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Ed Anderson is a member of the Astronomical Society of Long Island and the Custer Institute and Observatory.  He is a frequent speaker and presenter at both organizations addressing the membership and the public. He has been featured in the newspaper Newsday and has published over 15 articles on several astronomy-focused websites.  Ed is very active on the Cloudy Nights forums, under the screen name AEAJR, where he focuses his time on helping new people.

He has a degree in business with a minor in physics.  He recently retired from a 38-year outside sales career in data center technology, most recently for Hewlett-Packard Enterprise.

Ed has been interested in science and astronomy most of his life. Ed entered into the astronomy hobby in a serious manner in 2015 and has been enjoying visual observing since.  His current observing tools include binoculars and 5 telescopes ranging from an 80 mm refractor to a 12" Dobsonian.

Due to the Bortle 8 light pollution at his home and the general light pollution on Long Island, Ed has researched the many ways of finding things in the sky.  He has identified 7 methods and used 5 of them. His presentation will share what he has learned and will be suitable for beginners as well as experienced astronomy hobbyists.