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"If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown!"
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essay on Nature (1836)



     One of the unique aspects of astronomy is that people are attracted to it for different reasons. My attraction derives from my faith. I view each observing session with one of my telescopes as a form of worship. No one has expressed this perspective better than the Psalmist, "The heavens declare the Glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands." I have created this website to share my images of the heavens with others. Whatever the reason for your interest in astronomy, may you derive as much pleasure from these images as I have.
-Richard Hammar