Curly Claire

Hi! Another one I'll add to my list, thanks! It's a gift to all to be able to see things so far away. It's hard for my mere mortal mind to comprehend at times!

Thank you!

I love looking at anything! It ALWAYS amazes me how small we are and how incredible it is to see something really really far away!!

Hi! Could never lose my enthusiasm for looking up...... it's a part of who I am.

Thanks!

Thanks!

Will do! 😁

Not been very clear here either! Maybe for half an hour.........😕🤭

Thank you! ☺️

Thank you. ✨

Thank you. I will put that in my apps! 😁

Hello! A skywatcher evostar 90 (AZ3).

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Hi! I have a Skywatcher evostar 90 (AZ3). Something like that! 😁

Hi! So I've been "looking up" since I was 15. Was out with friends one night laying in a field in the middle of nowhere, spectacularly clear night and I saw a fast moving object! What's that I ask, a satellite one of my friends said! A satellite in space, in orbit around our planet I ask......yes Claire, that's where satellites usually are was a cheeky answer!! I was in awe! So ever since that moment my love for all things space and the universe and to some degree science started! For MANY years I've been out looking up, marvelling, wondering and truly loving "space". Roll on early last year. Met someone at work who absolutely loves astronomy. Has telescopes, binoculars.....he knows his stuff.....most of the star names and galaxies etc ......Anyhoo......he very kindly gave me a pair of binoculars. Now it hadn't even crossed my mind to use binoculars.......so I looked at the moon..........OH MY GOD. Then he says look there in the sky.........Pleiades......I shed a few tears. Completely blown away. So from January last year binoculars have been my new best friend! I didn't even know about Mizar and Alcor.......but now I love them! So......roll on October this year....my birthday.......my friend gives me.....*drum roll*.......a telescope!! Now Jupiter has always been my favourite planet.......so my friend texts me Claire, set up your scope, Jupiter is out, so I very quickly set up said telescope and BOOM....... Jupiter and BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM......the four Galilean moons! I cried! I could not actually believe I was looking at Jupiter with my own eyeballs.....and his four main moons! Totally blown away. Puts things into perspective. My next quest is Saturn with her rings and maybe Titan thrown in there too. Anyway, I'm not all that technical with binocular/telescope magnification and mounts and all that stuff! I have a few apps on my phone that show me where things are in the night sky and that works well for me. I'm not very au fait with star names either. So if anyone has any suggestions for things for me to look at in awe and amazement without being too technical that would be great! Oh.....and if you've read this far.....thank you! 🤣 (If my friend reads this.....you are truly amazing)!