Having a little composite fun- just for fun. Our friend Larry set up an observatory for the local school district when he taught science and computers there. He's retired about a year now, but still does star gazing with the students and folks like us who come to visit! I don't remember what the actual name of this telescope is, but it's a special one. Larry sets the site at the bottom there, and then to view the celestial object you actually have to climb those stairs to the eye piece. But once you look inside- wow! It's like you're standing next to whatever you're looking at. We saw Jupiter, Saturn, several nebuli and Mars that night- awesome!!
@grammyn yes it is! Jeff estimates it's about 12 feet long and Larry had it angled at about 10 feet high here, which is why we needed the step ladder to get up to the eyepiece.
@louannwarren He was- and still is in some ways. He is still inspiring kids to look up into the night sky and dream.
@randystreat I loved astronomy too- but when I found out how much math was involved to work in that field I abandoned any thoughts of becoming an astronomer.
@wendyfrost That is my favorite constellation too- and Orion's nebuli was one of the ones we looked at that night. Larry was able to set the scope in a way that we actually saw the "layers" or shall I say the "space" between the stars in it. Truly amazing!
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@grammyn yes it is! Jeff estimates it's about 12 feet long and Larry had it angled at about 10 feet high here, which is why we needed the step ladder to get up to the eyepiece.
@louannwarren He was- and still is in some ways. He is still inspiring kids to look up into the night sky and dream.
@randystreat I loved astronomy too- but when I found out how much math was involved to work in that field I abandoned any thoughts of becoming an astronomer.
@wendyfrost That is my favorite constellation too- and Orion's nebuli was one of the ones we looked at that night. Larry was able to set the scope in a way that we actually saw the "layers" or shall I say the "space" between the stars in it. Truly amazing!