I think I did right :)

[Celeste]

I know my son was interested in astronomy....but even I was surprised to see this huge smug smile on his face when we had the scope and webcam out the other night...do you think he likes it?

[JamesM]

I think we can safely safe that there exists the possibility that it found it all rather exciting! Now I'm not an imager just an observer but in my book, this would certainly win 'Picture of the Week' and might be classified as a newly discovered DSO (Deep Smiling Object)

Thanks for posting!

James

[LukeSkywatcher]

I'm not by any means paranoid but i know he is smiling thinking to himself that his scope is bigger then my scope.

He looks well chuffed.

[Astro_Baby]

Awww thats really sweet, thanks for posting

[Mikea]

No, I think he hates it.... Nice scope btw!!

[valleyman]

I'd been smiling like that if I had that scope........lucky guy

[Dave S]

I'd been smiling like that if I had that scope........lucky guy

So would I

Dave...

[Celeste]

thanks guys, he sure does look happy with it....it's a skywatcher 150P-DS on what I presume to be either an EQ3.2 or Celestron CG4 (I think that's it?) I enjoy using it too, we've had some good family time with it

[jgs001]

He sure looks like he enjoyed it, and I'm with the others that he's also smug he has a larger scope than mine too ...

Glad you're both enjoying it and making use of it.

Has he got an idea of the sheer scale of it all yet ?

[Celeste]

He sure looks like he enjoyed it, and I'm with the others that he's also smug he has a larger scope than mine too ...

Glad you're both enjoying it and making use of it.

Has he got an idea of the sheer scale of it all yet ?

Yeah he sure has...his gasps of excitement say it all At the moment he's fixed on Jupiter and the moon, I am hoping to get an eyefull of Saturn soon and we will stay up until we see it. He loves M31 and wants me to get a pic of it.....I need to win the lottery or something here

[russ]

That's really great to see. He does indeed look happy to be out there.

[oldfruit]

It is nice to see one of the youth enjoying something real and not stuck on the x box all day and night,

[Mr Spock]

That's one happy, and very lucky lad. I wish I'd had a scope at that age.