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Hi,
I think this forum is a credit to you Mike and all those who manage it. Its also a credit to all those who contribute their thoughts and ideas. Passing their wisdom and solutions makes the whole astronomy hobby not as daunting as it would otherwise be.
This may have been covered before and there are probably references all over the place, but would it be possible to have a section/link for newbies on some of the jargon used in astronomy talk. I know I could probably google search for most of the answers, but things that get me and I'm just a simpleton enjoy analogies to explain things.
Eg of some things I hear but at times not 100% sure are things like, kidney bean affect, eye relief, field stop, exit pupil, AFOV vs FOV, etc etc.
An example was a post that Rumples put recently explaining the viewing lof Mars would be like a 50cent peice or grape - that I could relate to!, but if you talk 2 degrees of view for a newbie, it can confuse.
Anyway thats just an idea, but again, overall its a brilliant site and its great to know that downunder we can hold our own!.
Keep it up.
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