Re: My Interest in Astronomy is?

On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 18:15:05 -0600, Willie R. Meghar
<NoMail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Sometimes some of the postings that show up on sci.astro.amateur are
enough to make a person wonder: Does this person or that person ever
actually go outside and look upward?

*You* are hereby invited to provide a brief (or not so brief) essay on
*your* astronomical interests and activities.

First and foremost, imaging. Much of this is technical, not aesthetic
(primarily photometry).

Next, instrumentation. I love the tools of astronomy, which I frequently
design or modify.

Theory. My training is in astronomy and physics, and I read the major
journals and try to keep up with developments from planetary science
through cosmology.

Education. I teach astronomy, and run community programs. Everybody
loves astronomy, which is very gratifying to an educator.

What I don't like much? Actually looking at things through a telescope
(although living under LM 7 skies I do spend a lot of time doing naked
eye and binocular observing). But I don't get a fraction of the joy
looking at an object through the EP that I do imaging it.

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
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