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Photos from the event held at the College of San Mateo. Photos by Morris "Mojo" Jones, mojo@whiteoaks.com. Drop me a note with the filename if you want a full resolution copy of any picture.

Ken Frank	Richard Ozer checking in registrants.	Beth and John Westfall with Darryl Stanford.	Firefighters shared the campus with our event doing...
Dave Frey finds the sun.	Perfect example of aiming a solar telescope by using its...	Dobs and firefighters.	Steve Nelson from SJAA.
Mike Koop sets up the raffle station.	Liede-Marie Haitsma from Mount Diablo.	T-shirts ready for sale.	Michael Portuesi
Marion Weiler	Solar System model ready for placement.	Ed Pieret, President of the San Mateo Astronomical Society	Michael with John Dillon from San Francisco
Ken Frank and Alan Gould, of the Lawrence Hall of Science.	Gene House with Ken Frank and Chelsea	Ken Frank welcomes everyone to the conference.	Doug Brown
Gathered in the planetarium for the first talks.	Ilona Magyary from the San Mateo Astronomical Society.	Darryl Stanford	Marni Berendson of the Mount Diablo Astronomical Society,...
Drip Coffee provided refreshments.	Marni with Vivian White from ASP.	Visitors getting refreshments.	Peter Jenniskens from SETI talked about his recent...
Bob Franklin	Alan Stern	Kevin Sherman who offers scopes to rent.	Richard Crisp shows of a new CCD chip that's in...
Backyard Imaging with Weird Filters	Bing Quock, Alan Gould, and Mohsen Janatpour	Bing, Alan, Mohsen, and Jane Houston Jones.	The group is joined by Gail Chaid.
Jane with James Mace and Michael Portuesi	Mike Koop (right) interviewed by Mr. Bessire	Dave Frey showing a stand for doing foucault testing of...	View from the foucault tester.
Helen Asker offers white-light solar views. The sun was...	Ed Hoffman offering hydrogen-alpha views, again with...	John and Beth Westfall	Maps and event schedules.
Vivian works with kids to make their own solar systems.	Making solar systems.	Back in Richard Crisp's talk, showing narrow band...	Ken with a projected 'g' on his forehead presents a...
AANC President Walt Heiges	Setting up the Skype connection for Pamela Gay's...	Nice view of the planetarium and courtyard from the third...	Colette Rudd had quite a spread for the volunteers.
Pamela Gay takes questions from the audience via Skype.	Phil Plait was reached via Skype to accept his AANC award.	Doug Brown presents Jane Houston Jones with her speaker's...	Jane is greeted by Dean Drumheller.
Debbie Dyke and Don Saito	Michelle Stone accepts her AANC award from Walt Heiges.	Group photo!	Dr. Imka de Pater's talk focused on rings, particularly...
Dr. Imke de Pater accepts her certificate of appreciation...	Michael Portuesi accepts his AANC award from Walt Heiges.	Jim Mace, Sam Sweiss, Michael Portuesi	Dr. Peter Jenniskens talking about meteors with...
Barbara from the SETI Institute.	Christopher Go presented a great talk on high resolution...	Norm Sperling.	Diane Keen and Jane
Starting the inner solar system walk at Mercury.	Mars was right by the food kiosk.	Marni from ASP trying out a new family activity.	Marni Berendsen, that wild and crazy gal!
Jane with Bob Black from San Mateo and FPOA.	Dean Drumheller receives his AANC award from Ken Frank.	Christopher Go receives his certificate from Doug Brown.	Mike Koop and Richard Ozer preparing raffle tickets for...
Crowd gathered for the raffle.	Sam always found something for the kids.	Awarding a raffle prize.	Darryl won big at the raffle.
Darryl and Mohsen won deep field posters.	Miguel Palmer is the happy winner of a Celestron Sky Scout.	Jim Mace is a winner.	Who better to win the 6-inch dob from Orion?
Ken Frank presents an AANC award to Vivan White	Here are the people who put this whole thing together.	Michael Portuesi scores big.	Linda Tkach wins The Sky
The fix is in! Richard Ozer wins a Celestron 4-inch.	The band is Dark Energy	Chris Hulbe on the left, a conference guest, and Bob Fies...	In fact, Jane did her talk on Cassini two more times.
Dave Barosso with his imaging setup in the courtyard.	Conference guests get a look through a big dob.	Mike Claire, president of CSM, welcomes a prospective...	This is a long dob and a tall climb.
Ed Pieret gives looks through his telescope.	CSM Planetarium with interesting shadow patterns.	Darryl and his adoring students.	On the roof showing Jupiter in an 8-inch dob.
The queue for the 20-inch RC.	Great bay skyline and conference visitors on the roof for...

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