dostergaard

Really good points! I recognize that repeated sessions will improve my observing skills and I'll be able to notice more detail. However, when you talk to someone about buying a scope and they say, "Oh sure! You'll be able to see all the planets, the rings of Saturn, and some deep sky objects with that! No problem!" well, then your expectations usually get set higher than the reality. This post really helped me reset those expectations.

Thanks so much for this! For a while I wondered what might be wrong with my telescope. Now, you've confirmed that I actually saw the things I thought I saw even though they didn't look like the images that I used to try and recognize what I was looking for!