My first time would have been with my brother's Sears refractor in the early 1970's (late '60's?). The moon and sun were the only things we could keep in view on its shaky old alt/az mount.
Then 5 years ago my daughter gave me the 114GT. That's what started me down the path of being an amateur astronomer. First view with the 114 was either Jupiter or Orion. And then I saw Saturn.
