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Re: The Astronomer Looks at 55
07/23/08 02:02 AM
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Maybe it's because I also turned 55 this year, in February, but this is the best article you've written. One reason amateur astronomy is getting older is that the population of the USA, at least, is getting older. I agree we have it better than ever in this hobby. For me, it was the Edmund Scientific catalog covered in drool instead of Unitron, but same difference. I fantasized about someday having my own observatory: a small dome with a 6" newtonian. When my dreams got wild it was an 8" with and electric clock drive! I never dreamed I would consider a 12" newt which I could take apart and transport and stick on a platform drive my PORTABLE scope. Because who would have thought, 40 years ago my main scope would be a 20" with drive motors in a roll off roof building (the other pier has a C-8 and 5" schmidt-newt mounted on an equatorial)! Not to mention MY computer on a desk in the corner, my commnicator (ok, cell phone) in my pocket, etc.
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