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This picture is a collage I produced as an astronomy treasure hunt. Of course, the main image is Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh. I buried dozens of modern astroimages, some of which are my own. The final product was used by an online publication for high school students, and I was awarded the APOD (astronomy picture of the day) from NASA on June 15, 2010.
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Those of you who visited my old website realize that I've done very little astroimaging in recent years. I still get out for interesting events such as flyovers by the International Space Station, lunar and planetary conjuctions, and the occasional comet. A medical condition has made my hands very sensitive to cold, and out of self-preservation I rarely go out at night. Hopefully, there will be time in the not-too-distant future to build an observatory so I can observe and image in relative comfort. One of my goals for our retirement years is to have a place for local students to observe the night sky and learn imaging and processing techniques.
Star trails.
Mars Curiosity rover and friends