This is the annual "Wagman Winterfest" held by the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh http://www.3ap.org in Deer Lakes Park, NE of Pittsburgh, PA Photos are by AAAP member Dave Smith http://www.davesmithphoto.com We had a clear cold Moon lit night with over 200 attending. http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9754-copy/255534632_vMJq6-Ti.jpg http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/gallery/4354294_cbQj5/ 2008-02-17T04:10:04Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com">Al-Paslow</a><br />AAAP members set up there telescopes early for the arrival of the public starting at 4:00 PM. Pete Zapadka, at the right, organized our Winterfest. this year and every year.</p><p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/4354294_cbQj5#255534632_vMJq6" title="AAAP members set up there telescopes early for the arrival of the public starting at 4:00 PM. Pete Zapadka, at the right, organized our Winterfest. this year and every year."><img src="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9754-copy/255534632_vMJq6-Th.jpg" width="150" height="62" alt="AAAP members set up there telescopes early for the arrival of the public starting at 4:00 PM. Pete Zapadka, at the right, organized our Winterfest. this year and every year." title="AAAP members set up there telescopes early for the arrival of the public starting at 4:00 PM. Pete Zapadka, at the right, organized our Winterfest. this year and every year." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-15T12:02:35Z Al-Paslow http://al-paslow.smugmug.com http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9754-copy/255534632_vMJq6-Th.jpg 2008-02-16 04:33:28 <p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com">Al-Paslow</a> </p><p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/4354294_cbQj5#255534637_775Ky" title="Al-Paslow's photo"><img src="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9755-copy/255534637_775Ky-Th.jpg" width="101" height="150" alt="Al-Paslow's photo" title="Al-Paslow's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-15T12:03:36Z Al-Paslow http://al-paslow.smugmug.com http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9755-copy/255534637_775Ky-Th.jpg 2008-02-16 04:34:50 <p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com">Al-Paslow</a> </p><p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/4354294_cbQj5#255534642_GXK5S" title="Al-Paslow's photo"><img src="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9756-copy/255534642_GXK5S-Th.jpg" width="150" height="129" alt="Al-Paslow's photo" title="Al-Paslow's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-15T12:04:01Z Al-Paslow http://al-paslow.smugmug.com http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9756-copy/255534642_GXK5S-Th.jpg 2008-02-16 04:34:55 <p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com">Al-Paslow</a><br />Tim Manka shows some visitors how to use a planeispear.</p><p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/4354294_cbQj5#255534647_bRe9D" title="Tim Manka shows some visitors how to use a planeispear."><img src="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9760-copy/255534647_bRe9D-Th.jpg" width="150" height="142" alt="Tim Manka shows some visitors how to use a planeispear." title="Tim Manka shows some visitors how to use a planeispear." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-15T12:01:58Z Al-Paslow http://al-paslow.smugmug.com http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9760-copy/255534647_bRe9D-Th.jpg 2008-02-16 05:19:52 <p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com">Al-Paslow</a> </p><p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/4354294_cbQj5#255534654_iXC2b" title="Al-Paslow's photo"><img src="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9763-copy/255534654_iXC2b-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Al-Paslow's photo" title="Al-Paslow's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-15T12:02:39Z Al-Paslow http://al-paslow.smugmug.com http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9763-copy/255534654_iXC2b-Th.jpg 2008-02-16 05:21:44 <p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com">Al-Paslow</a> </p><p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/4354294_cbQj5#255538012_gRHsg" title="Al-Paslow's photo"><img src="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9764-copy/255538012_gRHsg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="67" alt="Al-Paslow's photo" title="Al-Paslow's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-15T12:01:59Z Al-Paslow http://al-paslow.smugmug.com http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9764-copy/255538012_gRHsg-Th.jpg 2008-02-16 05:22:39 <p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com">Al-Paslow</a> </p><p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/4354294_cbQj5#255538026_U32xT" title="Al-Paslow's photo"><img src="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9765-copy/255538026_U32xT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="91" alt="Al-Paslow's photo" title="Al-Paslow's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-15T12:00:45Z Al-Paslow http://al-paslow.smugmug.com http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9765-copy/255538026_U32xT-Th.jpg 2008-02-16 05:23:01 <p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com">Al-Paslow</a> </p><p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/4354294_cbQj5#255538030_UVexD" title="Al-Paslow's photo"><img src="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9766-copy/255538030_UVexD-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="Al-Paslow's