Chippewa Valley Astronomical Society Northwoods Starfest
August 17-19, 2001

Here is some of what we saw.

--Ben

The Chippewa Valley Astronomical Society (C.V.A.S.) is an amateur astronomy club in Wisconsin's Chippewa Valley. The society, which currently has more than 50 members, meets at Hobbs Observatory in the Beaver Creek Reserve near Fall Creek Wisconsin. C.V.A.S. members cover a broad spectrum of astronomical interests, from casual observing of the constellations to serious visual observing, astrophotography, astrometry, CCD imaging, computer control of telescopes, photometry, telescope building, and radio astronomy.

Hobbs Observatory
Hobbs Observatory , with it's twin domes, is located in the Beaver Creek Reserve near Fall Creek, Wisconsin.

In the west dome is a computer-controlled 24" Newtonian/Nasmyth reflector with a Photometrics Star-1 CCD camera.
In the east dome is a 14" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.

The building also contains The Robert Elliott Classroom, an office, and a small library. The observatory is used by C.V.A.S. members, the Beaver Creek Reserve, and the Physics and Astronomy Department of the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire.

The club is in the process of buidling a radio-telescope observatory.

(Click on any thumbnail to see a larger 640x480 JPEG image)

Observing Field - Left	Observing Field - Middle	Observing Field - Right
Dr. William Cordua: Impact Craters of Western Wisconsin	Dr. William Cordua pans for meteorites	Alternate Explaination
Dave Runkle and Joe in his Astrotrailer	Inside Astrotrailer	Joe Talks about his astrotrailer
Chuck Forster's Solar Radio Astronomy demonstration	Chuck Forster's Solar Radio Astronomy demonstration	Chuck Forester updates on Radio Astronomy @ Hobbs
Group Photo	NASA Speaker Patrick Huth on X-38	NASA ISS Model
CVAS President Bert Moritz	Bert award a T-shirt to Pat	Patrick Huth
Dining Hall	Lunch	Lunch
Bert Makes Pancakes	Bert Makes Pancakes	Dish washing
Couch Potato Telescope	Couch Potato Telescope	Couch Potato Telescope
xxx talks about asteroid brightness variations	xxx talks about asteroid brightness variations	xxx talks about his CCD images
Wise Nature Center	Wise Nature Center	Setting Up
Setting up	Setting Up	Setting up
Star party in progress	Star party in progress	Star party in progress
Star party in progress	Star party in progress	Star party in progress
Star trails over Hobbs	Midnight Snack	MN SFS's ISS model
Free Handouts	packing up	packing up
Dave Packs up

Photos (C) by Ben Huset August 2001

Last revision Sep 23, 2001

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