Ever since my childhood, the [[Science|science]] of Astronomy and Astrophysics have always captivated me. It may just be that stars are pretty, or the vastness of space, or early viewing of [[Star Wars]] filling my head with Spaceships, but I just like space! ## Favorite Subjects * Black holes * Quasars * Eclipses * Binary Systems * Exoplanets * Galaxies and the Scale of the Universe ## My First Telescope I don't remember exactly what my first telescope was, but I do remember looking at the moon at it. Seeing Mara for the first time filled me with wonder. From an early age, I was very blind. At 4 years old, I hadn't known that blades of grass were separate, and it was just a given that the chain links in a chain link fence disappeared once you walked away from them. So there was a certain captivation when I looked hundreds of thousands of miles away and could see more detail then I've ever wanted. # References