Sometime in the 1950's my dad dragged me out of bed to see Sputnik streaking across the sky. It was easy to find. After all, at the time the only other object in Earth orbit was the Moon. "That's neat," I told my Dad. "Is there anything else to see up there?" I've been spending a little more than 5 decades trying to find out what else there is to see up there. Along the way I've been able to work with some great folks on a variety of projects, including being able be part of a small team of amateur astronomers who were permitted to work with the Hubble Space Telescope in 1993.

I am currently working with an international team in a systematic search for supernovae in other galaxies. So far the closest I've gotten is to be the 11th person to report a supernova.

My only claim to fame, and it isn't very significant, is being credited with the discovery of Pittendreigh's Law of Planetary Motion. Sky and Telescope published my work in February, 1994.