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People and Places in Astronomy - 2001

In this page you will find our pictures of people and places related to astronomy taken in 2001.

Taking pictures of sunspots with the Orion Explorer 90mm refractor at the
Astronomy Day 2001at the Boston Museum of Science.
You can see one of these pictures on the "My Sunspot Observations" page.

We took the pictures below during our visits to Gerry Dyck in Assonet, MA in August and November 2001. His two observatories, the "Merry-Go-Round" and the roll-off roof one are very inspiring to and dream of every amateur astronomer.

Gerry Dyck and his "Merry-Go-Round" observatory.

Two views from the inside the "Merry-Go-Round", showing Gerry's 17.5" reflector and the handle that turns the whole observatory on very large gear drives.

Making solar observations with an H-alpha filter at the roll-off-roof observatory.

You can read Gerry's astronomical background and his current work at this link on the AAVSO's Member Profiles and Web Pages page.

And this is Sophie Dyck making solar observations at the 4" refractor!

NEAF 2001 convention - Left: solar observing with Coronado instruments. Right: inside a SkyTent® with its founder
and owner Mike Brooks. Unfortunately, SkyTent® has now gone out of business.

Top: This way to Stellafane 2001! Above Left: welcome to Stellafane. Above Right: in front of the "Tent".

Panoramic views of Stellafane 2001.

A very joyful group picture at the 90th Annual Meeting of the AAVSO in Somerville, MA in November 2001
(people were enjoying the way I was taking the picture!).

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