Galaxies in My Backyard

摘要

WHEN I FIRST BECAME INTERESTED in astronomy in the early 1960s, I learned that most astronomy was done from the summits of remote mountains under extremely dark skies. That impression continued throughout my career as a pro-fessional astronomer, where I was involved with observing runs at mountaintop observatories such as McDonald, Lick, Kitt Peak, and Cerro Tololo.