Dolly Swalerd wrote:

What kinds of activities with at least an 80mm telescope can one do rather
than just point and look. Are there astronomy exercises that will pass the
time?

You could learn to take astrophotographs with it. That's what I'm
trying to learn to do, and I am using a 76mm telescope. One of my
photos (my first-ever CCD image) is here
http://www.davidillig.com/ast-stl-firstlight061125.shtml. Another one
is here http://www.davidillig.com/ast-rosette-Ha.shtml.

I guarantee you that you will pass /a/ /great/ /deal/ of time learning
this process. At the same time you will learn patience, especially if
you live where you where you are lucky to have two clear nights per
month. But it's still fun for me, and that's why I continue to bang my
head on that wall.

So: whatever you do, have fun.

Davoud

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