Cool! What scope, and when, was your 40" observation? On Feb 4, 2012 2:49 PM, "Don J. Colton" <djcolton@piol.com> wrote:
Triple transit of Jupiter and seeing color in the Dumbbell with a 40".
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 2:01 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Your most memorable telescope event
What was your most memorable astronomical, OBSERVATIONAL, telescope event?
For me, it was seeing Jupiter with all four Galilean moons, circa 1967. It blew-away the mind of this (at the time) 9-year-old amateur astronomer. I was hooked, instantly. Thank You, Maker Of All Things. I was nine years old, IIRC. 18th Avenue in SLC, on the back balcony of my best-friend in 5th grade. Good people, they don't know what they truly did for me. I am humbled at their generosity.
(A secondary shout-out goes to the late Gene Roddenbery. Star-Trek actually spurred my astronomy interest, as did the US manned space program...yes, I got to see Neil Armstong step on the moon in real-time in my parent's living room. WOW!)
Number two was seeing Saturn's rings, probably within a few months of my Jupiter revelation. :-)
And you? :-) _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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