Surely there are more pictures from "the old days" out there.
If you have any you'd like to share, please let us
know.
(click on images for enlarged view)
001
Cover of the August 1976 issue of the SLAS newsletter announcing
the new observatory.
002
PDF version of the cover of the August 1976 SLAS newsletter announcing
the planned observatory.
003
SLAS chairman's announcement in the August 1976 SLAS newsletter
about the planned observatory.
004
Bruce Grim, Patrick Wiggins and Jerry Montgomery in front of SPOC's
Montgomery Observatory in October 1976.
005
A much younger Patrick Wiggins checks out the 40 cm Grim reflector.
This picture was used in the 20 JAN 1977 Salt Lake Tribune article on the
observatory and on the cover of the March/April 1981 issue of Nova.
006
Salt Lake Tribune article dated 20 JAN 1977. This may have
been the first public print announcement about the observatory.
007
A much hairier Bruce Grim works on the 40 cm Grim reflector.
FEB 1977
008
40 cm Grim reflector seen from the slit of the Montgomery observatory.
Unknown photographer looks through the door. FEB 1977
009
40 cm Grim reflector seen from outside the Montgomery observatory.
FEB 1977
010
40 cm Grim reflector seen from inside the Montgomery observatory.
Note carpet not yet installed. FEB 1977
011
40 cm Grim reflector from inside the Montgomery observatory.
Note carpet not yet installed. FEB 1977
012
Montgomery observatory dome completed, before the rotation system
was installed. FEB 1977
013
Patrick Wiggins checks out the 40 cm Grim reflector. This
picture was shot for the 17 MAR 1977 Deseret News article on the observatory.
014
Patrick Wiggins checks out the 40 cm Grim reflector. This
picture was shot for the 17 MAR 1977 Deseret News article on the observatory.
015
Deseret News article dated 19 MAR 1977.
016
Invitation that was sent our for the observatory's dedication.
017
SLAS's first star party brochure. Used between 1977 and 1980.
It was a 2 sided document with the picture of the telescope on the front
and the data on the back.
018
First news release about star part parties at SPOC, dated Summer
1977.
019
PDF version of the first news release about star part parties at
SPOC, dated Summer 1977.
020
Announcement in the 14 MAR 1977 Deseret News of the upcoming opening
of the Stansbury Park Observatory Complex.
021
SPOC from above. Dave Chamberlin and Patrick Wiggins took
this shot sometime between October 1976 and March 1983. Can you help
narrow down the date?
022
SPOC from above. Also visible (barely) is Patrick Wiggins'
first observatory. His dome is the tiny white spot to the lower right
of the building at the very center of the picture. 27 MAR 1983
023
Bruce Grim works on one of the original SPOC lightshields.
No idea of the date. Do you know?
024
Patrick Wiggins and Dave Chamberlin install one of the original
SPOC light shields. No idea of the date.
025
Closeup of Dave Chamberlin and Patrick Wiggins installing one of
the original SPOC light shields. This image appeared in the July
1980 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine (page 19). No idea of
the date the picture was taken.
