You can't, Chuck? Then you didn't read the email by Brent: "Today, when it is no longer necessary to learn the sky, I feel - no I know there is a great deal lost by those who don't take the time and make the sacrifice to adopt the stars as your personal friends. I am certain the heavens know my name, just as I know theirs." Well, I'm not certain the heavens know my name and I'd be creeped out if they did! -- Joe ________________________________ From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 10:56 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Frustration at the eyepiece: help! I can't recall anyone ever ever acting snobbish about learning the sky, Joe. It's what worked for some of us, and we relate our stories, but don't look down on anyone who doesn't. I feel sorrry for them, but don't think they are any less of a person. To each, his own. Like my finder method, I know that some people can't do it, for whatever reason, and look at me like I'm stupid when explaining it, but hey, it works for me. I do feel that for those with conditions such as dyslexia, there may yet be a way to become more familiar with the sky than some may think- perhaps a workable methodology just hasn't been thought-out yet. I am loathe to simply give-up and walk away from even trying. You're a bit sensitive to the issue, and perhaps rightly so- I can't walk in your shoes- but nobody looks down on you for that or any other reason. Likewise don't look down on those of us who found the sky at an early age and made it our own. Learning things in youth is always easier than late in life. Frankly, people like Rich, Brent, and myself seem to be in the minority these days, anyway. When I was in jr. high school, there were at least 5 or 6 of us who took our telescopes out in the backyard regularly- one friend had a 10" Essential Optics reflector! I doubt you'd find that many in any random jr. high these days. On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com>wrote:
Frankly, I resent the snobbish attitudes of people who do know the night sky and act as if we who don't know it that well are lazy jerks.
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