| April 3, time to pick up the 16" scope ... there was lots of
snow in Flagstaff so Nez lent me his Suburban to keep the
scope dry on the way home.
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| Brad Ehrhorn's
observatory with a big clamshell dome.
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| Meade 16" LX-200 mounted in Brad's observatory.
A wide angle shot in a 12' dome can't show it all.
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| Clean!
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| CCD camera mounted on field derotator.
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| Brad with the 16"; a cashier's check helped allievate his
"seller's remorse".
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| Dave with the 16"; poorer but happier!
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| Back to Tim and Pam's house, Tim looked terrible
(he was mulaged after an wilderness medic training course).
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| More snow that night in Flagstaff ... this was the night
before driving home ... the truck was buried in
the morning ... oh well, I shoveled it out and followed a
snowplow for about an hour on I-40 until it cleared
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| Back home safe and sound, set up in the kitchen.
Dawn's not terribly impressed with the view through
the skylight.
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