Will you help a young Astronomer??

[Lyndsay Smith]

On 11/11/2020 at 05:23, bottletopburly said:

This would make a great story for The sky at Night 🤔

Aston would love that! 

[Lyndsay Smith]

On 24/11/2020 at 16:12, FLO said:

It would, wouldn't it 🙂 

We contacted Aston's parents when Skipper Billy bought him to our attention. His book is now available to buy at FLO. 

The Solar System by Aston Smith

Steve

Yes! Thank you so much to FLO for supporting my son with this book  

[Ricochet]

2 minutes ago, Lyndsay Smith said:

Hi  

Well Aston believes he is saving up for a better telescope (exact one not decided on) but my husband and I have bought him a Celestron Nexstar 8SE for Christmas  

A great choice. I suspect this will be the Christmas he will always remember.

[keramos]

Great Christmas gift, bought 4 from FLO.

[Paz]

I've ordered a copy, I may make it a present but not before I've had a secret read myself.

[geordie85]

Mine arrived a couple days ago. It's gonna be a present for my 5 year old son 

[Lyndsay Smith]

12 hours ago, Ricochet said:

A great choice. I suspect this will be the Christmas he will always remember.

We hope so! This one will be from us, not Santa! We don’t want the big guy getting the credit for this one! 😂

Edited November 29, 2020 by Lyndsay Smith

[maw lod qan]

Got one being sent from FLO to me across the pond.

I hope we get some images of him with his Christmas surprise.

[IB20]

13 hours ago, Lyndsay Smith said:

Hi  

Well Aston believes he is saving up for a better telescope (exact one not decided on) but my husband and I have bought him a Celestron Nexstar 8SE for Christmas  

Excellent. We look forward to reading his first light report with the new scope! 

[AdeKing]

13 hours ago, Lyndsay Smith said:

Hi  

Well Aston believes he is saving up for a better telescope (exact one not decided on) but my husband and I have bought him a Celestron Nexstar 8SE for Christmas  

I'm sure that he'll love it, very nice scope.

1 hour ago, Lyndsay Smith said:

We hope so! This one will be from us, not Santa! We don’t want the big guy getting the credit for this one! 😂

We'll be looking forward to hearing about Aston's journey with his new telescope after Christmas.

I'm really impressed with the book, I bought it for my Niece for Christmas, but have to confess to having read it myself 😊.

[Girders]

Copy ordered from FLO for my 7 year old daughter.  She'll love the book and the fact that a little boy only a little older than her wrote it.  

[LukeSkywatcher]

On 29/11/2020 at 08:55, Lyndsay Smith said:

Hi  

Well Aston believes he is saving up for a better telescope (exact one not decided on) but my husband and I have bought him a Celestron Nexstar 8SE for Christmas  

Great scope. Aston's book is really well presented and informative. His enthusiasm, takes me back 40ys, when I was about his age.

Edited November 30, 2020 by LukeSkywatcher

[CMR]

Just bought my copy, which I’ll likely give to my niece... who am I kidding, I’ll probably learn a lot from it as well! I’ll read it first and then gift it

It’s a toss up now as to whether this book or my first ever telescope will get delivered the fastest! Hopefully the book so I have a bit of an idea of what I’m looking up at.

All the best to Aston and getting his first telescope! 

Edited November 30, 2020 by CMR
Unforgivable typo :/

[Lyndsay Smith]

3 hours ago, CMR said:

Just bought my copy, which I’ll likely give to my niece... who am I kidding, I’ll probably learn a lot from it as well! I’ll read it first and then gift it

It’s a toss up now as to whether this book or my first ever telescope will get delivered the fastest! Hopefully the book so I have a bit of an idea of what I’m looking up at.

All the best to Ashton and getting his first telescope! 

I’d love to know which! We pride ourselves on fast postage so hopefully the book will arrive soon 

[Skipper Billy]

This is my 6 year old grandson 'Ari' reading his copy! He doesn't read or speak English (Swedish) but his Dad (my son) is English and has translated it for him.

It has inspired him to build an observatory out of cardboard and he tells me that with the boxes from his Christmas presents he is going to build a rocket so he can come to Scotland to see his 'FarFar and FarMor' (Grandad and Grandma). Bless him 😉 

 

 

 

[CraigT82]

Just stumbled onto this thread... have ordered a copy for my little boy 😁

[iapa]

On 10/11/2020 at 15:06, Skipper Billy said:

A humbling message to all members. Aston Smith is an 8 year old laddie. He has ADHD and Autism. He also has an almost fanatical interest in astronomy - so much so that he has just published his first book on Astronomy!!! He has extremely basic equipment and one of the reasons he wrote the book is to generate funds to buy a basic scope. His book is a fiver and I know times are hard but it would make a lovely Christmas present for someone you know. If you haven't got a fiver spare then why not send him a nice message?? You can buy the book or send him a message via this page https://www.astonsmith.me.uk/?fbclid=IwAR2uwy1DpBElXgNJndwM8EhG-wfqhSW4fbUtMS5Txy-wQ8Dd2DHiUnQEvTY?fbclid=IwAR2uwy1DpBElXgNJndwM8EhG-wfqhSW4fbUtMS5Txy-wQ8Dd2DHiUnQEvTY

Ordered, for grandson

Edited December 20, 2020 by iapa

[Skipper Billy]

5 minutes ago, iapa said:

do we know what he is looking to buy?

  On 29/11/2020 at 08:55, Lyndsay Smith said:

Hi  

Well Aston believes he is saving up for a better telescope (exact one not decided on) but my husband and I have bought him a Celestron Nexstar 8SE for Christmas