Re: Today, I Am The Luckiest Man In The World

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 19:09:12 GMT, John Schutkeker wrote:

> I could only afford a 2.4 inch reflector for $50. When I got it home, I
> aimed it at the first blurry object I saw, and it was the Pleiades.
> Orion's Sword looked fuzzy, so I looked at it and found out it was the
> Orion Nebula. I'd never seen Venus, and when I looked at that, she was in
> a crescent phase.
>
> I'd only made three observations, but everyone of them blew my socks off,
> and this with the cheapest telescope on the market. It doesn't seem fair
> that one man should be so lucky.


Congratulations, John. Your scope is far superior to what Galileo used. I
miss my 2.4 inch refractor which I gave to my son-in-law. I don't think he
knows the beauty of capability of the gift. What a shame.

Under dark enough skies, that scope of yours will reach WAY out there to
net you galaxies and nebula which will astound you. No, you won't see lots
of detail, but if seeing them at all is enough, as I believe it will be for
you, then you are the stuff of which a lifetime amateur astronomer is made.

Welcome to the fold.


--Martin
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