1997 - Telescope Dome

1997 was the year comet Hale-Bopp was around.  I spent a lot of
time at the telescopes at Lowell Observatory (where I was working)
observing this wonderful comet, so decided to make a telescope to
memorialize it.  The dome represents the 42" Hall telescope at Lowell.
The telescope is pointed at a little comet, hanging overhead. The
skunk is a comic addition, although one night there was a skunk
in the telescope compound.

This ornament is made almost entirely of toothpicks.  (Yes, making a
hemispherical dome out of straight toothpicks was difficult.)