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Have set up telescopes and let people look for over a thousand people of all ages and walks of life

A few things I've learned:
• small telescope > big telescope
• Go slow
• Visual astronomy is fundamentally a social activity, astrometry & astronomy data collection consists largely of solitude

Favorite book:
The Stars by H. A. Rey

Primary interest:
To look up and just know what that star is

Secondary:
To sense, to experience Nature across space and time beyond our local scale

Most rewarding:
Showing people Saturn, the Moon, and DSO’s through a telescope for the first time

Favorite astronomy personality:
Ed Ting

Favorite event:
Texas Star Party

Best advice I received:
• Don’t acquire a telescope for ≥ 1 year, learn first
• Join a club
• Don’t do astrophotography

Active member of:
OTSA • Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers
LAAS • Los Angeles Astronomical Society
RAS • Riverside Astronomical Society

Hobbies

Community service, running, philosophy