Where does it end?

I went out and bought this set for fun and the telescope actually reminds me
of something that would be sold at the Dollar Store. I don't see how it
could possibly work, and coincidentally i have not been able to make it
work, junk. The telescope works well enough for fun and learning the sky,
which is why i got it. My 8" dob won't be here til like February so I wanted
something to play with in the mean time.

I started NE stargazing back in the late 50's when my folks moved us out to
Palmdale, which at that time had a nice dark sky, unlike the light ceaspool of
light it is now. My 1st telescope of anykind, I still have! It was given to me
and is nothing more than a Tracking scope that was used at White Sands to track
things. It's not powerfull, I think at the most about 7X, it now rests in a
place of Honor.

Living in L.A. a lot of my life, I could only see the moon and the brighest of
stars, but I watched them cross the sky year after year.

While in the Army in Vietnam, when I pulled guard duty on top of Dragon Mt. I'd
lay ontop of our bunker and star gaze with the army bino's I was able to use.
( 7x50's I think).



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towards an east that would not know another dawn.
But elsewhere the stars were still young and the light of morning
lingered: and along the path he once had followed, man would one day go
again."

Arthur C. Clarke, The City & The Stars

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"Al" wrote in message
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Much like you, Gregory, I had a lousy first experience in astronomy, but my
fascination with the subject and my insatiable appetite to learn more kept
me interested in spite of the lousy first experience. Here's a brief
story...

At the age of 12 years old, the sum of $10 was a awful lot of money which
required months of saving and a long string of Saturdays without going to
the movies with my friends. When I finally saved the money, I ordered the
telescope kit for $9.99 as per the ad in the back section of an issue of
Popular Science. The telescope kit came through the mail in a package no
larger than a paperback novel and contained instructions and lenses only...a
3" objective lens and about 4 other lenses for eyepieces.



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I started NE stargazing back in the late 50's when my folks moved us out to
Palmdale, which at that time had a nice dark sky, unlike the light ceaspool of
light it is now. My 1st telescope of anykind, I still have! It was given to me
and is nothing more than a Tracking scope that was used at White Sands to track
things. It's not powerfull, I think at the most about 7X, it now rests in a
place of Honor.

Living in L.A. a lot of my life, I could only see the moon and the brighest of
stars, but I watched them cross the sky year after year.

While in the Army in Vietnam, when I pulled guard duty on top of Dragon Mt. I'd
lay ontop of our bunker and star gaze with the army bino's I was able to use.
( 7x50's I think).



--
"In this universe the night was falling,the shadows were lengthening
towards an east that would not know another dawn.
But elsewhere the stars were still young and the light of morning
lingered: and along the path he once had followed, man would one day go
again."

Arthur C. Clarke, The City & The Stars

SIAR
www.starlords.org
Freelance Writers Shop
http://www.freelancewrittersshop.netfirms.com
Telescope Buyers FAQ
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"Al" wrote in message
v.net...
Much like you, Gregory, I had a lousy first experience in astronomy, but my
fascination with the subject and my insatiable appetite to learn more kept
me interested in spite of the lousy first experience. Here's a brief
story...

At the age of 12 years old, the sum of $10 was a awful lot of money which
required months of saving and a long string of Saturdays without going to
the movies with my friends. When I finally saved the money, I ordered the
telescope kit for $9.99 as per the ad in the back section of an issue of
Popular Science. The telescope kit came through the mail in a package no
larger than a paperback novel and contained instructions and lenses only...a
3" objective lens and about 4 other lenses for eyepieces.



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