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Final views as we left the field...

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We were having a great time but realized we£c have to leave soon as we had nearly six-hours on the road back to Maine. There were a few items we wished to buy for the club so it was determined to make one more brief pass through the exhibits before calling it a day. Below are some of the final images I took before we headed north?/center>
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We were checking out this beautiful, high-tech Dobsonian when Rob decided he wanted to pilot the device. I was trying to photograph the telescope but it wasn£s as easy as it first appears ?every time I got ready to take a shot someone would grab the tube and start moving it around. Smoothness of action on these instruments is an important issue and everyone that meandered by wished to check it out. I was taking some shots when the fellow that tricked out this telescope commented that he was pleased to see somebody noticed?Well we noticed, I£l not a Dob guy by any stretch of the imagination but this was one fine piece of work. I failed to note the firm or the fellow's name I spoke with. If you ever read this account please feel free to email me so I can address you personally in this photojournal. More views of this instrument can be seen below as well as a few others?