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Tom  loves astronomy

 

 

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It all started when I was at Columbian High School in Tiffin Ohio.  I fell in love with anything in the sky.  Planes, stars, spacecraft, you name it.  The astronomy bug hibernated for nearly 20 years while I was in the USAF and at Lockheed Martin.  

 

 

When I finally graduated from college in 1997, Judy bought me a Celestron FS114 First Scope as a graduation gift.  

 

Little did she know that she had thrown gasoline on a smoldering fire. 

 

 

 

By late 1998 I had graduated to a Meade 10" f10 LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain.

 

 

 

I have recently developed an interest in CCD astro-imaging.  I purchased a Santa Barbara Instruments Group (SBIG) ST-5C CCD imager.  Check out my Astro Images page.  I will be constantly adding to it as images become available.

The LX200 is one heck of a scope.  It is completely computer controlled.  During the winter months, I wimp out and run the whole show from my den.  With the CCD imager and a bunch of wires, I can control the scope and the camera while watching what the scope sees all from my desktop computer. 

During the summer months, I like to take the scope up to our property in the mountains.  Since we added power to the property, this electricity hungry setup works like a champ.  This next summer I plan to do some serious imaging up there.