John got interested in astronomy when he bought a condo several years ago that came with a telescope. He likes unusual telescope designs and observes with an off-axis Newtonian from DGM Optics. John is a former NHAS vice-president and board member.

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Paul has been an NHAS member since 2004. An avid amateur astronomer as a teenager, he actively resumed the hobby in 2003. His main astronomical interests are public observing, deep-sky objects, and carbon stars. Paul's current telescopes are a 14" TScope reflector, 85mm TeleVue refractor, and a Coronado PST H-alpha scope. When not observing, Paul is a software engineer with Intel Corporation.

Ken has been an NHAS member since the spring of 2007. He got completely hooked after attending his first meeting and later that night getting a chance to see Saturn for the first time through another member's telescope. He is currently the club treasurer, which is right up his alley, as his "other job" is Senior Controller for a construction, condo development and hotel management company. Ken is strictly a visual observer at this time, using his Celestron CPC1100 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope as much as the weather and time permits. Ken loves to attend skywatches, showing the many different objects in our vast universe to as many people as he can.

Gardner has been an NHAS member since 2003. He has been the Astrophotography Committee Chair since 2006, served two terms as club president and served on the NHAS Board of Directors. He is active with the Educational Outreach Committee and the Public Observing program and received the NHAS Public Observing Recognition Award for 2003. His current scope is a Takahashi FSQ-106N mounted on a Losmandy G11 Gemini mount. When not observing and/or photographing the night sky he is a Camera Repair Technician at Axsys/General Dynamics in Nashua, NH.

Jean has been an NHAS member since 2003. The science of astronomy and learning about all things astronomical is what interests her. Jean wonders how the ancients imagined the characters they saw in the constellations... especially without the lines. Her optical instrument of choice is Canon's IS 8x25 binoculars for astronomy and birdwatching. Jean enjoys fiber crafts and when not learning about astronomy works at National Grid as a Senior Engineer.

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Gardner has been an NHAS member since 2003. He has been the Astrophotography Committee Chair since 2006, served two terms as club president and served on the NHAS Board of Directors. He is active with the Educational Outreach Committee and the Public Observing program and received the NHAS Public Observing Recognition Award for 2003. His current scope is a Takahashi FSQ-106N mounted on a Losmandy G11 Gemini mount. When not observing and/or photographing the night sky he is a Camera Repair Technician at Axsys/General Dynamics in Nashua, NH.

Larry has never completed grinding a mirror. He has managed to chip his own blank and chip a pitch lap made by John Dobson. He organized a group of mirror grinders in his barn one year and two out of the entire group managed to make mirrors, which Larry considers a complete success. You can rely on him to find the resources for any ATM endeavor and if you have a problem telescope he is all ears.

Matt has been a member of NHAS for more than 5 years. He has always enjoyed looking at the sky but got hopelessly addicted one Christmas night about ten years ago when he saw Saturn for the first time through a small telescope on a very shaky tripod (and it really has rings!). Since then he's gotten slightly better equipment and truly enjoys showing people not only this wonder but all of the other jewels of the night.

Rich has been a member of NHAS since 2006 and the EOC co-chair since it was started in 2008. He is a dedicated astrophotographer and spends his nights searching for the perfect image. Unfortunately Rich lives in New England and at times resorts to putting an eyepiece in the telescope. When not imaging, Rich enjoys music playing guitar and piano, general photography, hiking, skiing, biking and was at one time an avid rock climber. When not pursuing his hobbies, Rich supports his astrophotography addiction working as a Physicist at a Massachusetts X-ray equipment manufacturer, where he has the destinction of being the last member of the Solar Physics Division.

Marc helped develop the club's Library Telescope Program. back in 2009, and joined the club around 1999. Marc is active with the Educational Outreach Committee and enjoys showing people "what's up" at sky watches, but will often leave his telescope in the car while helping people set up and use theirs.

Bill has been an NHAS member since 2006. He has been a interested in the night sky since living in Alaska as young Cub Scout and enjoys talking about constellation lore. He is active in public observing and visual astronomy with his Orion XT10 Dobsonian reflector. When not observing, he enjoys golf, bicycling and hiking. Bill works in the telecommunications industry as a Senior Solutions Architect.

Larry has been an NHAS member since at least 1995 and was instrumental in the construction of both the club observatory and warming hut. In total, he has built four different observatories over the years. As caretaker of YFOS, he relies on people suggesting things to him so that he can subsequently volunteer them for maintaining the site.

Paul has been an NHAS member since 2004. An avid amateur astronomer as a teenager, he actively resumed the hobby in 2003. His main astronomical interests are public observing, deep-sky objects, and carbon stars. Paul's current telescopes are a 14" TScope reflector, 85mm TeleVue refractor, and a Coronado PST H-alpha scope. When not observing, Paul is a software engineer with Intel Corporation.

Gardner has been an NHAS member since 2003 and Public Observing Co-Chair beginning in 2010. He has also served two terms as club president and has served on the NHAS Board of Directors. He is active with the Educational Outreach Committee and the Public Observing program and received the NHAS Public Observing Recognition Award for 2003. When not involved with NHAS activities and astrophotography pursuits he is a Camera Service Technician with Axsys Technologies/General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems in Nashua, NH.

We're not sure if Joel is a covert CIA operative or in the Witness Protection Program. Whatever the true reason, we seem to be missing his bio.

Larry created the first formal NHAS email list in 1995 when he realized that the mailed notices of NHAS meetings were arriving in his mailbox one day after the meeting. It has been running more or less smoothly ever since.

Matt has been an NHAS member since 2004 and served two terms as club president. In his "day job" (although it is frequently done at night) he is the Chief Technology Officer of the SLOOH online observatory. When the New Hampshire weather permits, he images the skies with a Vixen VC200L Cassegrain and William Optics 80mm APO refractor, both on an AstroPhysics 900GTO mount.