Quote of the day: "Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose--and you allow him to make war at pleasure." --Abraham Lincoln
My father and I went to Aruba in March, 1986 to see Halley's Comet. I wanted to record the event so I bought my first camera, a couple of lenses, a hand operated pan/tilt head, and a small finder scope. The camera and the finder scope were mounted on the pan/tilt head and, by turning a small knob on the pan/tilt head, I could track the motion of the stars (and the comet). It was somewhat painstaking--a four-minute exposure was very hard on my neck and back! But I got some decent shots:
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After returning from Aruba I took a few more photos of Halley's Comet from Pennsylvania and Virginia:
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Once the comet was gone for another 75 years, I turned my attention to other heavenly bodies:
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