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Club Address:
65-1158 Mamalahoa Hwy.
Kamuela, HI 96743
An electronic publication of The West Hawaii Astronomy Club -
President:
Andrew Cooper
Vice President:
Cliff Livermore
Secretary:
Treasurer:
With Support From:
Canada-France Hawaii Telescope and
W. M. Keck Observatory
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West Hawaii Astronomy Club Resources
We have a dark site:
At mile marker 15.5 on the high road between Kona and Waimea, there's a Dept of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) hunting site that is open, flat, and (best of all) dark.
Here's the map.
Club member Kyle Saikatani has cleaned it up immensely for us! A few before and after pictures:
Looking NE |
After cleanup |
Looking South |
After cleanup |
And we have one telescope:
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The Celestron C-8 was acquired some time ago.
The club was contacted (via Craig Combes) by a gentleman named
Mike Duncan from Oahu who happened upon our website. He was looking for
a new home for a Celestron C-8 telescope that he had inherited. He told
Craig the scope had fallen and sustained some damage. Craig told him if he
would ship it to us for free, we would take it. Craig received the scope a
few days later and assessed the damage. The finder bracket was broken,
it's missing the power cord (so we need replacements, if anyone in the
club happens to have either) and the visual adapter was bent. There was
some minor corrosion in some places and the primary could use a new
coating, but other than that it's in fine shape.
OOPS! Craig goofed by removing
the primary without realizing that there was no way to collimate it.
This left him with a dilemma that he resolved by adding collimation screws
for the primary! He also fixed the bent visual adapter, which will
soon be replaced by a diagonal, added flocking paper to the inside of
the tube, cleaned it up and gave it a nice new paint job.
The club purchased a used tripod and wedge, so it is up and running -
a very decent telescope for members to use. |
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