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Married, family of 3. Work too much. Not enough time under the stars. I work in Fresno for a community bank as the director of Information Technology. I enjoy camping, home theater, spending time with my children and the rare opportunities I get to spend time with TAA members under the stars...
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Dan Demmers
Meade LXD55 Facelift
Howdy All, With some prodding from Greg and Butch, I have decided to to begin a small series of posts on the conversion of my scope and the many stages it has gone through on its journey to its current status. I am hoping the posts will be interesting to all and perhaps stir the [...]
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Night Sky Tracker Log
So, Since I am feeling rather prolithic this week, I thought I would share my most recent purchase from my favorite online store, Amazon. I have been attempting to get Austin, my son, involved in this hobby and have been looking for a beginner’s logbook of sorts that would allow him to record his oberservations [...]
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Scale of the Universe
Since a picture is worth a thousand words, I thought this little interactive tool would help in the discussion of the complexity of the universe we love. Take some time and scan through it. You wont be disappointed. http://scaleofuniverse.com/ Dan
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Orion Binocular Viewer First Look
Last evening at the close of our regular monthly meeting, the TAA members adjourned to the Eckes observatory to experience what was a somewhat unexpected pleasure. Not long ago, in an effort to adjust for my relatively advanced astigmatism, I purchased the Orion bino’s from Amazon for around $200.oo. My first thought given the price [...]
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