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Eric Ramos - Friend & Advanced Amateur in the Dominican Republic.

"My name is Eric Ramos, I'm 52, and live in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. I'm married for 18 years and have 2 boys; 16 and 15, and a girl, 9. My wife is a Lawyer and I work in my studio as a recording engineer. As such I did manage my first grammy in the year 2000."

This is how Eric introduced himself to me. Hi.This series of pictures is devoted to a remarkable individual named Eric Ramos. Eric has been an observer and amateur telescope maker for many years now. He has restored the beautiful Cave 8 inch Cassegrain pictured here. We have exchanged quite a few e-mails recently and are currently working on some telescope projects together. Every time I receive an e-mail from Eric I never know what I'll see next. The beautiful eclipse was such a pleasant surprise! I wish to share some of the images Eric has sent me and will continue to post more as they are received. I have placed excerpts of some of the e-mails with the images as I obtained them. Hence when viewing the image you can see what Eric describes to me in his own words. In some instances we talked about The AAAP Mingo Creek Observatory and the Planetarium. Eric has made specific references to the Mingo Planetaruim and compares our projector to the unit his club -La Sociedad Astronómica Dominicana uses . He is also pictured calibrating the projector on one of the images. .... Eric this site is devoted to you and your astronomical adventures. I hope you, your family and friends will enjoy !! - Al
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  • This amazing photo is of the Solar Eclipse of April 8, 2005 was sent to me by my good friend Eric Ramos of the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean. Eric has been in amateur astronomy since the 1960's and belongs to a local organization in his home town. Eric is such an interesting gentleman I have decided to dedicate this photo image site to him and all his friends and family to enjoy. Photo --- taken with an OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

    This amazing photo is of the Solar Eclipse of April 8, 2005 was sent to me by my good friend Eric Ramos of the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean. Eric has been in amateur astronomy since the 1960's and belongs to a local organization in his home town. Eric is such an interesting gentleman I have decided to dedicate this photo image site to him and all his friends and family to enjoy. Photo --- taken with an OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

  • "Al: Just wanted you to see how similar your planetarium projector is to our Goto's. Standing on the ladder, I'm calibrating the instrument and planetary positions with ephemeris information, to begin working with the public at the museum." "If your planetarium has anything like a program card then it is more fit for a public show than ours. We have to do everything manually and according to "pre-learned" steps and sequences. The intro of the recorded show has some cool electronic minutes or so of getting the mood until the sun appears. Then we simulate sunset, the red dawn effect, the apparition of the first stars, but we keep the skyglow lightly illuminated until we talk about dark skies where everything goes pitch black and the wows start to be heard when about maybe 700 stars appear to about mag 4. The whole thing lasts about 28 minutes and eventually ends up with Holst's The Planet's music for each planet described and proyected with the slide machine. A didactic teaching machine converted into a show where nobody complains of gets bored is to us a great accomplishment! - Eric Ramos"

    "Al: Just wanted you to see how similar your planetarium projector is to our Goto's. Standing on the ladder, I'm calibrating the instrument and planetary positions with ephemeris information, to begin working with the public at the museum." "If your planetarium has anything like a program card then it is more fit for a public show than ours. We have to do everything manually and according to "pre-learned" steps and sequences. The intro of the recorded show has some cool electronic minutes or so of getting the mood until the sun appears. Then we simulate sunset, the red dawn effect, the apparition of the first stars, but we keep the skyglow lightly illuminated until we talk about dark skies where everything goes pitch black and the wows start to be heard when about maybe 700 stars appear to about mag 4. The whole thing lasts about 28 minutes and eventually ends up with Holst's The Planet's music for each planet described and proyected with the slide machine. A didactic teaching machine converted into a show where nobody complains of gets bored is to us a great accomplishment! - Eric Ramos"

  • An artistic picture of the evening skyglow in red.

    An artistic picture of the evening skyglow in red.

  • Al, "As you said you liked photos check this one attached of the region of Sagittarius where a picture mosaic of M8 M20 & M21 captured all three in the same frame. Give it a boost pan it and crop it up intill the sky turns black. We have a nice southern sky. The credit again goes to my friend Maurice." ..."Our city is not an architectural beauty and very few tourists come. Only the cruise boats and for limited time. Electricity is a 'Big' problem. The whole city practically 'shuts off' at night. That's why the M42 shot came out like it did. It was taken five miles from the physical center of Santo Domingo, among the 'darkness' of a small city village." - Eric

    Al, "As you said you liked photos check this one attached of the region of Sagittarius where a picture mosaic of M8 M20 & M21 captured all three in the same frame. Give it a boost pan it and crop it up intill the sky turns black. We have a nice southern sky. The credit again goes to my friend Maurice." ..."Our city is not an architectural beauty and very few tourists come. Only the cruise boats and for limited time. Electricity is a 'Big' problem. The whole city practically 'shuts off' at night. That's why the M42 shot came out like it did. It was taken five miles from the physical center of Santo Domingo, among the 'darkness' of a small city village." - Eric

  • Beautiful Cave 8 inch Cassegrain Telescope... restored by Eric Ramos. Cave 8 in Cassegrain back view Collimating plate view. Notice magnetic control box and protection stop on focuser

    Beautiful Cave 8 inch Cassegrain Telescope... restored by Eric Ramos. Cave 8 in Cassegrain back view Collimating plate view. Notice magnetic control box and protection stop on focuser

  • Declination motor and gear side view. Wiring and P-clips

    Declination motor and gear side view. Wiring and P-clips

  • Dec. motor front view. Notice plastic strip barrier with vel

    Dec. motor front view. Notice plastic strip barrier with vel

  • Declination motor close-up

    Declination motor close-up

  • Solid Pier ---- Extremely sturdy pier and mount will make views 'rock steady'

    Solid Pier ---- Extremely sturdy pier and mount will make views 'rock steady'

  • Optical Tube front view. Added six inch optical baffle tube improves contrast and prevents focuser back travel.

    Optical Tube front view. Added six inch optical baffle tube improves contrast and prevents focuser back travel.

  • "Al - Tell me if you receive this attached astroshot taken in Santo Domingo by my friend Maurice in his backyard as a test for delivering photos. Hear from you soon Eric Ramos" Note -- If you reference the image of M-8, M-20, etc. Eric mentions that the whole city becomes dark at night due to a lack of electrcity . This is the image he mantions that was taken just 5 miles from the heart of the city of Santo Domingo.

    "Al - Tell me if you receive this attached astroshot taken in Santo Domingo by my friend Maurice in his backyard as a test for delivering photos. Hear from you soon Eric Ramos" Note -- If you reference the image of M-8, M-20, etc. Eric mentions that the whole city becomes dark at night due to a lack of electrcity . This is the image he mantions that was taken just 5 miles from the heart of the city of Santo Domingo.

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