| At the age of 15, I received an inexpensive Sears 80mm telesccope. It was mounted on a wobbly, unstable alt-az mount, accepted .965 eyepieces (if I remember, it came with two Kellner, a 25mm and a 15mm) and had a tube for a finder.. It was poorly corrected and difficult to use. But, I discovered the wonders of the rings of Saturn, the four moons of Jupiter and the cratered face of the moon. It wasn't good for much else but it fostered a love of astronomy that is still with me nearly 50 years later. I was never able to upgrade that telescope nor afford anything better for one reason or another. However, I've finally reached a point in my life where I can invest in decent equipment and plan on jumping back in to observational astronomy and, finally, take a crack at something that has always peaked my interest - astrophotography. So, after having acquired most of the equipment I need, I will soon launch myself into a long overdue hobby adventure and plan on documenting my successes and failures here. I hope to learn a lot and, through my experimentation perhaps help someone else out along the way. I hope to begin updating these pages weekly. With a full time job, the weekends are my only time to play and, due to family issues, the light polluted backyard will be my playground. I may, very rarely, have the opportunity to travel to less populated areas. The desert is only a couple of hours away and offers much better seeing conditions as well as the possiblity of the back side of Big Bear. We'll see how that works out. In the meantime, this homepage will be the start of what I hope to be an exciting adventure. I hope you enjoy what I have to share. |
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Footnote:
I apologize for leaving the site abandoned for quite a while. Due to extended family illness and craziness from a pandemic, I have not updated this site in some time. Things are better under control at home now so expect to see updates on a fairly regular basis. At the very least, expect the news page to receive regular postings.
I hope you like the new format for the site. I did this with RapidWeaver 8 running under MacOS Big Sur.
