project 40
The 40 inch mirror being made ready for a new telescope to be installed at Robert Ferguson Observatory…
It will eventually replace the 24 inch currently in service in the west wing.
Friday night we rolled it out of the shop for testing…
we have about two months of polishing left to go before silvering it..
moon from rfo
I volunteer at Robert Ferguson Observatory which allows me to play with the toys from time to time…
This was shot through the 24 inch reflector located in the west wing of the Observatory … shooting details – I can’t find…
RFO Public Night
This Saturday night 9-19 is a public night at Robert Ferguson Observatory ………… located in Sugarloaf Ridge State Park ….(assuming it’s still open) Kenwood, Ca. …..Come on up and see the stars!
new telescope for RFO
Robert Ferguson Observatory volunteers (myself included) are in the process of constructing a new 40 inch telescope to replace the existing 24 inch scope located in the East Wing of the observatory located in Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, Sonoma County California …. Here are a few photos of the new 40 inch mirror and the testing of this mirror by RFO docent Steve Follett…….
9-10-01
We all will remember 9/11/01… the day the World Trade Center was attacked. You probably remember where you were and what you were doing when you heard the news. Things like that tend to stand out in our memory ……
I remember where I was and what I was doing the day before the attacks as well.
It was my first look at a Lunar occultation of Saturn. On November 10th 2001, at about 4 in the morning, Saturn ducked behind the Moon and I took it’s picture…
Taken with a Nikon 995 if I remember right. I took it as a .jpg … I didn’t know about raw files at the time. It’s pretty rough but you can see what appears to be a tiny Saturn about to move behind the Moon. I held the Nikon up to the eyepiece of the 24 inch reflecting telescope at Robert Ferguson Observatory…. this was the best of several shots. A tough subject because of the Moon’s brightness and the faint light from Saturn. but a little work in Lightroom helped out….
About 30 hours later everything changed……….
