Title: History of WASIs Observatory Project
1History of WASIs Observatory Project
- Curt Roelle
- WASI Chairman
2Not that long ago in a galaxy not all that far
away .
- 1984 Westminster Astronomical Society
3Previously existing Maryland Area Astronomy Clubs
- National Capital Astronomers, Washington, DC
4Active Amateur Astronomers of Maryland
5WASI met monthly at Lewis Hall
6Comet Halley Star Party
- Hashawha Environmental Center
- December, 1985
7Bear Branch Planetarium
- Planetarium Director Brian Eney
824.6 NASATelescopeMirror
9Installing PlanetariumRoof
10Planetarium Construction Team
- Goto Projector
- 20 diameter dome
11Solar Observingat Bear Branch
1224.6DobsonianTelescope
13Family
14Observatory idea born in 2003
- Centralized facility for astronomy
- Conveniently located in Carroll County
- A site was needed with relatively dark skies
15Observatory Fund Raisers
16Steve Conard
17Golf Tournament Fund Raiser
18Astronomy Day
- Bear Branch Nature Center
19Earth Works atBBNC
- (Making the best
- of a cloudy day)
20Star Party for Blind Children
- Held at the National Federation of the Blinds
Headquarters
21DonatedPremium 5-inchRefractor andPrecision
Mounting
- Donated by (left to right)
- Tom Engwall (mounting)
- Tom Renn (optical assembly)
22Linda Zimmer and Familyof Cambridge, Maryland
- Donated the 14 Meade LX200 GPS telescope
23Donated14 MeadeLX200-GPS Schmidt-CassegrainT
elescope
24Donors (actual and pledged)
- The Marion I. And Henry J. Knott Foundation.
- Lehigh Cement
- Community Foundation of Carroll County
- Schuster Concrete
- C. Richard Metcalf, Inc.
- RTF Associates
- Hands-On Optics
- Terminix
- C Star Farms
- Linda Zimmer
- Tom Renn Tom Engwall
25Whats Next?
- Phase 2 Re-engineering the 24.6 telescope
University of Marylands Eichner 20 Bent
Cassegrain
26WASI Volunteers