Hi Gene- One small correction - I heard the scope judges say that they had only SIX telescope entries, down from 25 last year. That is why they only gave out 2 merit awards... -Dean > > There was not much re: telescope making at RTMC this year. There were only a couple of talks of interest (IMHO), including Roger Ceragioli from the Steward Mirror Lab speaking on Bernhard Schmidt and his optics (the Goff Memorial lecture). Chris Butler (Griffith Observatory) gave an excellent, amusing and off-center look at Astronomy for the Sat. evening talk. Only 25 scopes were entered in the merit awards (probably an all-time low), and only two Merit Awards were given. (No Warren Estes Award this year.) > -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.