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Saturday,
October 20th we met at Bonanza in Saskatoon |
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The building
on the University of Saskatchewan Campus that houses SED Systems |
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Our
destination |
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Our tour
guide was there to meet us |
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We had some
time to kill in the games room |
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Ping pong
anyone? |
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One of the
favorites |
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Rick Huziak
gave us a run down on the day's events before starting the tour |
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In
attendance |
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More people |
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The youngest
member is at the back of the room |
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What is
known as "The Glass Wall" |
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The atrium
at SED Systems |
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Lunch
anyone? |
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Starting the
tour upstairs |
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Checking out
where the real work gets done |
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The
electronic workstation area |
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Printed
circuit board machine |
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Ron
Nunweiler giving us a
tour of the satellite transmitter/receiver for ESA's Rosetta satellite
mission to Comet Wirtanen. The transmitter will be assembled in
Australia within the next couple of months. Rosetta is scheduled
to launch in January 2003. Very exciting! |
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Many thanks
for the tour, Ron! |
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An
intelligent fire control system for armored vehicles |
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The clean
room is outfitted with a vacuum chamber which can be used for testing
space components |
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Next stop
was RADARSAT |
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Multiple
communication dishes |
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Direct TV
from anywhere :o) |
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RADARSAT's
10 meter, fully steerable antenna at the University of Saskatchewan |
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Clark
Gamelin giving
us a tour of the RADARSAT antenna control room. The satellite
was heading towards Antarctica at the time |
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Heading out
to Sleaford Observatory in the snow |
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The snowfall
left the fields white |
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Coming up on
the observatory site |
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A plaque
commemorating Sleaford School |
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Sleaford
school |
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The parking
lot filled up fast |
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Lighting the
barbecues in the cold |
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Good thing
these give off heat! |
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Patterson
Observatory and warm-up shelter |
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The inside
of the warm-up shelter |
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Rick and Sam
signing the guest book |
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The best
thing on a cold night! A heated, chemical toilet |
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The roll-off
observatory on site |
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The 6"
Ritchey-Cretien telescope inside |
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The
computers are insulated from the cold |
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Off with the
roof but where are the stars? |
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An 8"
Meade LX-200 |
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A 12"
Meade LX-200 equipped with a spectrometer |
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Checking out
the SBIG ST-7e CCD camera on the Celestron 14" |
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The end of
the Sleaford Observatory tour |
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Finishing up
the burgers and getting ready for the evening presentations in the
school house. A great time was had by all! |
