Exploring Deep Sky

As a young kid, I grew up being scared of the dark. I would not step out of the house at night but would peek out of my window and look at the stars. As we moved to the city, the darkness went away so did the stars. All I could now see were bright stars and stars in a magazine. It was 1997/98 when I saw the famous Hubble image of "The Pillars of Creation" it blew my mind. I would always be on http://hubblesite.org looking at new images from the Hubble, that's how my love for deep space grew. Years later, I moved to New Zealand and was stunned by the beautiful night skies. The first constellation I noticed was the Scorpio. I went home, took my point and shoot camera, and got my first Astr...View all