Always wanted a telescope and for some reason just never took that first big step, then my Wife purchased a dept store 5.1" reflector for my bday and I remember how excited I was, so in a mad rush to use it that evening I put it altogether (had no idea that things like polar align, etc even mattered or existed) I just wanted to go outside and look at the universe, then I saw the moon and just pointed this thing at it..
Think I heard a crack of concrete when my jaw dropped, the image came into focus and I was actually looking at craters in detail!
Fantastic!
Soon after receiving that reflector I found IIS and I think one of my very first posts was "Can you see flag on the Moon"
