Hi Everyone,
I had an interesting experience around the time Venus and Saturn were close by a month or so ago, and it gave me the idea to start this thread.
It was a bit of a horor story so I thought it might be interesting to hear everyone else's funny/scary stories that have happened to them whilst observing or showing friends through their scope.
So I'll kick off with my funny/scary story (I'm sure others have better stories than this).
During the time Saturn and Venus could be seen together I descided to take my 10" Dob over to a friends house to show their family. They have a couple of acres and a low 360 degree horizon.
Well all was going well until the dogs arrived. They were running everywhere so I decided to pack up the gear and call it a night...
... then it happened... one of the kids tried to put a small dog down into my telescope!
HAHAHA I laugh now but at the time I was freaked out!
No damage was done and the dog never really went into the scope but it was only seconds away from happening when I put a stop to it!
So if anyone has a better story than "a dog in my scope" I would love to hear it!
cheers,
Dave.