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Astronomy on the Mark

I credit my neighbor Emmet Tobin of Norfolk, VA for getting me into astronomy as early as back in the 1970’s.   He had many hobbies including, archery, astronomy, and model airplanes. He was a member of the Norfolk Astronomical Society and invited the neighborhood kids to view the stars through his 4.25″ refractor telescope. When he passed away I checked into purchasing his telescope from the estate. I was successful.  Unfortunately a bigger telescope he had built was missing.  I regret selling that telescope I did purchase a few years ago.

I started a new group called  Astronomy Meets Amateur Radio.  This group is for individuals interested in astronomy and amateur radio. 

My First Telescope 

My first telescope 1977? 4 1/4” refractor telescope. My neighbor built it.

My Celestron 8 Edge HD telescope.

Astronomy Events I Photographed

First Quarter Moon 2020 May

Lunar Eclipse January 20–21, 2019

Luna Day 8 September 7, 2019

Recent Posts

  • Portable operation for amateur radio
  • My time with Rush
  • Lost in the woods
  • Fruit of the spirit
  • Calling the JARS Prep Net

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Feb
19

Portable operation for amateur radio

What things do you need to consider for portable operation.  Radio Antenna Power Computer  

Feb
17

My time with Rush

When you hear Rush Limbaugh you knew where he stood. There was no question. The day I got on the Rush Limbaugh show I wanted to talk to him about my duplicate photos on my Apple computer. Rush was a tech guy. He knew the Apple products. He told me what software to use and…

Feb
16

Lost in the woods

As a teenager my family spent some of their time in my father’s home town Rockingham, NC.  I remember one summer I went for a walk by myself.  I got lost.  I thought I was headed in one direction but was going into another direction.  It was just me and my own two feet to…

Feb
13

Fruit of the spirit

What are the fruit of the spirit?  I just need to repeat I am not a bible scholar or an English major.  I am a sinner saved by grace.  According to Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness.  It helped me to learn the opposite of…

Feb
03

Calling the JARS Prep Net

Feb
01

020210130 Testing Session Results

The little train that could did it again. See the article here on  how Five County VE Team is conducting in-person exams safely.     

Jan
30

Interesting Photography Results

Jan
28

The first snow of 2021! What it means for astronomy.

I just started doing some research on astronomy and snow. The First article I found was Winter Stargazing Tips from NASA.   If you are new to astronomy you may not know what the term seeing means.  Take a look at this article A guide to seeing and Atmospheric transparency.

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