Back when I was kid (well around 19 or so). I was working my way through college at a local convenience store in the rural town I lived in. Some of the other employees would give me a hard time (all in fun) about my astronomy habit.
One night, one of the employees was asking me if I was taking the scope out when I got home. I told her I was and I was going to be observing Jupiter.
She made a bit of a smart remark then asked where to find Jupiter. I told her it would be the really bright object in the west after sun down - the brightest object in the sky in that part of the sky.
After it got dark Janna comes running in, she was very excited shouting "I see it, I see it, I see Jupiter!!" I was pretty darn proud of myself, maybe I just made another astronomer. So, I go out side and she’s excited and points "There it is, there it is!!!
Now, what I am about to tell you is the truth, not embellished, I’m not making this up, I’m not even stretching the truth a little.
I simply hung my head and said "No Janna, that’s not Jupiter, that's the moon."
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