photo" title="Al-Paslow's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-15T12:02:23Z Al-Paslow http://al-paslow.smugmug.com http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9766-copy/255538030_UVexD-Th.jpg 2008-02-16 05:23:46 <p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com">Al-Paslow</a> </p><p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/4354294_cbQj5#255538036_r9e3Z" title="Al-Paslow's photo"><img src="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9769-copy/255538036_r9e3Z-Th.jpg" width="150" height="83" alt="Al-Paslow's photo" title="Al-Paslow's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-15T12:01:36Z Al-Paslow http://al-paslow.smugmug.com http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9769-copy/255538036_r9e3Z-Th.jpg 2008-02-16 05:25:56 <p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com">Al-Paslow</a><br />Larry Snider shows the Moon to a group of students or scouts that showed up early. We had a couple of schools represented.</p><p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/4354294_cbQj5#255538043_dqyiU" title="Larry Snider shows the Moon to a group of students or scouts that showed up early. We had a couple of schools represented."><img src="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9772-copy/255538043_dqyiU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="82" alt="Larry Snider shows the Moon to a group of students or scouts that showed up early. We had a couple of schools represented." title="Larry Snider shows the Moon to a group of students or scouts that showed up early. We had a couple of schools represented." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-15T12:01:46Z Al-Paslow http://al-paslow.smugmug.com http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9772-copy/255538043_dqyiU-Th.jpg 2008-02-16 05:35:36 <p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com">Al-Paslow</a> </p><p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/4354294_cbQj5#255540337_dLo3P" title="Al-Paslow's photo"><img src="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9773-copy/255540337_dLo3P-Th.jpg" width="150" height="104" alt="Al-Paslow's photo" title="Al-Paslow's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-15T12:00:29Z Al-Paslow http://al-paslow.smugmug.com http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9773-copy/255540337_dLo3P-Th.jpg 2008-02-16 05:35:39 <p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com">Al-Paslow</a> </p><p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/4354294_cbQj5#255540343_98Ug4" title="Al-Paslow's photo"><img src="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9774-copy/255540343_98Ug4-Th.jpg" width="63" height="150" alt="Al-Paslow's photo" title="Al-Paslow's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-15T12:01:31Z Al-Paslow http://al-paslow.smugmug.com http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9774-copy/255540343_98Ug4-Th.jpg 2008-02-16 05:38:04 <p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com">Al-Paslow</a> </p><p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/4354294_cbQj5#255540354_8CrUi" title="Al-Paslow's photo"><img src="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9776-copy/255540354_8CrUi-Th.jpg" width="150" height="124" alt="Al-Paslow's photo" title="Al-Paslow's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-15T12:04:36Z Al-Paslow http://al-paslow.smugmug.com http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9776-copy/255540354_8CrUi-Th.jpg 2008-02-16 05:38:14 <p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com">Al-Paslow</a> </p><p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/4354294_cbQj5#255540361_uqfsw" title="Al-Paslow's photo"><img src="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9777-copy/255540361_uqfsw-Th.jpg" width="150" height="85" alt="Al-Paslow's photo" title="Al-Paslow's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-15T12:00:50Z Al-Paslow http://al-paslow.smugmug.com http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9777-copy/255540361_uqfsw-Th.jpg 2008-02-16 05:40:57 <p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com">Al-Paslow</a> </p><p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/4354294_cbQj5#255540366_7NTYB" title="Al-Paslow's photo"><img src="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9778-copy/255540366_7NTYB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="96" alt="Al-Paslow's photo" title="Al-Paslow's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-15T12:01:38Z Al-Paslow http://al-paslow.smugmug.com http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9778-copy/255540366_7NTYB-Th.jpg 2008-02-16 05:44:05 <p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com">Al-Paslow</a> </p><p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/4354294_cbQj5#255547917_QiRrH" title="Al-Paslow's photo"><img src="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9780-copy/255547917_QiRrH-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="Al-Paslow's photo" title="Al-Paslow's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-15T11:55:28Z Al-Paslow http://al-paslow.smugmug.com http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9780-copy/255547917_QiRrH-Th.jpg 2008-02-16 05:44:50 <p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com">Al-Paslow</a> </p><p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/4354294_cbQj5#255547932_k7RtZ" title="Al-Paslow's photo"><img src="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9781-copy/255547932_k7RtZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Al-Paslow's photo" title="Al-Paslow's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-15T11:57:36Z Al-Paslow