I am Purnendu Gupta. an engineer and MBA by training, a management consultant by profession and a backyard astronomer by passion. I have been doing astrophotography for a few years and have discovered AAAP a few months ago and attended some in person and online events. I write an astro blog to document my learnings about the objects I photograph, the science and the people behind them. My observations are mostly from my backyard in Monroe, New Jersey using primarily a Mak-Cassegrain scope. My most recent notable astro adventure was the serendipitous pre-discovery imaging of a new Supernova 2023 ixf in M101 Pinwheel Galaxy in May 2023, a few hours prior to the official discovery. Some more public domain mentions can be found here. I am thoroughly enjoying the sessions and talks organized by AAAP and looking forward to more of them.