Some Photos from the NEAF

I spent last Thursday night observing at one of the best "nearby" dark sites (a 1 hour and 15 minute drive) but passed up an even better night on Friday in order to go to the 2009 NorthEast Astronomy Forum & Telescope Show.

http://www.rocklandastronomy.com/neaf/

I've attended the NEAF every year since 1995 and wasn't sorry about my decision. I ran into some friends there that I haven't seen in a while and saw a lot of cool astro-toys, including a 24" Ritchey-Chretien Cassegrain, a 10" apochromatic refractor, two neat little spectrographs, the new 10mm Ethos eyepiece, and the new nitrogen-filled 14mm Explore Scientific eyepiece, which I witnessed being dunked into an aquarium tank.

Here are some of the pictures that I took throughout the day.

Dave Mitsky

Vendors galore...

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PlaneWave CDK astrograph

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Normand Fullum's incredibly ornate Newtonians

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Multiple Takahashis

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Twin Astro-Physics astrographs

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24-inch Optical Guidance Systems Ritchey-Chretien Cassegrain

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The $54,000 10-inch f/9 APM apochromatic refractor

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The 14mm Explore Scientific 100 degree AFOV eyepiece

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Thanks for posting, Dave. Brings those of us overseas just that little bit closer.

Cheers,
-- Jeff.