| Yosemite 2012 Jeff getting ready for the evening. I think this is just before he took over as club president. |
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2012 Kirk with his homemade 12" Dob. |
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2012 Not sure who this gentleman is. I think he was from another club. Anybody who brings a telescope is welcome! |
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2012 Bill setting up for the twilight presentation. |
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2012 My scope. |
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2012 Getting dark. |
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2012 Some of the visitors waiting for the program to start. |
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2012 Our ranger introducing us and the club. |
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2012 Jeff and a park guest looking for the first star of the evening. |
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2012 The eyepiece on Bill's telescope works well for taking pictures with a cell phone. Folks were getting some pretty good ones of Half Dome. |
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2012 Kirk and Vernal Falls. |
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2012 We all like to get set up well before it gets dark. That gives the Glacier Point visitors a chance to check out Half Dome. Sometimes there are even some climbers on the mountain. Everyone always gets a kick out of seeing some climbers up close and personal. With our telscopes you can even see what color their climbing shoes are. |
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2012 Dwight, a long time, and I believe, a charter member of the SCAC. |
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2012 Some of the folks checking out all the telescopes before it gets dark. |
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2012 Mark on the left with a couple of park guests. |
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2012 Jeff schmoozing with one of our guests. |
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2012 Bill in the middle of the pre-observing presentation. |
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2012 Half Dome sunset. It never gets old :) |
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2012 Years ago Dwight and Chris built this 12" binocular telescope. It gives fantastic views that are truly three-D. Dwight and his kids putting it all together. |
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2012 Astronomy is not a hobby that revolves around instant gratification. We spend a lot of time waiting for dark to come around. It can take a while to find your object. Once you find it then you have to focus and track it. Observing tends to be a quiet and contemplative activity. Mark and Bill hanging around. |
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2012 What a difference just a little change in exposure time can make. See the picture above. |
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2012 The park rangers that introduce us are really top notch. They really want to make sure the park visitors have a great astronomy experience, so they try to help us with whatever we need. The best thing is having electrical outlets at the amphitheater. 110v power is always way better that having to haul batteries out there with us. |
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2012 I stuck my little digital camera up to the eyepiece of my telescope and got this. Not bad, eh? My telescope is a Schmidt-Cassegrain, that means that images are backward and upside-down. So I flipped this one around... |
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2012 Mark and Bill again. Two wizened astronomers :) |
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2012 Dwight taking in the scene. |
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2012 That's me. |
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