Background: My career titles include Research Meteorologist, Operations Research Analyst, and Computer Scientist (current). I am a senior scientist for a large company where my work includes research, analysis and software development.
Astronomy Interest: Reading a book that my dad showed me simply entitled "Astronomy" from cover to cover when I was 10, I have a long love of astronomy. Of course, at the time I didn't understand most of it :) For years after, I would just observe the night sky with binoculars or a small telescope that our family had. I did my first real (in my mind real is beyond just pointing up and taking a picture of the nice looking moon) astrophotography in 1996, when I used a 35mm SLR camera to take photos of Comet Hyakutake. Later, I would buy a 10" dobsonian for viewing, and within a week was taking pictures through the eyepiece for fun. Within a few more weeks, I knew I wanted to get serious with astro-imaging. The history of this can be seen starting with the
"Solar System" area of this site...I then progressed to
Deep Sky Objects (DSO) which is where my primary interest lies. In the
"Equipment" section of this site, you can see my upgrades throughout this venture.
Oh, I still have the "Astronomy" book :)
Ok, that's about enough about me. Hope you enjoy the site, and please feel free to shoot me an email even if just to say Hello :)
Best regards always,
Jeff Johnson
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