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"Latest Lucky Imaging Results Using the 13” Schupmann Telescope at Stellafane and the 6” Warner & Swasey Refractor at Mt. Wilson"
SEPTEMBER MEETING
In-person and Via ZOOM (ID & Password Required)
Friday, September 10, 2021 at 7 PM
Topic: "Latest Lucky Imaging Results Using the 13” Schupmann Telescope at Stellafane and the 6” Warner & Swasey Refractor at Mt. Wilson"
Speaker: Thomas Spirock
In this presentation Thomas Spirock will present the latest results
using the “lucky imaging” technique with the 13” f-10 Schupmann
telescope at Stellafane, in Springfield, VT, and the 6” f-15 Warner
and Swasey refractor, with a Brashear lens, at Mt. Wilson, in southern
California. First, the unique and advantageous characteristics of the
Schumann telescope will be discussed along with a brief history and
description of the 6” W&S refractor at Mt. Wilson. Next, the “lucky
imaging” technique will be described. Finally, a comprehensive list of
resulting images will be presented; including Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
and both “full disk” and high resolution images of the Moon.
Thomas Spirock has been a member of the Springfield Telescope Makers,
at Stellafane, since 1989. He was instrumental in building both the
13” Schupmann telescope and the McGregor Observatory, at Stellafane,
both of which were completed in 1995. He earned a Ph.D. from the New
Jersey Institute of Technology working to develop the latest iteration
of the solar vector-magnetograph at the Big Bear Solar Observatory in
southern California in 2005. During the past several years, he has
been applying the “lucky imaging” technique to data collected with
both the 13” f-10 Schupmann telescope at Stellafane and the 6” f-15
W&S refractor, the 16” f-10 Mead Catadioptric and the 60” Cassegrain
telescopes at Mt. Wilson.
Date: Friday, September 10, 2021
Time: 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Eastern