travelscopes

   TRAVELING WITH TELESCOPES

The  first two links below describe airplane-transportable telescopes
that I have built and the trips they have been on.

Additional links are provided for those who want astronomical travels,
but don't want to fool with building or bringing a telescope.

    6 inch
  travelscope    		 This scope was built for an

eclipse trip to Aruba

in February 1998

   12.5 inch
  travelscope      		This scope was built for the
South Pacific Star Party in
Australia in March 2001

and

I took it back to Australia
in November 2002

and

The Bahamas (2006)

and

Costa Rica (2007)

DON'T OWN A TRAVEL TELESCOPE AND DON'T WANT TO MAKE ONE?

       NOT TO WORRY!               TRY THE NEXT LINKS
      My visit to the        

       Star Hill Inn

        July, 1998

     This link describes a

    wonderful trip to the

   Star Hill Inn where great  

    telescopes are for rent

      My visit to the        

       Vega Bray and
the 2001 Leonid Meteors

        November, 2001

     This link describes a

    wonderful trip to the

   Skywatcher's Inn, known

     as Vega Bray for the

Spectacular Leonid Meteors

             of 2001

Click on either of these
thumbnails to see an
enlarged version of the
Transit of Venus
June 8, 2004
        or
The eclipse of the moon
October 24, 2004    

I can be reached at bwolfe01@georgetown.edu

where I have a Day Job.  Barry Wolfe
Starting 2-17-08

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