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5:45AM? Check.
Sandwiches made? Check.
GPS programmed (even though it's my sixth time)? Check.
Camera batteries charged? Check.
Compact Flash cards empty? Check.
Secret astronomy resources in wallet's hidden compartment? Check.
Overcast, grey day with rain in the offing? Che……WAIT? There isn't a cloud in the sky! It's cold but crisp and, above all, clear! IT CAN'T BE NEAF…..BUT IT IS!
As I have done for the last few years, I thought I'd put up some pics of the enjoyable day I spent at Rockland Community College yesterday. It was the usual mix of excellent presentations, drool-worthy equipment and unexpected bargains. It seemed to me to be as busy as any I've attended previously, and people seemed to be enthusiastic. Getting some solar observing always helps!
I was shooting RAW on a 7D (for the most part; a few were from my 5D "classic") and the file sizes are pretty big. So forgive me if you see any artifacts or what looks like poor color correction. There are four reasons for this: (1) CN requires file sizes to be smaller than 200kb, but I have found that often my images are rejected at around 160kb, so I made them pretty small. This means that I'm throwing away around 99.5% of the information… (2) RCC is a challenging place to shoot: it combines three difference kinds of ambient electric light with sunlight and a number of the vendors' and attendees' lights…. (3) I did these late last night on my woefully underpowered Mac Mini, which was….frustrating, and (4) There are some major system weaknesses behind my camera's viewfinder. This last is the most important and I'm afraid that upgrades can take a while.
Anyway, enjoy. It was a fun day.
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1. NEAF organizer Alan Traino has a lot to think about on the day of the show. His role as a conflict arbiter is not well known. Here he is resolving a dispute between fans of oil and air spaced lenses.
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2. The solar party was, like some eclipses, a partial success. Clouds moved in around 2:00, but most were happy that the morning was clear.
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3. There were some pretty big scopes at the solar party.
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4. Moving into the hall, we'll start with one of the big guns. This from Meade.
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6. Any new scope from Astro-Physics is big news. Here's their 175mm astrograph on the new 1600 GTO.
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6a. Another view
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8. This cool eyepiece box, carved beautifully and with internal LEDs was up for grabs.
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10. Vic Maris was showing a 50mm apo - he described it as the world's smallest. It was like a little jewel.
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12. More vintage action, though I'm not sure exactly what this refractor is. It was at Stellafane's booth, I think.
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7. One of my favorite scopes was to be found at the CN vintage booth.
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13. This attractive mount was being offered by Avalon Instruments. It uses a tooth belt drive.
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13a. Avalon was also showing a single arm solution.
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13b. Another view.
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15. This new (to me) concept makes sense….turn a lens into a scope. It's called lens2scope - of course!
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18. To me, the most interesting scope on show: TEC's amazing Wide Field Camera: 300mm aperture at f 1:1.44! No price given. My wife has agreed that this is a perfect grab-and-go scope for me: if I grab one, she'll go straight to divorce court…
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19. Another view.
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20. Not often Questar introduces a new model. This one looks like it has their usual attention to detail. There does seem to be some sort of obstruction, though…
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21. Another mount, this time from Astro Dream Tech. It's the 200GE . rated for 66lbs.
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22. An extremely rare Porter Garden Telescope.
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23. The Roland Christen of his day!
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24. I tried to avoid repeats of last year's pics, but every time I see the Questar I'm blown away.
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25. The Canon guys let me try their amazing glass. This was with the 8-17mm fisheye. On the right is Chuck Westfall, an extremely pleasant and helpful representative of the company.
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26. Lots of attendees!
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28 "Now, where'd that pesky Sun go?" Nice Traveller (I think).
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30. There were other cool things too: this working battery meter was made mostly of Bakelite…
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31 …and it came from this table of awesome vintage toys.
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32. As ever, there were meteorites.
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33a. Finally, I attended two terrific presentations: Robert Naeye, Editor-in-Chief of Sky and Telescope on the Venus transit…
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34 …and Joe Liske on the European Extremely Large Telescope.
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It was fun! Roll on next year!
I have a bunch of other pics. This is probably enough to start with, though.
(Ignore the numbers: they were to help me post. Sorry a couple are out of order)
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Thanks for the pictures. I do want to attend NEAF someday.
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Thanks for posting the great pics!
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Thanks from the West coast...
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Great to see these pictures. The TEC 300VT looks very good indeed.
