firstly, I don't yet own a telescope, or even a pair of high-power binos (although I do intend to buy a 25x100 bino before christmas)... however my growing love of astronomy, much like others, has has been because of the following:
- Streaming NasaTV - specifically watching for hours leading up to shuttle launches, ISS coverage, etc.
- looking up at the sky and asking questions like "is there really that much dust that I can't see the bright centre of the milky way?" and investigating the answers.
- KStars (and lately Stellarium... love the twinkling! hehe)
- Hubblesite.org - specifically the NGC4038/4039 "Antennae" galaxies colliding. If you were on a life-supporting planet somewhere in there, just imagine what the view would be like at night. Wow.
jawdropping movie of the NGC4038/4039 Antennae galaxies... one view of this and I was hooked!
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/arc...06/46/video/a/