There is always one on every astrocamp. The person who has to do everything!!!!!!!!
The areial is being used in an experiment to record the sounds of meteors. The tape recorder is for recording meteors observed visually. There are 4 cameras on the telescope mount. Then there is visual observing through the 16" telescope plus a pair of 15 x 80 binoculars! Notice also the earphones for listening to a cassette tape!
Other observers would take one look and then walk away shaking their heads, quietly laughing to themselves!!! I wonder why!