Clear Skies
Clear Sky Clock - Lakeville, MA
Homemade 12" Dobsonian Telescope
Way back in 2003 I had finished building a 12" Dobsonian telescope and brought it up to Stellafane. I found this video - not even sure how I got it - of me talking about the scope. No doubt many other amateur telescope makers created masterpieces of craftsmanship greatly exceeding my humble efforts. Still, this was my second homemade telescope (I had built an 8: Dob several years before) and I learned a lot.
Comet Neowise, July 25, 2020
Mercury Transit, 11-11-2019
Copernicus and Eratosthenes Craters
Saturn, February 2005
My planetary imaging is hit or miss, but this one isn't bad...
NEO 3200 Phaethon
Total Solar Eclipse, August 21.2017
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"Star" Student and Teacher
Barnstable Patriot Newspaper - Cole Observatory, Barnstable High SchoolOutreach
Now and then a school or organization asks me to give a presentation about my experiences as an amateur astronomer and astrophotographer. I am glad to oblige whenever possible. Here are a few recent presentations to various groups...
Barnstable High School Honors and College Prep Classes, 10-21-2014Intro to Astrophotography, Lakeville Public Library - quite a challenge to scale the subject matter to novices and astro newbies... Slides from August, 2014 from the first and second weeks of the presentation:
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Saturn
Saturn
M13 Globular Cluster in Hercules
Took this photo of M13 in 2010. Must have been a late night.