Hi, I'm Show-"G", a 43-year-old male, born and raised here in Japan. I work for Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (Japanese Navy), and live in Chiba, 30 miles east of Tokyo.

In late 1997, I happened to drop by a bookstore and opened an astronomy magazine. Then I discovered modern amateur astronomy is fully computerized!!......."GOTO Pointing", "CCD Imaging", "Auto Guiding", and "Digital Development & Processing".....Wow, cool!! That really amazed me. Then I started out my CCD imaging work.

I have no observatory, instead I set out for dark skies with my telescope equipment packed in my "TOYOTA" on every clear night. Some people call it "Mobile Imaging", and I really enjoy it.

But my wife "Doreen" is always complaining about that......... Because we have three feisty little kids, 9-year-old "Satoko", 7-year-old "Yuko", and 3-year-old "Takahiro".

Some visitor emailed me, "Nice to know wife's influence over husband's astronomical endeavors is universal!!". But how is your wife,folks?

Clear skies!!

I met Miss Kathryn P. Hire, one of the NASA Astronauts. She flew space shuttle "Columbia" as a mission specialist in APR98 (STS-90).

She is also U.S. Naval Reserve Commander, and came here in Yokosuka Japan for a bilateral naval exercise between the U.S. Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. We worked together at headquarters as exercise coordinators representing each Navy during 2-9NOV99, and I really enjoyed it. That was one of my greatest experiences in my life........

Many thanks Commander Hire, looking forward to watching her next launch on TV or the NASA website!!

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