Follow your guiding star

Mike Myer of Humboldt enjoys recording images of deep space and the night sky. He uses two main telescopes powerful enough to pick up objects like planets and gas clouds.

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November 27, 2020 - 11:34 AM

Mike Myer leans on his Starmaster telescope, which he’s been using to photograph planets. Photo by Trevor Hoag / Iola Register

Move over NASA, Humboldt has got its very own astrophotographer.

Mike Myer has called Allen County home for almost five decades, and currently works in the shipping department at Monarch Cement, but his newest passion is recording images of deep space and the night sky.

His love for cosmic things began early, becoming enthralled while watching the space race, in particular, when U.S. astronauts embarked on the Apollo missions.

A photo of a red gas cloud. Photo by Courtesy of Mike Meyer

“I was nine years old when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon,” he said. “I got to stay up late that night and watch him on T.V.”

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