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Astronomy Pictures
Description
Everyone always seems to remember where they were when Pearl Harbor was attacked, JFK was shot, or when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon. I was born the day after the first moon landing. (A fact that no one seems to have forgotten as I still get memorabilia from that moon landing for my birthday.) Of course, I don't remember the moon landing, but I have been interested in rockets, space, and the stars ever since I was quite small.
It wasn’t until college that I really had the chance to learn more about astronomy. There I took an introductory astronomy course that opened my eyes to the universe. We viewed the Moon, Jupiter, Saturn and the Crab Nebula (M1). Although more than ten years have passed since that course, I still remember those nights like they were yesterday.
In July of 2000 I received a Meade ETX telescope as a gift. Since that time I’ve been hooked. Observing not only gives you a new perspective on the night sky, but a completely different perspective on life as we know it. During the day I run a computer consulting firm and, any night that I have the energy and weather permits, I look at the skies.
