Average Astronomer Age...

[whooshbang]

some hippies found some quarks called strange and charm

those hippies were hawkwind

38 here! first interests - halley's comet, further interest - hale bopp, decent equipment purchase and first star party - this year! (and many more to come)

[Mikea]

I'm going to pack it up when I reach 77!

[alnessman]

Iam 57

[lw24]

Not alone mate, I am with you!!

Dark Energy (40,000 posts) here we come!

[the 5th race]

im 25 bin into astronomy sinse i was 10 but only got a set of bins about a year ago and got a scope 6 months ago

[Shibby]

I'm 30, always been interested in astronomy and astrophysics, yet have only owned a telescope since 28, shortly after buying my first house!

[welshdai]

i have many younger astronomy students in school. could prob put down 40 under the age of 18 from school. But none use this forum!

[Catanonia]

A young 39

[astro mick]

61,started out aged 16 with a tiny refractor scope.Plastic lenses and carboard tube supplied by Charles Frank in Glasgow.

Interest re-kindled aged about 30 ish and never looked back.

My problem now,staying awake in the early hours.

Mick.

[AndyKeogh]

A mere 62. Interest was aroused a little over 4 years ago whilst walking one evening on a beach in the Maldives. Stunningly dark and the milky way stretched out from east to west in splendid colour exactyl as in Axel Mellinger's panorama.

Bought my first scope March 2009.

BTW Have you noticed how normal the distribution is turning out?

Andy

[AllanJ]

I'm 63, I got my first stargazing book when I was ~13, first telescope at 60.

Allan

[Freff]

58. Got my first scope whenI was 13 from Winfields (Woolworth) after watching Sir PM.

[Macavity]

56 - I thought it was all feeling a bit (albeit gratifyingly) "young" around here.

Started at eight, gave up at 18 - Too busy, and thinking it was too expensive...

[Beulah]

38 here..

[dobbie]

52 here, like a lot on sgl started when I was a screamager then stopped pick it back up 5years ago .

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[Keiran]

Thats actually turns out to be very interesting.... Your not all as old as i thought

The majority being between 38 and 47

[MalJ]

61 - took early retirement last year and found a new hobby

[jamespels]

38

[chiltonstar]

Interesting the apparent lack of much older astronomers....I wonder if that's because (i) they don't exist or (ii) they don't use the web....

Chris

[cathalferris]

I'm 33, been looking through scopes on and off for ~25 years.

Back properly in the hobby in the past 7 years, and spending too much money on astro gear in that time!

[swamp thing]

Blimey!!! no one over 98 yet.

[Backscatter]

Pretty nice Bell curve being created.

[ken rigg]

56,have been sky watching for ten years.The reason there is no realy old astronomers on the forum could be like the film COCOON.

[Superewza]

17 next month

Still, interesting results... i find them surprising but then i am rather weird for my age

[PortableAstronomer]

Just turned 40 on Friday. Yikes.