About Gene Hanson / Website
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I have a number of hobbies I pursue, and some I pursue fairly seriously. As a kid I began collecting things, the first being coins and stamps, but these couldn't go very far because they required money, a nearly non-existent commodity. Then

My interest in astronomy started very early when a dear neighbor pointed out to me 3 stars of the summer triangle and actually named them! How could anyone know the name of those stars? At that point I wasn't even aware that the same stars were out night after night; I thought a new set of them appeared every night! And with the picture from the Golden Book of Science which showed a picture of the Big Dipper, I went searching for it in vein in the night sky. After we moved to Wauwatosa I received my first telescope where my love of astronomy went to a whole new level.
Also, the move to Wauwatosa was at a location which offered both park space and open space within walking distance and with money saved, I bought a butterfly net and collecting bugs became a passion, especially because I found a new friend, Kevin, who also had the same love of bugs and had a butterfly net as well.
Finally, my love of photography would have to wait until adulthood as this was such an expensive hobby.
In
2016 I was honored by the Astronomical
League by winning their
Webmaster Award for my work on the Milwaukee Astronomical Society
website: www.milwaukeeastro.org.
I am also the webmaster for the
Madison Watercolor
Society and the Wauwatosa East
High School Class of '76.