Your First Time - Page 3

seanliddelow (Sean) · #41 02-10-2009, 11:01 AM

Some people dont know that you can see planets with your own eye.

picklesrules (Nicholas) · #42 02-10-2009, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by seanliddelow

Some people dont know that you can see planets with your own eye.

i was at a party couple months back and everyone was maggot and we were all laying on the grass , we were in chittering so the darkest sky's out not 1 arc second of light pollution and even in my drunken state was still able to make out most of the constellations and planets that were visible no one except my best mate who is used to my astronomical rants believed that the little pin point of light was in fact Saturn, shame i didnt have my scope on me haha oh well i loving educating it to people

seanliddelow (Sean) · #43 02-10-2009, 01:21 PM

When I went on a school camp the weather was crap so i was dissapointed because I wanted to see the constellations.

square_peg114GT · #44 02-10-2009, 01:33 PM

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.