.....WELCOME TO MY HOME PAGE. AS AN ASTROPHOTOGRAPHER I AM STRICTLY AN AMATEUR, BUT MY INTEREST AND ENTHUSIASM ARE INTENSE. IN AUGUST OF 1999 I PURCHASED A BEAUTIFUL TELEVUE 101 FOUR INCH REFRACTOR AND IMMEDIATELY MY INTEREST FOR SEEING MORE AND PERHAPS PHOTOGRAPHING THE SKIES TRULY BEGAN. FROM THERE, I MOVED UP IN APERTURE TO A CELESTAR 8 DELUXE AND EVENTUALLY UP TO A CM 1100. MOST OF MY DEEP SPACE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN WITH THE EIGHT INCH SCOPE, BUT MANY WIDE FIELD SHOTS WERE TAKEN WITH THE TELEVUE 101. I USE THE C11 PRIMARILY FOR PLANETARY WORK, USING A 3-COM WEB CAM AND PROCESSING IN ASTROSTACK, (AS TAUGHT TO ME BY MY GOOD FRIEND DAVE STAUP). I ALSO OWN AND USE AN ST237 AND USE AN OM1 FOR MY 35 MM. SHOTS. I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE PICTURES.

.....MANY THANKS TO MY FRIENDS AT SKYWATCH PRODUCTS IN BENBROOK, TEXAS, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO LIVE HERE IN TEXAS, ENJOY YOUR TEXASNIGHTS. I WISH TO EXTEND A SPECIAL THANKS TO MY WIFE DEBBIE FOR HER MANY LONELY NIGHTS SPENT WHILE I AVIDLY PURSUED MY HOBBY.
.................................................................................. MIKE DAVIS, M.D.

"SEEK HIM THAT MAKETH THE SEVEN STARS (PLEIADES) AND ORION, AND TURNETH THE SHADOW OF DEATH INTO MORNING, AND MAKETH THE DAY DARK WITH NIGHT…THE LORD IS HIS NAME." AMOS 5:8