I got my first scope when I was 8 years old, the Tasco 40mm refractor, I was so excited just to see the moon. The tiny table top tripod it came with was useless , so my dad modified one of his camera tripods to attach it to.
In 1988 I received my Tasco 11T-R reflector for Christmas. Again I just looked at the moon as I never polar aligned it at all, all those years ago. Got it working great early last year and viewed Saturn through a scope for the first time, amazing.
This picture was taken on the day I picked up my CGEM DX 1100 HD last year.
I wonder how big the box (or boxes) will be for my next scope
