A Little about me...

I am a neurosurgeon living in Massachusetts with my wife and two children. My interest in astronomy dates back to childhood when I watched in awe as the first Apollo moon missions played out during my year in kindergarten.

My first telescope was a shared Christmas present with my younger brother. It was the typical department store Tasco “1000X” Junk scope. I spent many a night with that scope trying to find anything but the Moon. I never did see anything else with it, but it served it’s purpose keeping me interested and forcing me to learn the sky. I remember lying on the grass of my front yard in suburban Miami pondering the night sky, finding the constellations, and being awestruck by the vastness of the universe. I dreamed of one day owning a “real scope”

In 1999 while on a flight to Virginia, I saw the Meade ETX Advertised. My interests were perked and my old dream came to mind. After researching extensively, I received my Christmas present of a Celestron Nexstar 5. I spent many nights with that great little scope, once again learning the sky and marveling at the gems it contained. I yearned to capture some of these ancient photons traveling through space and time. To capture the incredible beauty of creation.

My early attempts were awful. Frustrating, fit for the trashcan. At times I would give up in shear frustration. Slowly, I have learned the limitations of my equipment, the pitfalls and failures that sum up to experience. My current images are mediocre at best, in time they may improve but it does not really matter....

...The night is a special time. When the dead of night arrives and the noise and lights dim...tranquility reigns. These few precious hours spent peering into the vast void of our universe plays with the mind. The incredible beauty of light, the violent birth and death of stars, the mystical clouds of dust, the endless expanse of space and time... so few of us are even aware. We are but the cosmic debris, made from the afterglow of creation.