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Old 23-12-2008, 06:38 PM
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Hi Coen

It's really inspirational to read your observing reports with a small low cost minimal aperture telescope. It's proof that you don't need a lot of aperture to see some really interesting stuff. With telescope aperture being so cheap these days its easy for people to forget that the other half of the observing equation aside from a telescope , is an inquisitive and informed mind and healthy imagination, an active `mind's eye' .

So many telescopes these days , of sizes the average amateur only dreamed of 30 years ago , gather dust because the owners can't supply these essential two ingredients..the keys to appreciating the observable Universe require much more than just handing over some cash to a discount telescope distributor

Cheers

Mark
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