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 Start of the 2008
Maryland Governor's Cup Race (Annapolis to St. Mary's): Photo of "Rhumbnutz" at Buoy R"2", Annapolis, 01
August 2008
[L to R: G Hanket, W
Buchanan, B McCandless, C Thompson, S Bowden, S Monaghan]
(see
www.thePhotoboat.com)
The adventure culminated
with an impressive squall and a fifth place finish in the PHRF B fleet |
Vixen
VMC260L Cassegrain telescope on Meade LXD75 Mount, awaiting dusk in Maryland,
October 2008;
Used for BVRI photometry
of long period and semi-regular variable stars |
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Rhumbnutz CREW in Eastport just
before race departure:
[L to R, S Monaghan, S
Bowden, C Thompson, W
Buchanan, B McCandless, G Hanket]
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 Vixen
VC200L Cassegrain telescope with SSP3 photometer on Meade LXD75 Mount; awaiting dusk near Skyline
Drive, Virginia, late January 2008
As for warding off those curious black
bears, we are thankful that the Celestron power tank is fitted with a
radio! |
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