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Ready for observing with the Seestar S50 and Celestron Origin

I connect to the these systems with an Android tablet or smartphone.

Most images these days are with the ZWO Seestar S50 , Celestron Origin , or the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra smartphone.

I became interested in amateur astronomy and birdwatching way back when I was in high school.

Educationally, I obtained a bachelor's degree in Physics, and Greek and Latin, then a master's degree in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in optics.

Of interest here, I was fortunate enough to perform some (basic) image processing of radiotelescope data briefly as a summer student.

My engineering work experience has largely focused on the design and implementation of control system software for a number of applications, most relevantly in this context for some of the larger ground-based telescopes. These days I am engaged in model-based systems engineering for integrated spacecraft control.