Stansbury Park Observatory Complex (SPOC)
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SPOC Star Party, 10 October 1998
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Images 015 - 018: 350 mm (14") Telescope donated to SLAS in July 2000
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The scope seen from the north (17 July 2000)
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The scope seen from the east (17 July 2000)
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Bruce Grim using the scope (17 July 2000)
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Boyd McNeil using the scope (17 July 2000)
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Bruce Grim & Patrick Wiggins peer out the slit of the SPOC
dome (26 July 2000)
Image courtesy of the Tooele Transcript Bulletin
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Highway sign near the entrance to Stansbury Park with star gazing
theme.
17 MAR 2001
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Ron Ford's images of folks setting up for the Great Mars Watch
of 16 JUN 2001. Eventually dozens of scopes were set up for the 300+
public who attended this very successful event.
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Nearly completed restaurant very close to SPOC, 15 AUG 2001
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Playground located between the original SPOC and SPOC 2,
15 AUG 2001
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Dave Chamberlin took this picture of SPOC in 1977. Note that
the SPOC walk has not yet been installed.
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Patrick Wiggins' images of the SPOC star party on 09 SEP 2001.
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Members assemble for the evening's star party. Eventually
32 instruments were made available to the approximately 150 members of
the public who showed up.
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Ron Ford demonstrates an astronomical computer program to a budding
astronomer.
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Nate Goodman and his trusty Edmund refractor.
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Boyd Colleen McNeil set up their scopes.
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Ron Ford's images of the SPOC star party on 09 SEP 2001.
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Boyd McNeil's image (#37) and Ron Ford's image (#38) of the SPOC star party on 22 SEP 2001. "Old Glory" flies high in the background.
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Ron Ford's additional images of the SPOC star party on 22 SEP 2001.
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KTVX channel 4 van sets up for the first media event at SPOC 2
(Comet Ikeya-Zhang). 03 APR 2002 Ron Ford image
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KTVX channel 4 reporter in the Big Scope Room prepares for the
first media event at SPOC 2. 03 APR 2002 Ron Ford image
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SPOC star party from the air. 04 MAY 2002
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First image taken at Harmons Observatory. SLAS's ST-6 was
used to take this focus image through the Ealing. Since Charlie Green
helped with the set up the image was officially named "Charlie".
08 MAY 2002
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M-3. 15 second exposure with the ST-6 and the Ealing at Cassegrain
focus. 08 MAY 2002
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M-51. Four 30 second exposures stacked using the ST-6 and
the Ealing at Cassegrain focus. 08 MAY 2002
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M-3. 30 second exposure with the ST-6 and ST-5C focal reducer
at the Ealing Cassegrain focus. 14 MAY 2002
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M-3. Comparison of fields of view of the ST-6 without and
with the ST-5C focal reducer at the Ealing Cassegrain focus. 14 MAY
2002
