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Originally Posted by Steffen
What surprised me was the response to colour. Everybody loved colour. Albireo, the Jewel Box, EB365 near Mimosa, the blue tinge of Neptune, even the naked-eye blueness of Spica were appreciated.
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Hi Steffen,
That's interesting you said that.
I was showing my 10 year old nephew some delights thru my 10" dob. Quite ordinary to him was the Orion Nebula. Jupiter raised a little more enthusiasm. So I raised the stakes. Beetelguise needed to save me now. Full of excitement with eyes feeling like they were going pop out of my sockets, I said, "See that bright, huge, orange, star up there? It's going to explode to smithereens". Phoarwwww he was gone! He couldn't get enough of it and kept asking me to show him more stars that were going to blow up
. Priceless.
Awesome information you've supplied there Alexander!
Oops nearly forgot to mention: How about the coat hanger cluster? It looks so much like one it might gather some ooohs and aaaahs
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Also, the gorgeous contrasting pair of blue and yellow stars, Albiero in Cygnus. It's close by to Lyra if you end up showing them M57 as Steffen suggested.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...d=0CJ4BEP4dMAs