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Walter's YearBook |
| 1986 |
| January 6 1986 |
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Icy Air! made for an interesting spectacle on the night of January 6th: ice crystals in the air caused columns of light to appear directly above each streetlight in the neighbourhood. This
is the only time I've ever seen this happen! |
| January 1986 |
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Voyager 2 did a fly-by of Uranus on January 24th, then headed for an encounter with Neptune in 1989. JPL Image
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| January |
The space shuttle Challenger blew up 73 seconds after liftoff on January 28th. |
| February 1986 |
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Comet Halley reached perehelion on February 9th. Questar 12" f/15
3M1000 film, 60 seconds Monday, January 6,1986 |
| April 2nd-13th 1986 |
 Above (left to right): Randy Attwood, Ann Waterhouse, Bob May, and Betty Attwood packing up after a successful all-night observing session. Notice the fork arms on my C8 at
centre are parallel to the ground!
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Galapagos |
In order to see Comet Halley at its best during its 1986 apparition, I went on a trip to mainland Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. We had received special permission to go ashore for observing
on several nights. |
| May 1986 |
 I caught my last glimpse of Comet Halley on Sunday, May 11th with my Celestron 8 from
Oshawa.135mm f/2.8, 10 minutes
Ektachrome 800/1600 film Lost Channel Observatory Fr/Sa, May 9/10, 1986 |
| August 1986 The |
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| Randy Hendriks (left) watches as Doug Clapp (right) digs himself into yet another hole! |
| August 1986 A Site |
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| LCOS, the "Lost Channel Observing Site", is located on the "back 50" of the "Old MacDonald Farm", in the dark skies north of Belleville, Ontario. |
| Summer 1986 Building |
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| Two observing platforms were built around the piers at LCOS. |
| Summer 1986 Doug |
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Here's Doug working on the pier cut-out for his observing platform. |
| August 1986 |
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| The AAVSO's new HQ, the Clinton B. Ford Building, was dedicated. |