Any teen astronomer's on here???

[bojan]

Originally Posted by erick

Yes, but not for another 30 years. Hit 50 and everything falls apart!

Eh.. easy, Erick, it is not quite so.
We over 50 are just matured.. like good cheese.. or good wine.. older, the better

[BerrieK]

Originally Posted by Esseth

Well i am always told that i look 16... sucks when i am trying to get a beer at the pub though.

Ha! I've been 16 a few times over now .


Kerrie

[erick (Eric)]

Originally Posted by bojan

Eh.. easy, Erick, it is not quite so.
We over 50 are just matured.. like good cheese.. or good wine.. older, the better

Ahhh! The optimist, glass-half-full person! Sounds good to me.

[AstralTraveller (David)]

Originally Posted by erick

I don't think I would have taken up astronomy as my career, BUT I wish I'd got involved as a hobby before I was in my 50s. Now I want to look, I realise that my eyesight is not what it was

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

I wish I'd taken up Astronomy 30 yrs ago. Imagine how much more experienced I'd be now. Think of all the things I've missed out on.
But it's better late than never eh.

I really glad I did get into it early, about 14. Although the equipment was more expensive and less good there was far less light pollution and I had EYES. (No computers to ruin young eyes then.) I could see the shape of the Orion Neb naked eye, Omega Cent was a cotton ball and I could see more Pleiadies than anyone I knew. Alas my eyes have 'matured' to merely average and all-night observing sessions knock the stuffing out of me.

I've had time to go from interested to fanatical to too busy to interested again to jaded to getting back into it and joining IIS.