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+1 Another Thank You from West Coast... hilarious comment about that new TEC being 'grab and go'... also like that you captured fellows look of puzzled amazement looking at it. I have that WW field case and they are just a joy to own... sturdy, useful... and often gets more initial interest than my other gear...
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Neil,
Thanks for posting these and I look forward to seeing your other pictures.
This is the second year I have missed NEAF due to family health issues. I have always enjoyed seeing all the latest and coolest stuff even if I couldn't (or wouldn't) afford it.
I'm hoping for a healthy 2013!
Cheers,
Ron
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The TEC is drool worthy. Can we infer from the name that it provides a seven degree field? Wow.
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I'm guessing that's the case. I wanted to ask Yuri, but he was busy talking with other attendees each time I went by. I didn't want to take his time away from anyone who might actually be a potential purchaser. I do hope he puts something up on the TEC site, though.
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18. To me, the most interesting scope on show: TEC's amazing Wide Field Camera: 300mm aperture at f 1:1.44! No price given. My wife has agreed that this is a perfect grab-and-go scope for me: if I grab one, she'll go straight to divorce court…
I talked to one of the fellows at the TEC booth. The TEC 300VT-7 DEG f/1.44 astrograph has a projected price of $49,000 to $60,000 and the f/1.55 10 degree model over $150,000.
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I just showed my wife the TEC/ She said I could have it....if she can get the new Shelby 500.
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Thanks for posting Neil, great shots. What lens were you using?
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6a. Another view
I like the way the suspenders guy is reaching toward it with an awestruck expression, like the apes in 2001 encountering the Monolith.
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Nice job--and thanks!
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Thanks for posting Neil, great shots. What lens were you using?
Thanks Sergio: I was using two Canon lenses: the 17-40 f1:4 L and the 85 f1:1.8 EF. Two very nice lenses!
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Thanks, indeed; and please most more as soon as you can. Nice use of selective focus with the long, fast lens.
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Many thanks for the great photos from the show! 
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Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks for posting Neil, great shots. What lens were you using?
Thanks Sergio: I was using two Canon lenses: the 17-40 f1:4 L and the 85 f1:1.8 EF. Two very nice lenses!
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Thanks so much for providing these for us who couldn't be there!
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28 "Now, where'd that pesky Sun go?" Nice Traveller (I think).
It was indeed an A-P Traveler.
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Nice photos!
Thanks!
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Great photos but in 6a is that tape on his glasses???
Any more pics please post.
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Great photos but in 6a is that tape on his glasses???
Any more pics please post.
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Sure is. He also had a propeller beanie on but wasn't wearing it for that pic. Omg it was hilarious. Leave it to the guys at AP to go 50's retro.
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Great pics!!
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Sure is. He also had a propeller beanie on but wasn't wearing it for that pic. Omg it was hilarious. Leave it to the guys at AP to go 50's retro.
Fittingly for a company that leaves nothing to chance and pays so much attention to detail, AP's malted chocolate balls and other candies were the tastiest in the show!
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Great pics, thanks for sharing!
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Neil,
Thanks for the pics. You covered most of mine, with the exception of two small items that got my interest:
(1) the Vixen Polarie Star Tracker (a motorized camera mount)
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#5199396 - 05/01/12 12:12 AM Attachment (75 downloads)
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(2) Moonglow Technologies' "Lucky Cam"
a planetary camera with built-in processor, software and SD card slot that analyzes and saves only the sharpest frames to an SD card - No laptop needed.
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#5199874 - 05/01/12 10:54 AM
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Nice Pics- I thought that custom TEC astrograph is f/4.4 (not 1.44) and built exclusively for the attached camera. I could be wrong. Hard to interpet the label.
Edited by swalker (05/01/12 11:54 AM)
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#5199879 - 05/01/12 10:58 AM
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Exceptional good photos!
Thanks you,
Greg
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#5200216 - 05/01/12 01:57 PM
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Thanks for share the nice pics.
On this way, we have an idea from NEAF 2012.
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#5200324 - 05/01/12 03:05 PM
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Meade posted a gallery of their booth for those interested:
http://www.meade4m.com/index.php?/gallery/album/13-neaf-2012/
Edited by Griffin! (05/01/12 03:06 PM)
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#5200457 - 05/01/12 04:26 PM
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Here are some photos of the TEC scope from their yahoo group.
It appears to be f1.44 alright.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tec-scopes/files/TEC300VT-7DEG/
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Eight more pics:
(1) AP 1600
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(2) Large Lunt
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(3) Mathis Instruments
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(5) Meade
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(6) TEC
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(7) Classics
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(8) Normand Fullum
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