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  • 1: Home
  • 2: Events Schedule
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  • 6: Current Weather
  • 7: Blog
  • 8: Membership
    • 8.1: About BPAA
    • 8.2: Contact the BPAA
    • 8.3: Telescopes for Checkout by BPAA Members
    • 8.4: Local Links
    • 8.5: Board of Directors
    • 8.6: Member Directory
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  • 9: Newsletters
    • 9.1: Summer 2010 Newsletter
    • 9.2: Spring 2010 Newsletter
    • 9.3: Winter 2009 Newsletter
    • 9.4: Fall 2009 Newsletter
    • 9.5: Summer 2009 Newsletter
    • 9.6: Spring 2009 Newsletter
    • 9.7: Winter 2008-2009 Newsletter
    • 9.8: Fall 2008 Newsletter
    • 9.9: Summer 2008 Newsletter
    • 9.10: Spring 2008 Newsletter
    • 9.11: Winter 2007-2008 Newsletter
    • 9.12: Fall 2007 Newsletter
    • 9.13: Archived Newsletters
  • 10: Meeting Notes
    • 10.1: 2010 Board Meeting Notes
      • 10.1.1: Annual Meeting - 01/13/2010
      • 10.1.2: Board Meeting - 01/13/2010
      • 10.1.3: Board Meeting - 02/03/2010
      • 10.1.4: Board Meeting - 03/03/2010
      • 10.1.5: Board Meeting - 04/07/2010
      • 10.1.6: Board Meeting - 05/05/2010
    • 10.2: 2009 Board Meeting Notes
      • 10.2.1: Board Meeting - 01/14/2009
      • 10.2.2: Annual Meeting - 01/14/2009
      • 10.2.3: Board Meeting - 02/04/2009
      • 10.2.4: Board Meeting - 03/04/2009
      • 10.2.5: Board Meeting - 04/01/2009
      • 10.2.6: Board Meeting - 05/06/2009
      • 10.2.7: Board Meeting - 06/03/2009
      • 10.2.8: Board Meeting - 07/01/2009
      • 10.2.9: Board Meeting - 09/02/2009
      • 10.2.10: Board Meeting - 10/07/2009
      • 10.2.11: Board Meeting - 11/04/2009
      • 10.2.12: Board Meeting - 12/02/2009
    • 10.3: 2008 Board Meeting Notes
      • 10.3.1: Board Meeting - 1/9/2008
      • 10.3.2: Membership Meeting - 01/9/2008
      • 10.3.3: Board Meeting - 2/6/2008
      • 10.3.4: Board Meeting - 3/5/2008
      • 10.3.5: Board Meeting - 4/2/2008
      • 10.3.6: Board Meeting - 5/7/2008
      • 10.3.7: Board Meeting - 6/4/2008
      • 10.3.8: Board Meeting - 9/3/2008
      • 10.3.9: Board Meeting - 10/01/2008
      • 10.3.10: Board Meeting - 11/5/2008
      • 10.3.11: Board Meeting - 12/02/2008
    • 10.4: 2007 Board Meeting Notes
      • 10.4.1: Board Meeting 6/6/2007
      • 10.4.2: Board Meeting 7/5/2007
      • 10.4.3: Board Meeting 9/5/2007
      • 10.4.4: Board Meeting 10/3/2007
      • 10.4.5: Board Meeting 11/7/2007
      • 10.4.6: Board Meeting 12/5/2007
  • 11: Documentation
    • 11.1: Bylaws
    • 11.2: BPAA Events Policy
    • 11.3: Purpose and Charter
    • 11.4: History and Chronological Development
    • 11.5: History of Battle Point Park
    • 11.6: Physical Plant
    • 11.7: Operating System and Equipment - Part 1
    • 11.8: Operating System and Equipment - Part 2
    • 11.9: Organization and Administration
    • 11.10: Original Plans
    • 11.11: Standalone Documents
  • 12: Education
  • 13: Edwin Ritchie Telescope
  • 14: Planetarium Information
    • 14.1: John Rudolph Planetarium
    • 14.2: The Planetarium's Beginnings
    • 14.3: Designing a Planetarium Dome
  • 15: BPAA Brochure
  • 16: Amateur Astronomy
    • 16.1: How to Build a Bowling Ball Mount
    • 16.2: How to Build an Off-axis Mask
    • 16.3: About Telescope Numbers
    • 16.4: Tips for a Star Party
    • 16.5: Cleaning the Ritchie Mirror
    • 16.6: Full Color Electric Sensor
    • 16.7: ISS Amateur Telescope Status
    • 16.8: Questar Gift
    • 16.9: Armchair Exploration of Mars
    • 16.10: Shadow of the Sun
    • 16.11: You know you're an amateur astronomer when...
    • 16.12: A Twinkle in their Eyes
    • 16.13: Selecting Eyepieces
  • 17: Advanced Astronomy
    • 17.1: More
      • 17.1.1: The Meteor - Part I
      • 17.1.2: The Meteor - Part II
      • 17.1.3: The Metor - Part III
      • 17.1.4: Is Dark Matter a Chimera?
      • 17.1.5: Imiloa: Astronomy Center of Hawai
      • 17.1.6: Travel to the Stars in 80 Days?
    • 17.2: Distance
    • 17.3: Speculations on a Black Hole Experiment
    • 17.4: Astronomy in Arizona
    • 17.5: The Hubble Program
    • 17.6: In the Wink of a Star
    • 17.7: Characterizing an Asteroid
