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It is interesting that some are answering this thread by speaking of how they first became interested. I do not mean this as a criticism.
What originally interested me is a long way removed from what keeps me in the hobby now.
My initial interest was sparked by views through a teenage friend's small Tasco refractor: Jupiter, the Moon etc. The idea of witnessing such objects was a novelty.
As an adult, I came more seriously into the hobby through a growing interest in the nature of the physical universe, and an awareness of the aesthetics of it. I continue to feed on that same impetus. Although many people I know quickly become fascinated when I speak about the universe, some people just glaze over. It seems to me that such people just haven't experienced that same sense of awe, and it always puzzles me how they could not be amazed by it. My wife is the classic example of this! Fortunately she is amazed by other things I have to share with her.
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