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travelscopes

   TRAVELING WITH TELESCOPES

The  first three 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)

and

Chile (Atacama) (2011)

and

Bryce Canyon (Eclipse) (2012)

    8 inch
  travelscope    
This scope was built for a
family trip to the Caribbean
in February 2010

and


the Transit of Venus
in June 2012

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

      My visit to the        

       Space Obs
in the
Atacama Desert of Chile

        March 2011

     This link describes a

    wonderful trip to

   an astronomy resort

     in northern Chile

             of 2011

Click on any 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    
        or
The transit of Venus
June 5, 2012

I can be reached at bwolfe01@georgetown.edu

where I have a Day Job.  Barry Wolfe