* Sole owner and
operator of
Farm Cove Observatory since 2002
* Member Auckland
Astronomical Society for 22 years
* Member
of the Royal
Astronomical Society of New Zealand (RASNZ)
* Global coordinator
of the IYA 2009 100 Hours of Astronomy Event
* Enjoy writing,
photography, growing veg and a good bottle of wine
* Have a special
interest in Fireballs, Meteorites, Minerals, Fossils &
wildlife
Pictures of
Interest
Auckland Meteorite
- 1.3kg Unverified
'Ordinary Chondrite" Now
owned by Auckland Museum and officially on display
somewhere in the building.
Good luck trying to
find it!
Male Magpie Chick at Auckland
Observatory 2006. This was one of two fledglings from the family the 2007
short note in Notornis (see above) was written about. Amazingly clever birds
with real personality. They are certainly not as bad as NZ Forest
and Bird make them out to be.
Partial Solar Eclipse 7
Feb 2008, taken at FCO through a 6" Brewster Angle Solar Telescope
with a Canon Powershot camera held up to the 25mm eyepiece
Orange High Pressure SodiumLights installed ~1.6km from FCO.
Manukau City Council refuses to shield these lights, even though the
light trespass is breaking their own rules and street lighting
guidelines.
Visited Big Bear Lakes for the SAS
conference in June 2006 and hunted out the famous Big Bear Solar
Observatory only to find the sign said "closed for summer!"