Present Interests
1) Broad band photometry (UBVRI). 50 x 50 mm filters obtained from Custom Scientific. Hope to work with AAVSO CCD photometry project, the IAPPP and VSNET.
2) Hosting students from Colorado College during their course work here in Crestone. Their Renaissance Culture class visits about two times a year with their physics teacher, Dr. Dick Hilt.
3) SBAG has been dormant since Richard Schwartz (www.sbig.com) died in 1998.
Past Interests
Past interests:
1) Astrophotography.
2) Member of Santa Barbara Astronomy Group (SBAG) on gamma-ray bursts projects with Scott Barthelmy (NASA).
3) Giving lectures to schools and private groups on general astronomy topics.