Hi, Im Stargazer, ( Tommy Hartline ) Im living in Keene Texas but was raised in Richland Hills Texas. Ive been looking up (day or night) ever since I was knee high to a grasshopper, then one day I got a 3" refractor for my birthday. I dont even know what brand it was...Im sure it was a Tyco, thats been about 30-40 years ago. But I do remember the first time I saw a planet, It was Saturn rising out of the east. We were taking turns slapping mosquitoes off of our arms one hot summer ( bored I guess) and looking thru the scope and it happened to be my turn to look and not slap so I took a peek. And there it was, a big yeller ball with rings around it, I said hey there really is stuff out there thats in my science book, and thats all it took for me to get addicted. I grew up watching Carl Sagans Nova series over and over, that really set the hook deeper than ever. This site contains images Ive taken over the years. Like fishin I kept the goodens and threw out the baddens but mostly are all CCD images taken thru my SkyDesigns 14.5 dob,but know Im using a celestron CPC8XL with GPS. So hope ya enjoy your tour ...and stay on the path, dont know what that means but thats what they keep telling me! keep lookin up but dont trip over nothin! Oh yea, I also late last year built and founded the Burleson Texas Astronomy Club. Feel free to visit and drop us a line, trading tips and secrets are welcome!!
P.S. Oh yea the picture above is me fixin to take a helicopter ride over the Grand Canyon, its like that one on Mars but a little smaller! The one underneath is Janie Faye my X-wife and I at Meteor Crater in Barringer,Arizona. The wind blew a constant 20 to 30 mph there all the time, they said it just does that. They even got t-shirts that says "I survived the wind at meteor crater"....Astronomy is lookin up! !
