First time was around Christmas 1998 (or was it 97?) I was around 9 years old. I got a 60mm Tasco Refractor for christmas. I actually got up before dawn to see the moon and then placed the scope on the kitchen table so I could see over the neighbour's roof to Jupiter I was that excited! First time I saw the moon...wow I was stunned, I was flying above the surface
I also remembering graduating to a Meade 4.5" Newtonian in 1999 at the age of 11.....a BIG scope, that beautiful white tube looked impressive and above all BIG set up in the lounge room to an 11 year old kid
First light was Jupiter and wow there's the GRS plain as day!! THe LMC was wonderful...full of little clouds and knots, and I could see galaxies! Some memrable views I got were the Grus Quartet and the Flame Nebula from dark skies near Renmark. Still got that scope, it was my primary instrument until 2007 when I bought a 10 inch dob. now serves as my grab n go.