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One of my first pictures of the moon
Taken by holding a Kodak DC240 to the eyepiece of my ETX-90 telescope

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The News
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02-20-2008 Tonight's eclipse was masked by clouds, but I managed to snap a few.
11-12-2007 Had to get my views in of the exploding comet Holmes. It is a sight
4-6-2004 Awesome night for viewing, limiting magnitude around 7. Jupiter, mars, Venus, and Saturn all nice, many globular clusters too!
9-8-2003 Caught a couple pics of the moon and mars Click here for the pics
5-15-2003 Lunar Eclipse! We managed to catch nearly the full cycle of the lunar eclipse. Click here for some pics
12-23 COOL! Free! Astronomy software Click here!
11-19 Very nice show from the Leonids!
6-10 There was a neat eclipse tonight that I managed to see catch a glimpse of. I am sure other pictures will pop up on the net.
2-28 Played around with IRIS a bit this AM. Here is a pic. I think I like it.
2-16 Took a trip to the Solafide Observatory. This past weekend. Where they have a 10" f/10 refractor from Dobbins. Here is a pic.
2-10 Added some more pics to the images section.
2-5 No news really. Just an event for me. I saw my first transition of a moon on Jupiter tonight. Cool stuff.
2-4 I have yet another setup for the CCD. Check it out in the project section
1-22 woowoo! I have a scope again
1-20 Looks like the Meade LX200 GPS units are starting to ship!! The first reviews are appearing
1-20 I decided to change the look of the news section. Too many problems with different browsers
1-3 It looks like the night of saturn, in the quest for the division in the rings
1-1-2002 Happy New Year! Just a quick update, I ordered an electronic focuser, waiting for it to show up
12-30 Adding pages as we go, the Scope pages are online, as are some of the movies and images
12-29-2001 Welcome to my new astronomy page. If you are coming here from my car page at fastgt you will without a doubt, recognize the format and be able to navigate around with ease. Take a look around, and let me know what you think.






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