Images from SLAS Member
Sean O'Leary
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Archaeoastronomy (Group 1)
Section Comments: People have been fascinated
by the skies since there have been people and I always take the opportunity to
look into ancient or archaic observatories.
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Astronomical Observatory at Chichen Itza |
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Photographer: Sean O’Leary
Date: December 2005
Event: Vacation
Persons shown in photo: (Left to Right) Norma and Timothy O’Leary
Any caption you'd like for the photo: The Observatory Caracol, near Cancun Mexico, was used to mark the equinox and the max/min lunar declinations among other observations. |
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Sundial Bridge |
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Photographer: Timothy O’Leary
Date: March 2006
Event: Vacation
Persons shown in photo: Sean O’Leary
Any caption you'd like for the photo: Sundial Bridge in Redding California. |
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Sundial Bridge |
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Photographer: Sean O’Leary
Date: March 2006
Event: Vacation
Persons shown in photo: None
Any caption you'd like for the photo: I really like the silhouette of the cables and spire against the sky. |
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Sundial Bridge |
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Photographer: Sean O’Leary
Date: March 2006
Event: Vacation
Persons shown in photo: None
Any caption you'd like for the photo: The time was only off by 5 minutes.
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Palomar
Observatory (Group 2)
Section Comments: I had hoped to get my nieces (and my son) excited about
astronomy by seeing a really big telescope. I fear the only thing they will
remember is the very windy road that made one of them sick in my back seat!
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Palomar Observatory |
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Photographer: Timothy O’Leary
Date: March 2005
Event: Spring Break
Persons shown in photo: (Left to Right) Lauren Gates, Sean O’Leary, Jamie Gates
Any caption you'd like for the photo: My son and two nieces went to the observatory during spring break.
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Palomar Observatory |
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Photographer: Sean O’Leary
Date: March 2005
Event: Spring Break
Persons shown in photo: None
Any caption you'd like for the photo: Base of 200inch Hale telescope at Mt Palomar. |
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Lowell Observatory
(Group 3)
Section Comments: Lowell has a great outreach program.
While there is still some limited research done on Mars Hill it is now mostly
used as a way to engage the public.
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Clark Telescope |
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Photographer: Sean O’Leary
Date: March 2005
Event: Spring Break
Persons shown in photo: Tour guide and group
Any caption you'd like for the photo: Tour guide shows how easy it is to move the 24 inch Clark telescope.
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Percivals viewing chair |
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Photographer: Sean O’Leary
Date: March 2005
Event: Spring Break
Persons shown in photo: None
Any caption you'd like for the photo: This is Percival Lowell’s viewing chair. Notice the Ford F-150 tires used to support and rotate the dome. |
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Pluto Discovery Telescope |
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Photographer: Timothy O’Leary
Date: March 2005
Event: Spring Break
Persons shown in photo: Sean O’Leary
Any caption you'd like for the photo: Pluto will always be my favorite “Planet” even if it turns out not to be a planet. |
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Alvan Clark Telescope |
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Photographer: Sean O’Leary
Date: March 2005
Event: Spring Break
Persons shown in photo: Timothy O’Leary
Any caption you'd like for the photo: Timothy in front of the Alvan Clark Telescope in the Slipher Building on Mars Hill. |
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U of U Observatory
(Group 4)
Section Comments:
As an undergraduate I was very excited about astronomy and loved to have the
chance to work with such a great instrument. Unfortunately I was alone in my
enthusiasm. I am glad it found a new life in Grantsville.
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Eaaling in a Previous Life |
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Photographer: Norma Prieto
Date: Summer 1988
Event: None
Persons shown in photo: Sean O’Leary
Any caption you'd like for the photo: I’m glad to see it finally found a loving home.
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U of U Dome |
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Photographer: Norma Prieto
Date: Summer 1988
Event: None
Persons shown in photo: Sean O’Leary
Any caption you'd like for the photo: If I could just get this in my back yard. |
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KC135-Vomit Comet
(Group 5)
Section Comments: While still in school, I started work
for the Hearts in Space Team as their electrical design engineer and
programmer. We flew several missions on the Vomit Comet out of Ellington Field
in Huston Texas, in preparation for a shuttle flight. Our original project was
called “Art-Heart” his second generation younger sibling was named “Frank.”
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Only way in |
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Photographer: George Pantalos
Date: September 1989
Event: Testing
Persons shown in photo: Sean O’Leary
Any caption you'd like for the photo: Boarding the KC135 in preparation for our micro-G experiment.
