God Bless America & Freedom

September 11, 2001

Welcome to my web site!

The purpose of this web site is to share, inform and entertain those with an interest in  the wonders of the night skies. The present location of most of my imaging is currently in Charlottesville, Virginia, home of Thomas Jefferson and the University of Virginia. This site has moderate light pollution as I am within a mile of the Charlottesville/Albemarle Airport and about 5 miles north of the city. It does however give fairly good results with proper processing of the images. By the spring of 2002, the construction of the new house and observatory in Fluvanna, Virginia will begin. This site is on 10 acres and currently very dark. Time will tell how long that will remain so. 

If you are interested in keeping our night skies dark, visit the International Darks Sky Association to learn how we can all help preserve this treasure!

I am a current member of the Charlottesville Astronomical Society which meets the first Wednesday of each month at the McCormick-Lender Observatory located in Charlottesville at the University of Virginia. The observatory houses a Clark 26" refractor telescope of which several members of our club, including myself, are able to operate. If you have an interest in joining or just visiting, please come to one of our meetings to learn more. Meetings are at 7 pm and usually have a speaker as well as club business and upcoming events.

I hope you enjoy the content of this site and any suggestions or comments are welcomed.   This site will be forever changing content so please return often. Thank you for visiting.

This page was last updated on 09/27/01.

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