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great thread
I witnessed the Moon landing on the next door nieghbours TV (TV's were only a new thing in NZ then & we couldn't afford one)
I tried to see Halley's comet in 1986? but saw a smudge - I think
But what really got me going, was following events as shoemaker-levy (string of pearls) smashed into Jupiter, from the Sydney observatory
When I got home from there I discovered that you could see Jupiters moons with a pair of bino's
more recently a guy down the road dumped an old 6" saxon newt out the front of his house, which somehow followed me home, It didn't work so well but definately started the interest in everything celestial
this led to the purchase of an LX90 which gets used at every opportunity
For me there is far too much out there to see in a life time(mine) & it is a never ending obsession i don't think I'll ever tire of
Bryan
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