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ENG Crew |
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Photographer: George Pantalos
Date: September 1989
Event: Testing
Persons shown in photo: Sean O’Leary, Stewart Woodruff, Keith Sharp, Richard LaRange
Any caption you'd like for the photo: ART Heart is center stage. This is a research project to understand how gravity affects the cardio vascular system. |
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KC135 Cockpit. |
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Photographer: George Pantalos
Date: September 1989
Event: Testing
Persons shown in photo: Sean O’Leary
Any caption you'd like for the photo: If they would let me I would love to fly. |
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Frank |
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Photographer: Stewart Woodruff
Date: May 1996
Event: Testing
Persons shown in photo: (Around Experiment) Keith Sharp, Sean O’Leary, George Pantalos
Any caption you'd like for the photo: ART’s younger and larger brother was named FRANK (Gene Wilder would have loved him). |
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Apollo 13 Crew with ART |
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Photographer: George Pantalos
Date: Early 1990’s
Event: Testing
Persons shown in photo: Kevin Beacon, Tom Hanks, ART Heart
Any caption you'd like for the photo: Our experiment got to fly with the stars, movie stars that is. The film crew of Apollow 13 flew on this mission to test out the weightless environment prior to actual filming. |
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NASA928 WB_57 High Altitude Research Jet |
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Photographer: Stewart Woodruff
Date: September 1989
Event: Testing
Persons shown in photo: Sean O’Leary
Any caption you'd like for the photo: Several WB-57F’s were converted to research jet for use by NASA’s high altitude research Program. There are currently 2 jets in service NASA-926 and NASA-928. Ellington Field Houston, Texas. |
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Kennedy Space Center
(Group 6)
Section Comments: On several trips to KSC for the Hearts
in Space Team, I was privileged to see some of the amazing history that has been
preserved concerning the birth of manned exploration of space.
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Mecury Monument |
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Photographer: George Pantalos
Date: Summer 1998
Event: Pre-launch integration
Persons shown in photo: Sean O’Leary
Any caption you'd like for the photo: This is the Mercury Monument at the Kennedy Space Center Florida. Dedicated to the original 7 Astronauts: Schirra, Shepard, Slayton, Grissom, Glenn, Cooper, Carpenter |
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Mercury Redstone Rocket |
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Photographer: Sean O’Leary
Date: Summer 1998
Event: Pre-launch integration
Persons shown in photo: None
Any caption you'd like for the photo: John Glenn had guts! This isn’t much more then a big Estes rocket. |
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Launch Pad 34 |
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Photographer: George Pantalos
Date: Summer 1998
Event: Pre-launch integration
Persons shown in photo: Sean O’Leary
Any caption you'd like for the photo: Site of Apollo 1 Tragedy. LC-34 played a pivotal role in preparing for manned space flight.
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Rocket Garden |
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Photographer: Sean O’Leary
Date: Summer 1998
Event: Pre-launch integration
Persons shown in photo: None
Any caption you'd like for the photo: Mercury Redstone on right; Mercury Atlas on the left.
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Rocket Garden 2 |
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Photographer: Sean O’Leary
Date: Summer 1998
Event: Pre-launch integration
Persons shown in photo: None
Any caption you'd like for the photo: Gemini rocket, Saturn 1B in background. The Rocket Garden at Kennedy Space Center. |
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VAB (Group 7)
Section Comments: Very, Very Cool. During our trips for
integration we toured the vehicle assembly building. This place has 4-34 story
office buildings inside and has its own weather. It has been known to rain
inside on a clear day. I felt like I was stepping back in history. Today it is
used for shuttle integration but it reminded you that Apollo wasn’t that long
ago.
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Vehicle Assembly Building |
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Photographer: Richard LaRrange
Date: Spring 1977
Event: Pre-launch integration
Persons shown in photo: Sean O’Leary, George Pantalos, Kevin Gillars, Thomas Bennett, Keith Sharp, Stewart Woodruff
Any caption you'd like for the photo: Originally used for Saturn V assembly, the VAB is now used for Shuttle integration.
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Discovery |
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Photographer: Stewart Woodruff
Date: Spring 1977
Event: Pre-launch integration
Persons shown in photo: Sean O’Leary
Any caption you'd like for the photo: I’m kneeling right next to the cockpit windows of Discovery. |
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Wheel |
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Photographer: Stewart Woodruff
Date: Spring 1977
Event: Pre-launch integration
Persons shown in photo: Sean O’Leary
Any caption you'd like for the photo: It is unbelievable that this wheel can support all the weight of the shuttle. |
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Tiles |
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Photographer: Sean O’Leary
Date: Spring 1977
Event: Pre-launch integration
Persons shown in photo: None
Any caption you'd like for the photo: We were standing below the shuttle and the tiles extended over our heads like a black sea. |
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ISS |
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Photographer: Stewart Woodruff
Date: Spring 1977
Event: Pre-launch integration
Persons shown in photo: Sean O’Leary
Any caption you'd like for the photo: I’m standing in front of on of the sections of the ISS while it was under construction. |
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Docking Ring |
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Photographer: Stewart Woodruff
Date: Spring 1977
Event: Pre-launch integration
Persons shown in photo: Sean O’Leary
Any caption you'd like for the photo: This is one of the docking rings that links sections of the station together.
