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Originally Posted by Satchmo
Nice one! Yikes, that camp was 23 years ago  . I'm the 4th guy standing from the right, with a white T shirt. Of nostalgic interest for me is the presence in the photo of my two favorite 'scopes ever. The compact 9.5" F4.5 on pine mount , front right of me and the 8" F8 binocular to my far right. In the middle of the photo is the AAQ's 13.1" Coulter which was the first Dob i ever used in 1984 and the first Nagler 13mm as well. I certainly miss those telescopes.
It would be fun to see how many names of people in the photo we can recall . I can certainly spot Rob Mcnaught and Gordon Garrad who are still active on the amateur/professional boundaries. |
Yep I picked you there Mark.
Front row nealing left to right Gordon Garrad, Gregg Thompson, (the late) Nick Williams 5th along Jim Barclay, 7th (far right nealing) Don Whiteman??? not sure
Standing L/R 3rd along is Greg Bock, Tall young guy behind Nick Williams is Roy (now Dr) Duncan discoverer of many supernova remnants as a professional radio astronomer. Very back (just see his head) is Warren Sayer. Mark, I remember those 8inch binos well, had never seen anything quite like them, superb. 23 years yep and it seems like yesterday.
PeterM