Albert Nagler

1935 — 2025

It is with the most profound sense of loss, a broken heart, and tears in my eyes, that I tell this beloved community of amateur astronomers that I lost my father today. As I write, it's painfully hard to look over at the empty chair in our office we shared for the last 23-years. He passed suddenly and unexpectedly. Thankfully, it happened here at Tele Vue, a place he loved, with people he loved, and even with a telescope in hand.

My father was a naturally joyous person. It was just his nature. No matter what was happening around him or to him personally or professionally, he always saw the bright side of in any situation. Not having that gift myself, I was both in awe and jealous of how he could let things go and just be a grateful, happy person. Maybe that's because…