Don't mean to disagree, it's probably true the editors want to put the best visuals to attract readers. But I saw a recently published article in Astronomy about a couple with a C-11 and their published photos. (Ok, granted they ordered a Ritchy-Chretien). Or how about Astronomy's article about Saturn, where it's quite a few brands of scope represented. Or an earlier issue with a huge number of amateur photos of Mars. There seems to be, at least at one magazine some representation of less 'elite' optics, at least every now and then. A lot of it is due to the new digital imaging equipment. It's making small scopes perform like larger apeture telescopes.
Writers used to make their own ink, and pens were carved from feathers.
Then they used typewriters....now it's word processors. So, if you're an old timer, then all this new fangled stuff, you'd be 'dissing' I suppose.
It's inevitable progress, it seems. It's great to be self-reliant, but when some computer-controlled operation can make it for less than you can build it, and/or make it cheaper, with better designs, more convenient operations, etc., people are going to gravitate toward the easier way. when adaptive optics gets cheaper and easy for the 'masses' folks will be wondering if it's a 'good thing'
There's room for all kinds of ways of observing. Myself, I'm glad to be alive when tremendous change is going on in the choices we have to observe! I vote: It's a good thing!!!
Writers used to make their own ink, and pens were carved from feathers.
Then they used typewriters....now it's word processors. So, if you're an old timer, then all this new fangled stuff, you'd be 'dissing' I suppose.
It's inevitable progress, it seems. It's great to be self-reliant, but when some computer-controlled operation can make it for less than you can build it, and/or make it cheaper, with better designs, more convenient operations, etc., people are going to gravitate toward the easier way. when adaptive optics gets cheaper and easy for the 'masses' folks will be wondering if it's a 'good thing'
There's room for all kinds of ways of observing. Myself, I'm glad to be alive when tremendous change is going on in the choices we have to observe! I vote: It's a good thing!!!
