Stargazing
Below is a selection of my photos. I hope you enjoy them.
The Veil Nebula (Caldwell 33), San Diego, 2026
The Andromeda Galaxy (M31), San Diego, 2026
Total solar eclipse at Mineola, TX on Apr 8, 2024
Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet at Berkeley on Oct 13, 2024
Northern light at Berkeley on Oct 10, 2024
These photos above were created through a joint effort with my beloved wife, Dr. Sishi Wu.
Total solar eclipse on Aug 21, 2017
Milky Way with MMT Observatory, 2017
Winter Sky in Death Valley, 2016
For creating these photos, my thanks go to Dr. Yifan Zhou for his DSLR and Yun-Hsin Huang for her camera.
Outreach
Among the outreach activities I have participated in, I would like to highlight a recording of my public lecture at Cornell's Fuertes Observatory, where I presented on the formation and various destinies of minor planets in the solar system.
General Background
I grew up in Fuzhou, Fujian, China. "Fuzhou", written as 福州 in Chinese, literally means "Blessed Settlement" or "Blessed District". It is a beautiful, lovely city with more than 2000 years of history.
My love for astronomy began in childhood, but a major milestone came during my time in the Astronomy Club at Fuzhou No.1 High School. Our campus has an awesome amateur-level observatory and a planetarium, both of which allowed me to explore the beauty of astronomy on a deeper level. I wanted so much to know more about it, so I chose to major in astronomy without hesitation when I entered college.
In my free time, I consider myself a stargazer, coder, and gamer.