Sierra (photographed by Rebecca Hoogs ) in A Beautiful Boomerang Nebula, © Hubble Heritage Team  Sierra's praises are sung so sin...

Zia & Cody in the NGC 5189: An Unusually Complex Planetary Nebula, © NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage What wonderful luck to meet Cody du...

Kathleen sits in Zodiacal Light and Milky Way, © Babak Tafreshi (TWAN) Kathleen Rooney is a nosy nomination courtesy of Elisa , h...

Lucy in the Orion Nebula: The Hubble View, © NASA, ESA, M. Robberto ( STScI/ESA) et al. When I think of meeting Lucy, I think first of...

Brian & Sonny recline in a section of M16: Pillars of Creation, © J. Hester, P. Scowen (ASU), HST, NASA I first met Brian at the be...

Matthew (photographed by Michael Ernest Sweet ) sniffs in The Dark River to Antares, © Máximo Ruiz Matthew and I met as students at ...

 Carrie in (part of) The Eagle Nebula from Kitt Peak, © T.A. Rector & B.A. Wolpa Carrie and I met at the University of Michigan, wh...

Austin in Dust of the Orion Nebula, © Nicolás Villegas I met Austin when we were both seated at the squirrel table at one of the bes...

 Nancy laughs in As Above, So Below, © Boris Štromar Nancy has a special place in my nosy heart as she was one of the first strangers...

  Courtney in HH-222: The Waterfall Nebula, © Z. Levay, T.A. Rector, & H. Schweiker Courtney and I met at the University of M...

Ayelet in The Butterfly Nebula from Hubble, © NASA Ayelet and I met in Ann Arbor, where we were both candidates in the MFA program at...

Maggie reads in a Sky Panorama over Lake Salda, © Tunç Tenzel   Maggie was another reason that working for Seattle Arts & Lec...

 Wilson in The Antennae Galaxies in Collision, © NASA Wilson and I met in a conference room, in a beautiful brick building in Pioneer S...

Ray in Abell 2744: Pandora's Cluster of Galaxies, ©NASA I met Ray on the mean streets of Ann Arbor, and though he was without the ...

Kate is in A Hidden, Massive Star Cluster Awash with Red Supergiants, © NASA  The jury is out on whether Kate and I have met in real life, ...

Britta pictured in "The Comet and the Galaxy," © J.C. Casado Britta and I first met at a party. She was a prospective student at...