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Contact information
e-mail
see website
for email address
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website
http://www.southern-astro.com.au
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Locator
Map
http://www.frappr.com/apppublic
Level of accuracy: city of
Melbourne,
Australia
Biography
I was born in 1977 in Melbourne
Australia. My interests in astronomy started in the mid 1980's when my
grandfather purchased a Tasco 4.5" Newtonian telescope and showed me
Saturn.
I work for VPN Solutions Pty Ltd as the State Manager of Victoria
providing Wide Area Networks (VPN's) to Corporate Australia. I started my
career in the mid 1990's in the data comms and telecommunications
industry, which has provided me with a strong technical background, which
I find very useful in this hobby. I have a very supportive wife, a
baby girl due in early April 2006 and two Golden Labradors.
I have to confess that I'm not much of a visual astronomer as my primary
interests are with CCD imaging, which was fuelled by the purchase of a
Meade Schmidt-Newtonian 254mm telescope back in early 2003. After
learning the basics of CCD imaging with a Digital Camera I then moved onto
a Meade LX200Gps 254mm Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope in mid 2004. This
telescope was my major learning platform up to mid 2005. After
reaching the imaging limitations of the LX200Gps I decided to purchase a
RC Optical Systems 317mm Ritchey-Chrétien and William Optics 80mm
Refractor which is my current imaging platform.
I consider myself an easy going approachable guy. I often find myself
going out of my way to help others learn the art and science of CCD
imaging. Feel free to drop me an email.
Areas of interest
Southern hemisphere high resolution deep
sky CCD imaging of nebulas, galaxies and
star clusters
Astrophotography publications
NASA's Astrophoto of the Day (Tarantula Nebula)
Observing site
Home observatory
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Approximately: S38 04, E145 24. 90 Meters,
Magnitude
5.2
Astronomical Equipment
Telescopes
12.5-inch RC Optical Systems Ritchey-Chrétien Open Truss
80 mm William Optics Megrez FD
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Mount
Paramount ME
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Camera
SBIG
ST-2000XM
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