Astronomy Archive

  • We are all members of a large community.  The Universe.  So few of us ever think about what is above our heads every minute of every day.  It is easy […]

    Look Up

    We are all members of a large community.  The Universe.  So few of us ever think about what is above our heads every minute of every day.  It is easy […]

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  • I was given my first telescope for my fifteenth birthday.  For years before this I was fascinated with the stars.  Having a real telescope changed everything.  It made all the […]

    It Begins

    I was given my first telescope for my fifteenth birthday.  For years before this I was fascinated with the stars.  Having a real telescope changed everything.  It made all the […]

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  • This was my first attempt to sketch an astronomical object.  It created it on August 9, 2004 by simply by sketching what you see in a telescope eyepiece.  Astronomers used […]

    My First Astronomical Sketch

    This was my first attempt to sketch an astronomical object.  It created it on August 9, 2004 by simply by sketching what you see in a telescope eyepiece.  Astronomers used […]

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  • Most of my childhood was spent in the seventies.  Technology was still very new at best and the spectacular images produced by the Hubble Space Telescope and even by amateurs […]

    Why I Love Astronomy

    Most of my childhood was spent in the seventies.  Technology was still very new at best and the spectacular images produced by the Hubble Space Telescope and even by amateurs […]

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