Yes, that is us. I am into drawing, playing rugby leage, space,. I am Arry.
Jake here. I like castles, writing songs, rugby league,telescopes and playing my price is right game i got for christmas and planets. I dont like tv much. i rather be outside playing in my 2 story cubby or kicking goals or riding my bike. Have you seen all the planets yet. i have seen jupiter and saturn lots of times.
Hi Arry & Jake. Sorry I missed your post the other night. Welcome to the forum. (sounds a bit like Brutus & Caesa, doesn't it)? I hope you enjoy yourselves here, & ask lots of questions. and
Regards, L.
Thanks Rajah. Thats okay,doesnt realy matter. What was your very FIRST telescope you all started with. Dad said he will get us a refractor but he doesnt want to get a cheap one .he says some cheap ones arent very good and we wont enjoy them.
Hi Boys. Believe it or not, the first t'scope I had, was one of those cheap 60mm refractors, (not good at all). That was about 15 years ago. I only kept it for 2 weeks & then I returned it. I bought a 'Tasco' 114 Reflector with an EQ mount, & was in time to see a few of the larger impact sites that Comet Shoemaker/Levy 9 made as it collided with Jupiter. That was something to see & remember.
I now have a Meade 10" Dobsonian, similar to your dad's.
I'm sure your dad will guide you in the right way to make your viewing of our glorious night skies even more enjoyable.
Just keep looking up, & dream of what's to come.
Clear skies & dry nights,
Regards, L.
Thank you. i like your funny picture. We had no fog tonight so dad got out the telescope and he took a picture of us. we had fun and dadtook some pitures of the moon. he is puting them in here he said somewhere. He is waiting for the computer so i have to get off.
Originally posted by ballaratdragons Thank you. i like your funny picture. We had no fog tonight so dad got out the telescope and he took a picture of us. we had fun and dadtook some pitures of the moon. he is puting them in here he said somewhere. He is waiting for the computer so i have to get off.
you guys look frozen in that picture!!
my first telescope was one of those cheap refractors too. It served me well for a couple of months till i bought my current one
Yes, it was freezing out here. Yes, dad did build a step ladder, but we only use it when it's to high! Hi Rajah, I saw one just like the one you had 15 years ago, in K-mart but I would doubt you would see very far with it! Dad read your letter and said the 114mm reflecter would probably be good for me too. I will have to learn how to look after it properly.
Hi Arry & Jake, Yes, you will have to take good care of any t'scope that you buy. A t'scope is a small 'Time Machine' that takes you back to see things as they were, all those many hundreds & thousands of years ago. Ask your Dad to explain if you're not sure what I mean.
What's that? he chucked you off the computer, just so he could put some pics. in... The hide of the man! You'll just have to ask Dad/Mum for an increase in your pocket money, so you can save up & buy your own computer.
Take care & rug up when you go outside.
Regards, L.
Hi Rarjah,(again) Anyway I've only got 5 cents in my money box and all the rest of my money is all in the bank.
And dad just laghed at my mesage. he said he is paying for my telescope. a computer is what he needs before i get a computer. yippee. Dad explaind what you mean, it means that it takes hundreds of thousods of years to get to earth and we are seeing it when it left all that time ago. thats good.
That's right. What you are seeing now may not exist in it's 'present state' anymore. I hope Dad's new job goes well, & he gets his new computer soon.
Stay warm. Regards, L.
Aaron here, Sorry about the waiting I didn't get time.Guess what Dads making a thing to join our camera to the teloscope so we can take better asto pictures out of it.
My brother is doing a project on teloscopes for the school science fair.
Hi Aaron,
Nice to see you back again, are you going to help dad with the "thing" he is making for the camera or are you going to supervise and see if he makes it right
Wish your brother all the best with his school project for me please.
Boy I wish my son would have gotten excited about his science project. He was doing how stars evolve. I didn't find out about it 'til the night before it was due. Crazy kid, he could have had the best poster in the class but he just wasn't interested enough to ask for information. Is Jake making a telescope or is he just going to hide dad's in his bag for show and tell?
Hello Arry and Jake! Nice of you to drop in & say hi! Sorry I'm a bit late with this message. I'm really glad you like looking threw telescopes, it's a really good hobby!
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You'll just have to ask Dad/Mum for an increase in your pocket money, so you can save up & buy your own computer. 
and we are seeing it when it left all that time ago. thats good.
Dads making a thing to join our camera to the teloscope so we can take better asto pictures out of it. 
