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James Edward Keeler, the American astronomer who 'bucked' the trend by actually using a large silvered mirrored reflecting telescope at a 'Great Observatory' in the days when the 'Great Refractor' ruled supreme under their domes.

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James Edward Keeler, the American astronomer who 'bucked' the trend by actually using a large silvered mirrored reflecting telescope at a 'Great Observatory' in the days when the 'Great Refractor' ruled supreme under their domes.

Dr. Stefan Hughes began his career as a professional astronomer, gaining a 1st Class Honours degree in Astronomy from the University of Leicester in 1974 and his PhD four years later on the 'Resonance Orbits of Artificial Satellites due to Lunisolar Perturbations', which was published as a series of papers in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. After graduating he became a Research fellow in Astronomy, followed by a spell as a lecturer in Applied Mathematics at Queen Mary College, London. Then came a ten year long career as an IT Consultant. In 'mid life' he spent several years retraining as a Genealogist, Record Agent and Architectural Historian, which he practiced for a number of years before moving to the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, where for the past ten years he has been imaging the heavens, as well as researching and writing the 'Catchers of the Light' - A History of Astrophotography.

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