Upper Field with tents, still panning south. |
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Mosaic of the upper field. Four photos combined to make mosaic in photoshop. |
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The group having a GREAT time at TSP. |
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