    • 17.8: Black Holes: Feeling the Ripples
    • 17.9: Wilkinson Microwave Anistotropy Probe
    • 17.10: The Search for the Edge of the Universe
    • 17.11: LIGO Tour
  • 18: Observing
    • 18.1: More
      • 18.1.1: Mt. Bachelor Star Party 2004
      • 18.1.2: Update on the ISSAT
      • 18.1.3: Comets, Asteroids and Supernovae
      • 18.1.4: Essentials for Remote Dark Sky Viewing
      • 18.1.5: Star Party Reports
      • 18.1.6: The 2005 Oregon Star Party and Hurricane Katrina
      • 18.1.7: Observing Among the Hoodoos
      • 18.1.8: Two Star Parties
      • 18.1.9: The Big Bear Conference 2006
      • 18.1.10: Dark Adaptation and Stargazing
    • 18.2: Stranger in a Star Party
    • 18.3: A Star Party - Texas-style
    • 18.4: 3C 273, Or, Why I Stay Up All Night
    • 18.5: Mad Cows and Dust Devils: A Report on the Mt. Kobau and Oregon Star Parties
    • 18.6: A Day with Richard Berry
    • 18.7: Table Mountain Star Party 203
    • 18.8: Where Lions Roar and Waves Crash Ashore and You Can See The Stars Too
    • 18.9: Observing Deep, Far Away, and Long Past
    • 18.10: Herschel Hunting
  • 19: Seeing Stars: Beginning Astronomy
    • 19.1: Telescopes and Equipment
      • 19.1.1: Refracting Telescopes
      • 19.1.2: Reflecting Telescopes
      • 19.1.3: Radio Telescopes
      • 19.1.4: X and Gamma Ray Telescopes
    • 19.2: Inside the Solar System
      • 19.2.1: Meteors
      • 19.2.2: Venus
      • 19.2.3: Current Planets
      • 19.2.4: Pluto
      • 19.2.5: How Big is the Earth?
      • 19.2.6: Venus Transit
      • 19.2.7: Venus Observing
      • 19.2.8: Total Solar Eclipse
    • 19.3: The Bigger Picture
      • 19.3.1: The Great Square of Pegasus
      • 19.3.2: Parallax, Precession, and theCrucial Angles
      • 19.3.3: Coordinate Systems
      • 19.3.4: Ecliptic
      • 19.3.5: Christmas Story
      • 19.3.6: Wizards?
      • 19.3.7: Drawing the Line
      • 19.3.8: Tropic of Capricorn
      • 19.3.9: Hercules and His Lesson
      • 19.3.10: Hunting Grounds and Meadows
      • 19.3.11: The Twins and Mnemonics
      • 19.3.12: Legends and Mysteries
      • 19.3.13: What’s Up There?
      • 19.3.14: A Hole to China?
      • 19.3.15: Anna's Refried Beans
      • 19.3.16: Anna's Big Bang
  • 20: Archeoastronomy
    • 20.1: Urara Symposium
    • 20.2: Megalithic Astronomy
    • 20.3: The Mug, The Moon Faces and the Goats
    • 20.4: Middents' Lectures
    • 20.5: Skystone
    • 20.6: Viking Astronomy
    • 20.7: What, If Anything, is Standing Still?
  • 21: Astrobiology
    • 21.1: More
      • 21.1.1: Red Snow
      • 21.1.2: Was it Ever Warm(er) and Wet on Mars ?
      • 21.1.3: Martian Near Miss
      • 21.1.4: The Case for Extraterrestrial Life
      • 21.1.5: Intelligent Life
      • 21.1.6: CH4 + H2O + Mars = Life?
      • 21.1.7: Cobolide Impact Extinctions
      • 21.1.8: Water on Mars
    • 21.2: History of Biology
    • 21.3: Seminars and Resources
    • 21.4: Life in Deep Spaces
    • 21.5: Bella Luna
    • 21.6: Subsurface Water on Mars
    • 21.7: Life Under the Sea Floor
    • 21.8: First Signs of Life
    • 21.9: Climatic Ice Cycles
  • 22: Light Pollution
    • 22.1: Lights
    • 22.2: Good Lights of Bainbridge Island
    • 22.4: Sports Field Lighting
    • 22.5: Letter Regarding Sports Lighting at Battle Point
    • 22.6: Light Pollution Links
  • 23: Photos
    • 23.1: Grand Old Fourth 2008
    • 23.2: Griffith Observatory
    • 23.3: Deep Sky Objects
    • 23.4: Planets
    • 23.5: Events
    • 23.6: Older Photos
      • 23.6.1: Astronomy Photos
      • 23.6.2: First Ritchie Telescope Image
      • 23.6.3: Building the Ritchie Telescope
      • 23.6.4: Building the Dome
      • 23.6.5: Miscellaneous Photos
      • 23.6.6: Astronomy Day - 1998
      • 23.6.7: Astronomy Day - 1999
      • 23.6.8: Astronomy Day - 2000
  • 24: Kids Page
  • 25: Astronomical Links
  • 31: Forgot your Password?

Standalone Documents

The BPAA Capital Project Initiative

The Ritchie Telescope How-To Manual (758 KB)

How To Run a StellaCam Signal to the Meeting Room

How to Operate the Toshiba Video Monitor

Ritchie Telescope Checklist (73 KB)

Using the Stella Cam on the Ritchie Scope (58 KB)


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