http://al-paslow.smugmug.com http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9781-copy/255547932_k7RtZ-Th.jpg 2008-02-16 05:45:36 <p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com">Al-Paslow</a> </p><p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/4354294_cbQj5#255547937_GYsnd" title="Al-Paslow's photo"><img src="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9782-copy/255547937_GYsnd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="124" alt="Al-Paslow's photo" title="Al-Paslow's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-15T11:57:57Z Al-Paslow http://al-paslow.smugmug.com http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9782-copy/255547937_GYsnd-Th.jpg 2008-02-16 05:45:38 <p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com">Al-Paslow</a><br />The white spot in the sky is the Moon. It looks much larger through the telescope, not with this wide lens.</p><p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/4354294_cbQj5#255547944_RiYH4" title="The white spot in the sky is the Moon. It looks much larger through the telescope, not with this wide lens."><img src="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9783-copy/255547944_RiYH4-Th.jpg" width="150" height="136" alt="The white spot in the sky is the Moon. It looks much larger through the telescope, not with this wide lens." title="The white spot in the sky is the Moon. It looks much larger through the telescope, not with this wide lens." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-15T11:57:29Z Al-Paslow http://al-paslow.smugmug.com http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9783-copy/255547944_RiYH4-Th.jpg 2008-02-16 05:45:40 <p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com">Al-Paslow</a> </p><p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/4354294_cbQj5#255547956_JPMZ8" title="Al-Paslow's photo"><img src="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9785-copy/255547956_JPMZ8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="90" alt="Al-Paslow's photo" title="Al-Paslow's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-15T11:57:51Z Al-Paslow http://al-paslow.smugmug.com http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9785-copy/255547956_JPMZ8-Th.jpg 2008-02-16 06:21:51 <p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com">Al-Paslow</a><br />More members and visitors arive as it gets dark.</p><p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/4354294_cbQj5#255550207_5SBfJ" title="More members and visitors arive as it gets dark."><img src="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9792-copy/255550207_5SBfJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="89" alt="More members and visitors arive as it gets dark." title="More members and visitors arive as it gets dark." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-15T11:57:45Z Al-Paslow http://al-paslow.smugmug.com http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9792-copy/255550207_5SBfJ-Th.jpg 2008-02-16 06:25:11 <p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com">Al-Paslow</a> </p><p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/4354294_cbQj5#255550214_uDdo8" title="Al-Paslow's photo"><img src="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9802-copy/255550214_uDdo8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="71" alt="Al-Paslow's photo" title="Al-Paslow's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-15T11:55:14Z Al-Paslow http://al-paslow.smugmug.com http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9802-copy/255550214_uDdo8-Th.jpg 2008-02-16 06:27:52 <p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com">Al-Paslow</a> </p><p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/4354294_cbQj5#255550219_NZXah" title="Al-Paslow's photo"><img src="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9810-copy/255550219_NZXah-Th.jpg" width="150" height="89" alt="Al-Paslow's photo" title="Al-Paslow's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-15T11:57:22Z Al-Paslow http://al-paslow.smugmug.com http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9810-copy/255550219_NZXah-Th.jpg 2008-02-16 06:28:45 <p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com">Al-Paslow</a><br />Our 11" Breshear refractor is trained on the Moon. Notice the retractable roofs.</p><p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/4354294_cbQj5#255550238_SJUcH" title="Our 11" Breshear refractor is trained on the Moon. Notice the retractable roofs."><img src="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9811-copy/255550238_SJUcH-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Our 11" Breshear refractor is trained on the Moon. Notice the retractable roofs." title="Our 11" Breshear refractor is trained on the Moon. Notice the retractable roofs." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-15T11:54:51Z Al-Paslow http://al-paslow.smugmug.com http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9811-copy/255550238_SJUcH-Th.jpg 2008-02-16 06:28:53 <p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com">Al-Paslow</a><br />The 21" Manka Telescope.</p><p><a href="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/4354294_cbQj5#255550247_WAHwB" title="The 21" Manka Telescope."><img src="http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9818-copy/255550247_WAHwB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="92" alt="The 21" Manka Telescope." title="The 21" Manka Telescope." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-15T11:57:55Z Al-Paslow http://al-paslow.smugmug.com http://al-paslow.smugmug.com/Astronomy/Star-Party/Wagman-Observatory-Winterfest/IMG9818-copy/255550247_WAHwB-Th.jpg 2008-02-16 06:30:00