... Tony Hoffman is an active observer, astrophotographer, AAA board member, Managing Editor for PC Magazine, and writer for Sky & Telescope, as well as other publications. ... The project's first images demonstratthe star, about half of a percent of that light remains in the ing a new technique that creates extremely precise "dark form of a bright speckled background superimposed on the holes" around stars of interest were presented in July at the solar systems of interest. ...