The AVAC's first telescope in the 1982 Lancaster Christmas Parade. A 12.5-inch Dobsonian in a square tube. Taken at the corner of Lancaster Blvd. and West Milling Street, looking south. This telescope is another Keith Lawson fabrication. I believe that others also assisted in its construction.

The transit observing site prior to the Sun rising on June 6, 2012.

Identical information as the "Venus Mosaic 2012".

Identical information as the "Venus Mosaic 2012".

Identical information as the "Venus Mosaic 2012".

Identical information as that for the "Venus Transit Mosaic".

A mosaic from image sof the June 6, 2012 Venus transit taken from Rafina, Attiki, Greece. Digital camera afocal with a C90 and Tuthill mylar solar filter.

...and a second image taken of the event.

I had a cloudy sky and it warranted taking out just my digital camera. The images are poor in quality as I am using 10x digital zoom, but the images suffice in providing a momento of the event.

Here is a 17.5" Newtonian with a Coulter Optics 8" Cassegrain, 5" refractor and 4x5 wide field camera mounted on an astro Works fork mount. This belonged to AVAC member Rick Balogh at the time. Kodachrome 64 slide taken 1982.

Taken March 9, 1997 at saddleback Buttes. The dark triangle to the lower right is the ground.

Tom with his 12" F/8 that he built over 40 years ago. Tom ground the mirror, which is made from plate glass. It gives outstanding images. For purposes of scale, Tom stand 6'-4.25" tall.

The back cover of the first issue, August, 1973.

August, 1973. Their first issue.