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My name is Minnastronomer (Minnesota Astronomer). I am an amateur astronomer from Minnesota. And if you're reading this, then please, sign the Guestbook!
In about 2012/3, I watched Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan for the first time. Since then, I've been a fan of Star Trek. This also managed to give me an interest in space. For Christmas of 2019, I received a telescope as a gift. However, I did not ever really use it. Until, in February 2023, I was taking a photography class. I attempted, unsuccessfully, to take photos through the telescope for the class. Despite my initial failure, I attempted again once the snow melted. My skills would improve with time. In the summer of 2025, I began collaborating with one of my friends, a member of the Minnesota Astronomical Society, and with the use of his technology and my knowledge we began to take quality astrophotos. For Christmas of 2025, I was gifted my own telescope, a Dwarf telescope. Since the summer of 2026, I have been attending local wikipedia events. I gave a tour of the Minnesota State Capitol at the Minnesota Wiknic July 2026. There are some quite poor pictures of me from this event floating around. The photography isn't bad I just sweaty and hot (July does that).
In 2021, I created my first wikipedia account. However, most of my edits and creations were swiftly deleted because, honestly, I was pretty bad at it. I no longer have access to the account as it was (foolishly) created with a school email I have been without access to for a number of years now.
I created this account while I was doing research on NGC 6664, an object I had recently imaged. When I realized there was no wikipedia article on it, I made it myself. This was July of 2025. Since then I've created well over one hundred articles and have been active in WP:Minnesota and WP:Astronomy. I have another account, User:NewYears2026, which I use on another browser for reading wikipedia there. Mostly, edits with that account are fixing broken images, grammar errors, and sometimes adding something smaller. I've recently done some work for WP:Star Trek.
One interest I have had at times in genealogy. Through my research, I have found myself as being distantly related to a number of historical figures, including:
Previously this section contained a table. I have since moved the large and increasingly inaccurate chart's correct information to a userpage of a completely different, and more accurate, design. This userpage is version 4 of my contributions list.
This is a list of honored comrades who I believe deserve recognition for their contributions to similar fields. Any user who I have awarded this to may feel free to display it on their userpage.
Winter
Spring Showers
Georgia O'Keeffe
Dirigible
An Icy Night
Two Towers
Female Nude Seated on Bed
Eiffel Tower in 1914
Rainy day in Paris
Lofoten
Fjord with sailing boat
Minnesota State Capitol, 1962
First Snow Minnesota
Rainy Evening on Hennepin Avenue
Venice, after a rain
Urania, Muse of Astronomy
Andromeda
Urania
The Elopement
My Next-Door Neighbour
Stitching the Standard
The Window Seat
Green Summer
The Bather
Queen Eleanor and Fair Rosamund
Daughters of the Mist
The Wave
La joueuse de mandore
At low tide
Une Nymphe du ruisseau
Corinth Female nude
Nana
Wanderer
The Sun
Still life with waffles (mmm)
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