Imaging Credentials

Brief Biography

I became interested in astronomical imaging when working with my teenage son on amateur astronomy in 1993. Since I lived and worked in North Bend on the cloudy Oregon coast from 1979-2002, I was one of the founders of the ARGO observatory in Central Oregon where I went in my spare time to image under clear skies. I retired in June of 2000 and in 2002 moved to a drier location. I am also one of the founding members/builders of the cooperative remotely controlled ORION observatory in New Mexico, although I have now sold my interest in both ARGO and Orion to concentrate on imaging from my backyard observatory.

Lectures and Published Works

Lectures

   Rose City Astronomers 1994

  Seattle Astronomical Society 1995

  Oregon Star Party 1996

  Oregon Star Party 1997

  Imaging The Sky 1999

  Sunriver Nature Center 2000

  University of Minnesota Duluth - February 2001

  Mount Bachelor Star Party - September 2002

  Oregon Star Party - August 2003

  Mount Bachelor Star Party - July 2004

  Advanced Imaging Conference - November 2004

Magazine Articles

  "In Search of Faint Galaxies" - ASTRONOMY magazine, February 1997

  "A Place for AstroImagers" - SKY AND TELESCOPE magazine, February 2000

CDROM Contributions

  "Deep Sky Imaging Using A CCD Camera" - Sterrenwacht Regulus vzw, 1998

Published Images

  CCD ASTRONOMY magazine - Fall 1994

  - Comet Nakamura/Nishimura/Macholtz

  OREGON OUTSIDE magazine - Summer 1997

  - Comet Hyukatake
  - M 27
  - M 42

  ASTRONOMY magazine - March 1999

  - M 27

  COELUM ASTRONOMIA (Italy) - April 1999

  - Horsehead Nebula
  - M 27

  COELUM ASTRONOMIA (Italy) - June/July 1999

  - NGC 4565
  - NGC 6781

  COELUM ASTRONOMIA (Italy) - September 1999

  - M 51

  SKY AND TELESCOPE magazine - September 1999

  - M 51

  SKYWATCH 2000

  - M 51

  ASTRONOMY magazine - March 2000

  - Cocoon Nebula

  SKY AND TELESCOPE magazine - April 2000

  - NGC 4565

  SKY AND TELESCOPE magazine - September 2000

  - NGC 7331

  SKY AND TELESCOPE magazine - March 2001

  - M 51

  SKY AND TELESCOPE magazine COVER - April 2001

  - M 51

  SKY AND TELESCOPE magazine - May 2001

  - Van den Bergh 142

  ASTRONOMIE (France) magazine - May 2001

  - NGC 5907

  SKY AND TELESCOPE magazine - November 2001

  - Blue Snowball

  ASTRONOMIE (France) magazine - November 2001

  - NGC 40

  ASTRONOMY magazine - February 2002

  - Horsehead/Flame Nebulae

  - Great Orion Nebula (best astrophoto)

  SKY AND TELESCOPE magazine - June 2002

  - NGC 660

  ASTRONOMIE (France) magazine - November 2003

  - NGC 246

  SKY AND TELESCOPE magazine COVER - January 2004

  - Pelican Nebula

  SKY AND TELESCOPE magazine - September 2004

  - NGC 6826

  SKY AND TELESCOPE magazine - November 2004

  - NGC 7331 and Stephen's Quintet

  SKY AND TELESCOPE'S Beautiful Universe 2005

  - North American Nebula

  SKY AND TELESCOPE magazine - August 2005

  - NGC 6572

  SKY AND TELESCOPE'S - Skywatch '06

  - NGC 4565 "The Needle Galaxy"

  BEND BULLETIN November 10, 2009 - Night Photos Special

  - M45 "The Pleiades"

  NIGHT SKY OBSERVER'S GUIDE (Vol 1 and 2) - 2009

  - Numerous Images

  DEEP-SKY WONDERS - 2011

  - M76 "The Little Dumbell"
  - NGC 6745

Software Packages, Advertisements, and Sample Images

  MaxImCCD - Cyanogen

  Mira - Axiom Research

  Santa Barbara Instruments

  Anacortes Telescope and Wild Bird

Web Sites

  NASA "Astronomical Picture of the Day" - June 17, 1999

  Aurora Movie Link from NASA "Astronomical Picture of the Day" - November 12, 2004
  NOTE: APOD Link is dead, find updated link here.

 "Universe Today" - October 12, 2011 - Pelican Nebula

  Santa Barbara Instruments

  Finger Lakes Instruments

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