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A few days back, in a long-forgotten thread, someone mentioned a book titled
"The Light-Hearted Astronomer," by Ken Fulton.

Being a bit curious, having nothing else to do, and somewhat under the
influence of some fine Wild Turkey, I searched Amazon.com and found a used
copy for 59 cents plus $1.00 shipping.

The book arrived Thursday and I sat up too damn late Thursday night and last
night reading it from kivver to kivver (that's the way we hillbillies
pronounce "cover to cover"). Although some of the particulars in the book
are dated, it is in my estimation a classic that will never go out of date.

Wish I had read Fulton's advice before I filled up my eyepiece case.

Joe S. wrote:
A few days back, in a long-forgotten thread, someone mentioned a book
titled "The Light-Hearted Astronomer," by Ken Fulton.

Wish I had read Fulton's advice before I filled up my eyepiece case.

I've not read that book, but if I guess the theme correctly from your
comments, then in that spirit, I have just recently dispatched all of my
gear, save what's in my sig, in hopes of returning to a simpler, less
encumbered time under the stars.

I've enjoyed the "big" views, and I've done some imaging, but in the end I
do prefer a simple life of leisure under the stars. If nothing else, it
costs less. That said, I'm not sure I could enjoy "just" the large fields of
view and the simple leisure, if I hadn't experienced the big picture in
close detail.

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is it a good book?
Joe S. wrote:
A few days back, in a long-forgotten thread, someone mentioned a book titled
"The Light-Hearted Astronomer," by Ken Fulton.

Being a bit curious, having nothing else to do, and somewhat under the
influence of some fine Wild Turkey, I searched Amazon.com and found a used
copy for 59 cents plus $1.00 shipping.

The book arrived Thursday and I sat up too damn late Thursday night and last
night reading it from kivver to kivver (that's the way we hillbillies
pronounce "cover to cover"). Although some of the particulars in the book
are dated, it is in my estimation a classic that will never go out of date.

Wish I had read Fulton's advice before I filled up my eyepiece case.

Sitav wrote:

is it a good book?

How can he possibly know, the infinite monkeys are typing infinitely
slowly, but they have an infinite amount of time, so all is well again
in the infinite monkey universe.

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wat is up with u and infinate monkeys!!??
kT wrote:
Sitav wrote:

is it a good book?

How can he possibly know, the infinite monkeys are typing infinitely
slowly, but they have an infinite amount of time, so all is well again
in the infinite monkey universe.

--
The Tsiolkovsky Group : http://www.lifeform.org

My Planetary BLOB : http://cosmic.lifeform.org

Get A Free Orbiter Space Flight Simulator :

http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/orbit.html

is it a good book?
Joe S. wrote:
A few days back, in a long-forgotten thread, someone mentioned a book titled
"The Light-Hearted Astronomer," by Ken Fulton.

Being a bit curious, having nothing else to do, and somewhat under the
influence of some fine Wild Turkey, I searched Amazon.com and found a used
copy for 59 cents plus $1.00 shipping.

The book arrived Thursday and I sat up too damn late Thursday night and last
night reading it from kivver to kivver (that's the way we hillbillies
pronounce "cover to cover"). Although some of the particulars in the book
are dated, it is in my estimation a classic that will never go out of date.

Wish I had read Fulton's advice before I filled up my eyepiece case.