Orange County Astronomers Observatory
Observatory
William Kuhn telescope 22 inch f/8 Modified Cassegrain - vintage 1979
OCA observatory from a drone. Pointed at Venus with myself and Trey
Jerry Brunache
Myself, Barbara Toy (OCA President) and Trey McGriff removing old focuser and backplate
Trey McGriff flattening shims for the new focuser
Wayne Peters fabricates a special retrieving tool
Wayne Peters attaches William Optics 2 inch focuser
Finished for the day. Jerry, Myself, Barbara and Joe
Trey McGriff tests the new focuser and alignment on Venus
Centering the primary mirror in the cell
Cleaning the primary mirror
Done. Looks pretty good
Orange County Astronomers Observatory
Orange County Astronomers Observatory
Barbara presents me with a plaque from the OCA board
Much appreciated
located on the OCA site in Aguanga California
In 1979 Jerry Brunache of Brunache Instrumental Optics ground the Primary Mirror
for the Kuhn telescope. There is no documentation for this telescope so I enlisted his help in aligning the rear cell, secondary mirror and focuser. Along with
Jerry was myself, Trey Mcgriff, Wayne Peters, Joe Busch, Observatory Custodian and OCA President Barbara Toy.
Adaptor donated and machined by Ray and Tony LaBelle
Orange County Astronomers Observatory
Galaxy M82 with Super Nova SN2014J - 01/25/2014
Astronomy Magazine Picture of the Day -NGC604 in M33 - 11/30/2011
Astronomy Magazine Picture of the Day - Galaxey M87 with Black Hole Jet - 08/28/2009
