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Bob Horton
Bob Horton is a past president of Skyscrapers, and has been an amateur astronomer, astrophotographer and a telescope maker for over 40 years. He is the Manager of Astronomical Labs and the Ladd Observatory at Brown University.
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Starscapes & Constellations - Easy Astrophotography
Imaging the ISS - It's easier than you think!
How to Safely Observe and Photograph the Sun (and the Transit of Venus)
Riverside Convention
Excursion to west coast & White Mountains
A Review of this Year's Riverside Telescope Makers Conference in California
Ladd Observatory Restoration
Computer-Controlling an LX200 for CCD Imaging
Chopmist Hill Observing Site
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Moon and Jupiter highlight 2013 season opener
It was nice to be back to Seagrave after the observatory had been snowed in for so long. We had clear skies and a bright waxing gibbous moon lighting up the grounds.
Bob Horton, Dave Huestis, Steve Hubbard and Jim Hendrickson provided this report.![](/stuff/contentmgr/files/1/4afc8b3bc1dbecbb65998c5a0d8ba924/header/horton_scope_526.jpg)
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Observing with Bob Horton's homemade 4¼-inch reflector
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