ADVENTURES IN ASTRONOMY AND PHOTOGRAPHY

l ADVENTURES IN ASTRONOMY AND PHOTOGRAPHY

TABLE MOUNTAIN STAR PARTY 1997 HIGHLIGHTS

Star Parties

Table Mountain Star Party, WA, 1997

The table Mountain Star Party which is held during the new moon period of July is the biggest Amateur Astronomy event in Washington. It offers a tremendous experience for interested new amateur Astronomers and Astrophotographers And professionals alike. The site, which was originaly discovered by Tom Colwel and later organized by Thom Jenkins, Gene Dietzen, Dale Fiske and John Philips, Has become Washingtons Premier Amateur Astronomy Event. Every year hundreds of people travel to this spot to relish and enjoy some of the most spetacular night sky veiwing around. The shear number of telescopes that converge on the site and the gathering of excellent speakers, vendors and astronomy clubs and others who our involved in the field of amateur astronomy make this a must for all those interested in the stars. I have made table mountain a yearly event that must not be missed. This is the time to take those long awaited pictures and view those objects you have been dieing to see with your new scope. There are so many fantastic scopes there that its a waste if you don't take the time to veiw the sky through some of them every night taking time out from your own telescope veiwing and looking through others on the mountain. Last year (1997) I had to get around and take photograph's of the great telescopes that were there. My friend and I (pictured in the image above with the big telescope) made a point of going out every day and taking pictures of all the interesting things that we found at Table Mountain. These pages are dedicated to the 1997 Table Mountain Star Party and the great success it had last year. These pages present many of the wonderful sites we encountered and the many telescopes that we found around the site.

As we went about our way we saw many telescopes. Some where interesting to say the least. This one reminded us of a John Dear but dont be fooled, the images that night were wonderful. I was pretty intent on getting as many pictures as I could to help me with my 13.1 inch scope project. There was plenty of Truss Tube Scopes for the taking. Connectors galore. Mirror cells abounded everywhere. So I had plenty of exploring to do.

This was a nice 12" or 10" reflector. It was a real fine set up. I admired it a lot. This was one of the things about table mountain I liked the most was the many telescopes there were to see. Below are some of the other pictures I took of the star party last year. There are more than I can show here at one time. I have also desided to change the pictures each month so Look to this page for more pictures of table mountain plus this years 1998 pictures also. Inbedded in this section our links to the Oregon Star Party Home Page so you can get most prefured information on these events. I have provided the Oregon Star Party Registration and Map. I have also included the Oregon Star Party Images page so you can see pictures of OSP's past sites. Last, I have the Stellafane Star Party of vermont and the Great Nebraska Star Party Plus Enchanted Skies Star Party

LX200 10"	All Brass	What a Beauty!!
Dave Armstrongs 10 INCH	1996	Rosinger,March 1996

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