Andrew Moore gets his stand projecting images of the moon and sun ready to face the visitors

Anthony Fairall

Mike Fletcher and Vince Nettmann at the ATM stand  (Photo: Ashley 

(Photo: Ashley  )

Young and old enjoyed the Auditorium talks (Photo: Ashley

Peter Baxter wins the AstroPhotography Competition and gets his spotting scope (sponsored by PhotoWeb SA) from Dr Seekoe of the DST (Photo: Francois Nortje)

Bert gets his prize

Bruce gets his prize

Case Rijsdijk (President of ASSA) and Dr Barbara Cunow examine the photo entries 

Case Rijsdijk making comet

Catherine's 'Scope

Chris Stewart with his exhibits

Chris S gets his prize

Dave Hughes can rightly smile proudly next to his 4” Schiefspiegler

Dave impresses

Etienne van Zyl and his beautifully executed small Dob

Keith Lou’s 8” truss tube,  Francois Nortje’s computer controlled 8” and 6” on an equatorial platform and Peter Fyfe’s 8” Dob

Dr Seekoe of the DST enjoys a chat with Gareth Sutton (Photo: Francois Nortje)

Gavin Blakeman and his 8” Dob

Geoff Nelson explains his mirror grinding machine

 Jim Knight and Peter van Laun relaxes

Jim Knight assist visitors to observe solar flares

 Johann and his machine

Johann Swanepoel and his magnificent mirror grinding machine

 Johann's machine again

ATM Competition judges (Chris Stewart and Dave Blane) deliberate

Keith Liddle and his Old Brown (Sherry of course) Dob for which he won a prize for  “effective use of basic materials, notably his equatorial disk mounting”

Keith Liddle gets his prize from ATM Judge Chris Stewart 

Lorenzo Maritz gets his prize for Building a 4" telescope by himself, an ambitious project for a 9 year-old

 Mauritz gets his prize

Mike Fletcher with his ball scope and beautifully executed 7” Dob for which he won a prize

Neville Young

Next to G6

Seeing is believing