I am rather new to the threads here, but have read much of what this blog has to offer. In fact these threads are what helped me from making the biggest mistake new folks can do when coming into this hobby, and that is rush out and buy the most expensive scope I can find That being said, I have always been amazed with astronomy, and what not, my main classes when I was in high school (quite a few years back) were physics and astrophysics. My current career field in the military keeps me very intimate with space as well, and so figured I would not only better myself by learning the heavens mo