My interest in astronomy began during the Voyager mission to Saturn. I was astounded by the pictures being returned and wanted to see what I could in the night sky for myself.
My main interests have been in the observation of the moon and planets; my first serious observations of the moon, especially the fine details, being made in 1984. I have used a variety of telescopes over the years, from a 6" f/10 reflector (mirror by MAS member Steve Hodgkinson) to a Celestron C8 and currently have a fine Russian 6" Maksutov-Cassegrain and a Meade ETX 125 with computer control for deep sky observing