Any teen astronomer's on here???

[Jazza11]

Just wondering if there were any other teen astronomer on here???

[supernova1965]

Hi I am a teenager in my own mind but unfortunately not physically. But I am pretty sure we have some Real Teens as members anyway welcome

[seanliddelow]

Yes I am, im 14 , TJD is 13 , Matty P is 15 and picklesrule is 16:thumbsup:

[Esseth]

Well i am always told that i look 16... sucks when i am trying to get a beer at the pub though.

[seanliddelow]

:rofl:How old are you really?

[Esseth]

25 and i still get double ID'd at some places

[pgc hunter]

I'm 21, that's close enough isnt it lol

I actually get asked for IDs at the bottle shop more now than when I was 18 even though I now sport a rugged manly beard and mo which all the cute chicks on the choo choo train seem to dig :party:Come to think of it, it's always the ladies at teh checkouts which always ask for ID...Hmmmmm


Yeah I'm totz attractive.

[seanliddelow]

The great thing about the lower number of young astronomers is that getting in to astronomy at uni is easier as there is a lower minium percentage in the TEE scores during year 12. With the SKA around the corner I think it would be a great area to get into.

[erick]

Good thinking Sean! :thumbsup:

[Jazza11]

Well you do look pretty younge in your display pic alan lol:D

[seanliddelow]

I know a lot of astronomers who regret not taking up astronomy when they were older. Is this true? I look forward to many years in IIS and with my astro-club.

[erick]

I don't think I would have taken up astronomy as my career, BUT I wish I'd got involved as a hobby before I was in my 50s. Now I want to look, I realise that my eyesight is not what it was :sadeyes:

[seanliddelow]

Sadly my eyesight isnt that good as well....................Is this a sign for things to come?

[erick]

Yes, but not for another 30 years. Hit 50 and everything falls apart!

[seanliddelow]

And Im already falling apart!:rofl:

[pgc hunter]

Ha my eyesight is rubbish right now, at 21 :(

[Starkler]

Yep theres much to be said for keeping some past times a hobby or you may grow tired of it.

[picklesrules]

im 17 now :P

[erick]

Then be careful of alcoholic intake! :rolleyes: :)

[jjjnettie]

I wish I'd taken up Astronomy 30 yrs ago. Imagine how much more experienced I'd be now. Think of all the things I've missed out on.
But it's better late than never eh.

[bojan]

Eh.. easy, Erick, it is not quite so.
We over 50 are just matured.. like good cheese.. or good wine.. older, the better :P

[BerrieK]

Ha! I've been 16 a few times over now :sadeyes:.


Kerrie

[erick]

Ahhh! The optimist, glass-half-full person! Sounds good to me. :D

[AstralTraveller]

I really glad I did get into it early, about 14. Although the equipment was more expensive and less good there was far less light pollution and I had EYES. (No computers to ruin young eyes then.) I could see the shape of the Orion Neb naked eye, Omega Cent was a cotton ball and I could see more Pleiadies than anyone I knew. Alas my eyes have 'matured' to merely average and all-night observing sessions knock the stuffing out of me.

I've had time to go from interested to fanatical to too busy to interested again to jaded to getting back into it and joining IIS.