We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

— Oscar Wilde

Amateur astronomer stars for NASA

By kuky at Wed, 06/25/2008 - 10:34am

FORMER miner Trevor Barry scanned the night sky with his backyard telescope and became a star.

The passionate amateur astronomer caught the instant attention of NASA when he observed and photographed an extremely rare celestial event.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23901831-2862,00.html