Welcome to the Home Page of

W7FTT
"JIM"

Wrightwood, California USA

W7FTT: James W. Young, Amateur Extra Class

Brief History of W7FTT

Born January 24, 1941 in Portland, Oregon.  First Licensed as WN7FTT in 1956.

Professional Astronomer with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory since 1962 (41 years) at the
Table Mountain Observatory (TMO) located at the Table Mountain Facility (TMF).  My main
responsibilities include the Chief Resident Astronomer for the 0.6 Meter Telescope, the
Astronomy Team Leader for TMO, maintaining the mirror coating facilities, and all CCD 
Camera vacuum requirements.

I was an official observer for the 2-Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS), a joint effort with
the University of Massachusetts (UMASS) and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).  I then
carried out many observations at the Fred L. Whipple Observatory (FLWO) at Mt. Hopkins 
south of Tucson, Arizona, for one week every other month, as required, from 1998 - 2000. 
 UMASS sent me to Cerro Tololo Observatory in Chile in June, 2000 to help with the needed
southern sky survey part of the 2MASS project.

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ASTRONOMY PHOTO GALLERY
(click here)

The background picture for this page is IC 433 in the constellation Gemini

I have had many comments about the Comet Hale-Bopp picture, so here is

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about comet photography.

INTERESTS: Mountain climbing (Mt. Whitney 6 times), photography,
and Short Wave Listening.

I am now developing a site for my personal photography.  I will be adding
pictures to this new site as time progesses.

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I am working on this site as of November 3, 2003

My wife and I have 10 grandchildren:  Whitney Young, age 17; Heather Young, age 15
Brandon Danielson, age 13; Brittany Danielson, age 11; Scott Young, age 10;
Ashlie Philpott, age 8; Michael Young, age 8; Katelyn Young, age 8;
and Levi Joseph Lemley, age 7; Monica Rahn, age 1.