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ART (Group 8)
Section Comments:
We made two flights about a year apart on the space shuttle. Once your
experiment works it goes through integration where you put it inside of a can,
about the size of a 55 gallon drum (This only after you convince them it is
safe).
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ST85 |
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Photographer: Sean O’Leary
Date: August 1997
Event: STS-85 Launch
Persons shown in photo: None
Any caption you'd like for the photo: Our first mission flew on STS-85. It was designated G-572.
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STS95 Open ART Surgery |
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Photographer: Stewart Woodruff
Date: Summer 1998
Event: Pre-launch integration
Persons shown in photo: Sean O’Leary, (?), George Pantalos, Kevin Gillars, (?)
Any caption you'd like for the photo: Integration always means there are last minute tweaks that need to be preformed. ART used a Utah-100 Artificial heart so the open ART surgery naturally followed. |
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STS95 Ready to Load |
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Photographer: George Pantalos
Date: Summer 1998
Event: Pre-launch integration
Persons shown in photo: Sean O’Leary
Any caption you'd like for the photo: This is the GAS (Get-away-special) can prepped and ready for shuttle integration. |
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STS95 Astronauts |
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Photographer: Sean O’Leary
Date: October 1998
Event: Launch Preperations
Persons shown in photo: John Glenn, Scott Parazinsky, Pedro Duque
Any caption you'd like for the photo: The astronauts leave the preparation building and board their bus out to the launch pad. There were real snipers on the roof watching the croud. |
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STS95 |
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Photographer: Sean O’Leary
Date: October 1998
Event: Launch
Persons shown in photo: None
Any caption you'd like for the photo: We flew a second mission on STS-95. It was designated G-779. |
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Meteor
Crater (Group 9)
Section Comments: This is a pilgrimage everyone should make. I wish we had
time to take the hike along the crater rim. Alas next time.
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Meteor Crater Arizona |
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Date: March 2005
Event: Spring Break
Persons shown in photo:
Any caption you'd like for the photo: Hey, one 50 meter meteor can ruin your whole day, unless your 50,000 years late. Then it can make your whole day.
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Meteor Crater Arizona Hosinger Meteorite |
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Date: March 2005
Event: Spring Break
Persons shown in photo:
Any caption you'd like for the photo: The 1440 pound Samuel Hosinger Meteorite is the largest piece of meteor fragment ever found |
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Radio
Astronomy (Group 10)
Section Comments: If I could get a big radio
dish in my back yard I would.
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Arecibo Radio Telescope. |
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Photographer: Sean O’Leary
Date: January 1986
Event: None
Persons shown in photo: Timothy O’Leary
Any caption you'd like for the photo: It is that dark area to the left. This is as close as I got (about 10 miles out). Oh well maybe next time. |
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Radio Telescope |
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Photographer: Timothy O’Leary
Date: April 2006
Event: Construction
Persons shown in photo: Sean O’Leary
Any caption you'd like for the photo: Following the instructions for NASA’s Radio Jove I constructed my own radio telescope and receiver. First light is scheduled for June 2006.
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Astrophotography (Group 11)
Section Comments: You have to make the best
of any situation you are in, and borrowed equipment or not enjoy the sky.
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Astronomer at his Worst |
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Photographer: Unknown
Date: Feb 1986
Event: Halley’s Comet
Persons shown in photo: Sean O’Leary
Any caption you'd like for the photo: Astronomy – Any where, any time, any way possible. Clearly I am not proud.
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Comet Sketch |
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Photographer: Sean O’Leary
Date: Feb 1986
Event: Halley’s Comet
Persons shown in photo: None
Any caption you'd like for the photo: Hand sketch of path of Halley’s Comet. |
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HC Long Exposure |
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Photographer: Sean O’Leary
Date: Feb 1986
Event: Halley’s Comet
Persons shown in photo: None
Any caption you'd like for the photo: 15 minute exposure with 35 mm camera. |
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HC _Late Feb 1986 |
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Photographer: Sean O’Leary
Date: Feb 1986
Event: Halley’s Comet
Persons shown in photo: None
Any caption you'd like for the photo: 30 second exposure with 35 mm camera. |
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Sunspot photo |
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Photographer: Sean O’Leary
Date: Spring 2004?
Event: New setup
Persons shown in photo: None
Any caption you'd like for the photo: My first attempt at solar photography. |
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