365 Days of Astronomy Creators & Guests

Writer, publisher and host of the Cheap Astronomy podcast, Steve is also the operator of Sky Station 1—possibly the cheapest department store telescope in the Southern Hemisphere. He occasionally trials advanced squinting techniques in an attempt to gain a view of the Orion Nebula similar to the image below. To date, Orion still looks like a fuzzy white smudge through Sky Station 1, but for Steve resolving a fuzzy white smudge on the smell of an oily rag is what it’s all about.If pushed, Steve will grudgingly acknowledge he also created the Cheap Astronomy website using a laughably out-dated (but surprisingly inexpensive) authoring package. If pushed to suggest when the website might be upgraded, he squints.