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To: entropy12

We got our son a telescope several years back. All the dots become a little bigger. Ohh ahh


43 posted on 06/06/2019 4:20:28 AM PDT by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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To: Pollard

Hahaha! I know what you are talking about. Stars are kinda boring. The moon is the most fun to look at - you can see features, especially along the line of sunlight and dark (terminator).

Fortunately, when my Mom bought me a used telescope as a kid, one of the eyepieces had a “zoom”. Get a planet (dot) in the lens, and zoom in to see the rings - Hey! That’s Saturn! See if you can find a zoom - makes it a lot more fun than having to change the lens and re-find the object.


49 posted on 06/06/2019 10:01:40 AM PDT by HeadOn (Love God. Lead your family. Be a man.)
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