Jim Van Nuland's web site

Welcome to my web site! A few words about myself: Navy electronics technician, 1954-1957. Marquette University (Wisconsin) Electrical Engineering, BSEE 1962. Born in Wisconsin; escaped the snow in 1962 when IBM offered a computer programming career in California. Retired from IBM in 1987. Was married over 44 years, 5 children, 14 grandchildren. Major interests: computers since 1959, astronomy since 1972.

My preferred email e-address is jvn@svpal.org. Another working address is jvn@sjpc.org.

Information regarding the school star party program has been moved to
the San Jose Astronomical Association's web site at
http://www.sjaa.net/school.shtml.
Please update your saved link.

Advice for someone starting in the Astronomy hobby
Various web links (many are out of date!)

Other information and links

[Image: Jim's face]  I'm postmaster for the San Jose IBM PC Club. Membership is limited to people who work(ed) for IBM in San Jose.

  I'm a member of the San Jose (California) Astronomical Association. SJAA has much to offer the beginning and not-so-beginning amateur astronomer -- a monthly lecture, introductory astronomy class, city and dark-sky star parties....

Pictures taken at Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park. Click image to see a larger version.
[Image: Jim and 4-inch at Yosemite N.P.]
Jim and 4-inch telescope on its own mount 		[Image: Jim's 8-inch at Yosemite N.P.]
The 8-inch with 4-inch riding piggyback.

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Last updated: 2010 January 28, 1825 hours, pst