HRPO CLASSIC DOME CONTROLS
Saturday 12 April from 8pm to 9:30pm
Saturday 19 April from 7pm to 8:30pm
Saturday 26 April from 6pm to 7:30pm
Saturday 3 May from 5pm to 6:30pm
From the days of the late 1990s—when Greg Guzik, Merrill Hess, Melanie Hair and Walt Cooney introduced to the public a cutting-edge observatory that would astonish the media with its dozens of asteroid discoveries—are these controls that were on the scene. With mechanical relays, a CCD camera and DOS TCS Sky (!) these controls contributed to a rich history of a community and professional-grade observatory: historic celestial events, a child’s first time seeing a magnified view of a planet, marriage proposals…
The display will include the list of asteroid discoveries and a vintage sample from the operators’ session logs!
