Ok heres my

--- James Ellis <ejge@...> wrote:

>
> Yes, I think that is a great idea for members to
> give a bit of b/ground on
> themselves
>
> So here goes my Introduction , Im Dave from

Calif,USA. occupation ...The Cable Guy. Amatuer
observational astronomer.Married ,wife is observing
partner,Im father of one baby girl.
Been into the night sky since watching a total lunar
eclipse with DAD at age 6 or 7. Had a teenie toy
refractor and as years past by went to a 76mm cat and
eventually a 8"SCT which got me into photography for a
while .Main instrument last 8 or so years is a coulter
13.1" Dob .Have an Obsession being shipped as I type
this .Main interest is visual astronomy ,Deep sky in
particular, but follow the sun with the SCT and a
Daystar filter and BBSOs web site .The BIG ONE of
july 1991 was my most memorable moment . the way GUIDE
fits into this I use it exclusively to create charts
for observing at home but in the field just use a
laptop by the DOB. thats it ,, whos next?

>
> I have been interested in amateur astronomy since
> about 1984 at age 9 when
> I saw a partial solar eclipse form Sydney. I saw
> halley in 86 and that
> spurred me to get a telescope (50mm Plastic
> Fantastic by Tasco) which I
> subsequently melted projecting the sun. My first DSO
> observation was trying
> to find the Coal Sack with binoculars (a dark
> nebula)
>
> Currently I have three telescope - A 10 yr old 250mm
> f/6 Dob, a 1974 Astro
> Optical 150mm f/6.3 Newt and a C5 (both the latter
> go on my GPDX). I am
> mainly interested in observing the planets, comets,
> eclipses and the
> southern sky in Carina/Crux/Centaurus which are
> overhead where I live.
>
> I am a trained architectural draftsman, (much like
> trained PEC - a bit up
> and down) but cannot find work due to the Olympics.
> I am currently working
> for York Optical in Sydney (www.yorkoptical.com.au
> for a site that is being
> updated). Nice work for an amateur!!
> I am looking to get into CCD work when I finish my
> motor drive system for
> the GPDX - I have my eyes on a few Starlight
> cameras.
>
> I am looking forward to seeing the eclipse in 2002
> from S. Aust and also
> the 5.5 minute eclipse over Sydney in 2028. I also
> want to see a solar
> eclipse by Phobos from Mars but customs are very
> difficult there and they
> won't give me a visa.
>
> That's me finished who's next???
>
>
> James
>
> At 09:43 17-03-00 -0800, you wrote:
> >Hi friends,
> >
> >as a new member of the egroup GUIDE-Forum I would
> like to introduce
> >myself:
> >I am an amateur astronomer since 1975 and since
> that time my interest
> >in astronomical topics changed from sky hopping,
> counting of sunspots
> >to visual and photoelectric photometry (Optec
> SSP3-Photometer) of
> >variable stars.
> >But due to the very bad weather condition here in
> northern Germany and
> >the lack of a permanent observing place my interest
> switched to desktop
> >astronomy. Fortunately in our times we can use the
> Internet to
> >participate in almost every topic of professional
> and amateur
> >astronomy. Using the information pool of the
> Internet I am now mostly
> >interested in Supernovae, Nucleosynthesis and
> Gamma-Ray-Bursts.
> >My very small instruments consists of a Vixen
> Sensor mount, an 80 mm
> >Refractor and a Celestron 5.
> >I am an chemical engineer working in marine
> chemistry (trace elements
> >in sea water).
> >I am married and have two sons.
> >
> >Clear skies and a fast link to the Internet
> >
> >Peter
> >
> >P.S. I hope, that all of you will follow me with an
> introduction of
> >your person
> >
> >
> >
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