Aldebaran Laser Systems

Star Projectors

The workhorse of the traditional planetarium. An amazing amount of precision engineering involved in the creation of these amazing machines.

Zeiss Mark VI on display at the Fiske planetarium in Colorado.

Minolta planetarium in a private collector's living room!

Spitz star projector in the Dr. Khan planetarium.

Lasers

Saw my first laser show in 1994, have been hooked ever since!

Spiral raster abstract pattern. Created by amplitude modulating a circle with a ramp.

A unique and old school way of color modulation!

Spiral raster abstract pattern. An easy way to show the capabilities of a color modulator!

Astronomy

Around 1990, I found an interest in Astronomy and Astrophotography. What started as simply using a camera and lens to capture star trails, quickly turned into hypersensitizing film and keeping my eye glued to the eyepiece of an off-axis guider to keep my C-8 telescope aligned during long exposures!

2017 total solar eclipse.

My first picture using a digital camera. Several frames stacked together to get a clearer image. Around 2003.

Picture of a lunar eclipse.