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About Me
Moved to Kirkland in 1996. I joined SAS at that time until 2006. Returning to SAS December, 2019. My wife and I own a cottage in a nearly dark sky location where I have my observatory setup. The observatory is a Meade 10" f8, Orion 80mm APO (600mm) and Orion 80ED guide scope (900mm) all riding on Losmandy G11 with Gemini II GoTo. Cameras are ZWO.
I am interested in participating in the Astrophotography SIG.
I am also on the board of directors of the Washington Alpine Club. My other activity is mountain hiking and climbing. Have climbed Mount Rainier five times.
Graduated with BS in Computer Science in 1983 from University of California, Irvine (UCI).
About Me
Ever since watching the Voyager on TV as it passed Jupiter, I've wanted to pursue the stars. As early as 12 years old, I recall wanting to get a PhD in orbital mechanics and work at JPL. I ended up taking a different course through aerospace engineering, technical Japanese interpretting, and software engineering while working at Boeing, Amazon, Xbox and others.
Most of my obvserving is visual, but recently I've taken a renewed interest in astrophotography. I live and work 100% remotely from central Washington (Chelan area), and enjoy seeing the Milky Way just 10 feet from my front-door.
For the past ten years, I've built and operated the SAS website and backend IT (email, web hosting, etc).
In 2014, I was recognized by Astronomical League for its Webmaster Award.
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Former professional document reviewer, former UW astronomy student.
About Me
I grew up in Wales and obtained degrees in Math and Computing, and Human-Computer Interaction. While in the UK I interned at Royal Observatory Edinburgh where I prototyped a system to allow telescope control to be shared between sites in the UK and Hawaii. I have always been in interested in science and photography and recently became interested in astrophotography. During the day I am a Software Development Manager.
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Like you, I have a bad habit of acquiring astronomy gear. It is almost as bad as my habit of acquiring photography gear. Oh who am I kidding, the scopes and tripods take up much more space. And I love it! Don't you? :)
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I was born in Seattle in 1967, and I graduated from Chief Sealth High School in 1985, majoring in Spanish & Computer Programming. I currently work as a technicak support agent for Dish. Other than astronomy, my hobbies include photography, karaoke, chess and almost anything that ends in "-ology." I was 13 years old when I first saw the Peabody Award-winning PBS series, Cosmos, and I was an instant fan. I have seen every episode of the fun-fact-filled show serveral times, having recorded it on VHS in the 90s, and buying the DVD set in 1999. I really enjoyed the new Cosmos, too. Tyson has taken up Sagan's torch quite well. I had the priviledge of seeing Sagan give a lecture at Green River Community College in Auburn, WA, back in October 1994. I was spellbound. (Yet, too nervous to ask any questions during the Q&A segment. [sad face] ) Long live Sagan's legacy!
