IT IS AMAZING WHAT A CHILD CAN ACTUALLY SEE. AS I WAS SETTING UP MY SCOPE ONE EVENING THIS SPRING, A MAN AND HIS YOUNG SON ( 8 - 10 YEARS?) STOPPED AND ASKED IF THEY COULD TAKE A LOOK BECAUSE THEY HAD NEVER SEEN A TELESCOPE SO BIG.
(I HAVE A C-102HD). THE FIRST OBJECT WAS JUPITER. I FOCUSED AND IMMED NOTICED THE SEEING WAS PRETTY GOOD. ALSO, THERE WAS A SHADOW TRANSIT THAT WAS UNDERWAY. THE BOY WAS CHOMPPING AT THE BIT. HE TOOK A LONG LOOK AND ASKED WITHOUT HESITATION WHAT THAT BLACK DOT WAS! A QUICK CHECK IN S AND T SHOWED IT TO BE IO. THE DAD AND YOUNG SON LEFT WITH SMILES ON THEIR FACES AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM AGAIN. MAYBE THE SEEDS OF ASTRONOMY WERE PLANTED THAT NIGHT!!!
BOB WILSHUSEN
(I HAVE A C-102HD). THE FIRST OBJECT WAS JUPITER. I FOCUSED AND IMMED NOTICED THE SEEING WAS PRETTY GOOD. ALSO, THERE WAS A SHADOW TRANSIT THAT WAS UNDERWAY. THE BOY WAS CHOMPPING AT THE BIT. HE TOOK A LONG LOOK AND ASKED WITHOUT HESITATION WHAT THAT BLACK DOT WAS! A QUICK CHECK IN S AND T SHOWED IT TO BE IO. THE DAD AND YOUNG SON LEFT WITH SMILES ON THEIR FACES AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM AGAIN. MAYBE THE SEEDS OF ASTRONOMY WERE PLANTED THAT NIGHT!!!
BOB WILSHUSEN
