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Several of the speakers at MAIC. Left to right: Warren Keller, Alan Friedman, Alan Chen, Jeff Terry, Adam Block, Craig Stark (But who is that shadowy figure in the background watching over them?)
Date: 07/13/2007
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The conference meeting room on the campus of St. Joseph college. There were outlets to plug in our laptops!
Date: 07/13/2007
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Jeff Terry keeping us on track.
Date: 07/13/2007
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Jim Burnell speaking on "Seeing the Light: The Nature of Astronomical Color and the Use of Filters in CCD Imaging."
Date: 07/13/2007
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Al Degutis with Alan Chen. Alan spoke on "Imaging with a One Shot Color Camera"
Date: 07/13/2007
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How many astronomers does it take to turn on a sound system? Craig Stark (left) is helping out; he also spoke on "Affordable DSO Astrophotography".
Date: 07/13/2007
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Alan Friedman speaking on "The Art of High-Resolution Planetary Imaging." (I have to admit this topic is of special interest to me!)
Date: 07/13/2007
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Alan Friedman and Al Degutis
Date: 07/13/2007
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Al Degutis and Adam Block; Adam give an extensive talk on "A Question of Contrast" and demonstrated techniques in Photoshop. I was able to try some of his techniques during his talk by working on some of my images on my laptop; I'm sure I wasn't
Date: 07/13/2007
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Adam Block set up a table where he made is training videos available on Photoshop, imaging and related topics. (They are very useful; I highly recommend them).
Date: 07/13/2007
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Walking over to the student cafeteria for lunch.
Date: 07/13/2007
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This is the building where the conference was held; the college chapel is in the distance.
Date: 07/13/2007
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Adam only packs the essentials when he travels (I was trying to get a shot him with his training videos but they don't show well here.)
Date: 07/13/2007
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The college housing that many of us stayed in during the conference.
Date: 07/13/2007
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Craig Stark and Al Degutis
Date: 07/14/2007
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Chris from 20/20 Telescopes, the sponsor for the conference, announcing that there will be another conference next year along with another star party, July 22-27, 2008. Yea!
Date: 07/14/2007
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Wrapping up the conference: Warren Keller, Craig Stark, Greg Piepol (who spoke on "Solar Imaging Techniques"), Alan Friedman, Jeff Terry (co-host, and spoke on "iCCD and Remote Imaging", Adam Block, and Al Degutis (other co-host).
Date: 07/14/2007
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