| ASTRONOMISER |

The Astronomiser is a fun web site, created by Gary Chappell. I will never be a top notch "astro-imager", but I have really enjoyed learning the basics of this hobby. As you can see, I have done several other things in life, but none of them too well. Ha !!! |
| M37 Great Open Star Cluster - 4,400 light years distant Gary Chappell, 1-26-07, AT-80 semi-APO, DSI-II |
| Haley and Austin |
| Coach Sherri Coale, Gary Chappell, OU Fundraiser - WOW ! |
| M-42 The Great Orion Nebula. M-43 is the smaller nebula cloud with single star. A Ghastly Place of New Star Formation. 100's of light years across. Distance, 1,500 Light Years. You can just make out the trapezium, four central stars. 12-30-2007, Meade 200R, DSI III, Alt/AZ Drizzle. FITS/Maxim, TIFF PS, |
| My Meade LX 200R and Sky Shed POD. Very Cozy. |
| If you ain't the lead dog the view never changes! |
Great People I Have Known Cmdr. Bill Serfus USN, 1930-1967 (I was there) Cpl. Larry Bice USMC, 1946-1967 (my friend) Carl F. Chappell, 1897-1964 (grandfather) Coach Dusty W. Eby, 1935-1999 (my baseball coach) Mary Ann Norwood, 1933-1994 (mother-in-law) Great People I wish I knew Jackie Stiles, Julia Ormond, Jodie Foster, Reba McEntire Extraordinary People I Wish I Could Have Known Amelia Earhart, 1897-1937 Lt. Kara Spears 'Revlon' Hultgreen USN, 1965-1994 Lt. General Chesty Puller USMC, 1898-1971 Edwin Hubble, 1889-1953 Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones Jr., 1902-1971 Carl Sagan, 1934-1996 |

| Kris & Deno, 2005 Proud OU Alumni. |

| OKIE-TEX Star Party 2007, Oklahoma-Colorado Border. I had a Great Time! Camp Billy Joe. Gary and his beloved 2004 National RV. |





| Thanks My Friends For Visiting Our Site. |

| M-35 Open Star Cluster-AT 80-DSI III CCD, Edmond, OK |






| 1977 Cessna Citation Business Jet over the Atlantic |




| Some of my Photoshop creations above. I have too much time on my hands. Ha! |


| My Meade LX200R 8" Setup on Meade Super Wedge Meade 6.3 Focal Reducer-Meade Microfocuser Meade DSI III Main Camera-Meade DSI II Guide Camera AT-80 APO Guide Scope, and Meade Finder Scope Losmandy Top Plate, Rings, Counter Weight System |
| Most of my equipment is detailed below. I seem to not be able to focus on one type of optics. I think if I could start over again, I would purchase a nice 14" DOB, and concentrate on visual observing. Unfortunately I have dabbled in CCD Imaging, and it has become addictive. . |


| Astro-Tech 111EDT f/7 ED triplet apochromatic refractor, Astro-Tech 80 ED Guide Scope. Meade LXD-75 Go To Mount Sky Shed POD |



| "Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity." -Albert Einstein |
| "The best thing about being old; I don't have time to get mad at anybody", Gary Chappell |





| Kris, Gary-Okie-Tex 2008 Star Party |


| One of the fun things I used to do was fly Learjets out of Love Field in Dallas. Flew "Ray Price", the Country and Western singer to many concerts. The Learjet 25 above was a great aircraft, 440 knots @ 45,000 feet. |
| Pilot for Trans Central Commuter Airline. Me at nose of aircraft. The Metroliner days. A bullet with no wing. Ha ! |

| Hmmm,... I think I need to lose some weight. |

| ---Prettiest Girl I Ever Knew--- |


| My 1st cousin, Randy. Nice trout Randy ! |



| MOM - "She is so Pretty here". |

| My Grandmother Pearl (top) - Garnet - Sylvia - Smiley a friend. Around 1915 in Ames area. Life was very hard back then. Look at the faces closely. You can see the hardship, which they were enduring. Three sisters, and all great and beautiful ladies. |

| My dad Horace and his RV in late 70's. |
| "The one thing we all have in common, is that we would all like to be remembered as uncommon", Gary Chappell |


| Aunt Nelda. She is very beautiful. |

| This is Gary and his 1956 Ford in HS Soph year. His girl is Betsy, the most beautiful and popular Senior in HS. Gary had a big crush on Betsy. The truth is, Gary used Photoshop and merged Betsy into the pic. In actuality she would not have given Gary the time of day ! Ha! |


| Bossart's, my grandparents in 1940 |

| My Good Friend Barry Leigh and I golfing in Beaver Creek in 80's . Barry is Gone Now. |





| Mary Ann - What a Great Mother-In-Law she was... |




| Linda Ken's wife - - HS PIC Beautiful ! |




| Kris and Haley in Hot Springs I Love my Girl's... |

| I know you can't go Home, but I really enjoy trying. Gary |


| Gary and his good friend Mr. Kelley, Elk Hunting in Colorado. |

| Hubble Telescope PIC of Saturn Beautiful |

| Chappell's - Little's abt 1952 Top L to R - Madeline, Bud, Carl Bottom L to R - Horace, Gary, Pearl, Randy, Ken. |

| Jennie & William Denison, my Great Grandparents. Jennie was a gorgeous and elegant looking lady. |




| I Love This Photo |

| Republicans All, "Grand Ole Gang" |


