About Me

* Sole owner and operator of Farm Cove Observatory since 2002 * Member Auckland Astronomical Society for 17 years * Member of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand (RASNZ) * Global coordinator of the IYA 2009 100 Hours of Astronomy Event * Work at Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, Pakuranga, Auckland * 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 Sodium Lights 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!"