Michael A. Stecker
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Michael
A. Stecker, M.D.
Los Angeles, California U.S.A (see additional photos below) |
Initiation into astrophotography started in 1986 when I decided to “take a few pictures of Comet Halley”, but instead became hooked on the hobby. Most of my astrophotography was done at 8300 ft. Mt. Pinos – a gathering site for astrophotographers and observers alike in Southern California. There I became friendly with a group of people affectionately called the “Rat Pack” (Martin Germano, Kim Zussman, Tony Hallas, Bill Fletcher, James Foster and Bob Fera). I have also done some astrophotography at the Anglo-Australian Observatory (Siding Springs), Carnegie’s Las Campanas Observatory in Chile and Lake Titicaca, Bolivia. I am a former member of the Santa Monica Amateur Astronomy Club. My other interests are travel, scenic photography, reading and tropical fish.
Areas of astrophotography interest
Books, etc.
Television (BBC)
Observing site
Astronomical Equipment |
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My home in Cheviot Hills
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Angeles, California Just north (up in the photo) of Cheviot Hills is Twentieth Century Fox Studies and Century City. It was at the Century Plaza Hotel in Century City where celebrations were held honoring the astronauts after the first moon landing in 1969. Between Century City and Cheviot Hills, straddling Motor Avenue, are green Rancho Park Golf Course (west) and Hillcrest Country Club (east). The other island of greenery is the Los Angeles Country Club nestled between Beverly Hills, Century City and Westwood (UCLA). Between the L.A. Country Club and UCLA is a group of high-rise condominiums called the Wilshire Corridor. Just northeast of UCLA is beautiful Bel Air, while to the east is prestigious Holmby Hills, the former home of Walt Disney and current site of Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion. To the south is the I-10 freeway and Culver City, home to Sony Picture Studios -- formerly MGM |
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