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Buckeye_Nut
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My 7YO son went to his very first star party last weekend!!!
I was afraid he'd 'crap out' early so I brought a sleeping bag & pillow for him to sleep in the SUV, but NO WAY......he stayed glued to the telescope the entire night. (until I decided to leave at 130am) And even then when I said it was time to go...he was like...."lets look at one more thing"....and that cycle repeated itself about 5 times before I called it quits.......LOL
He's very excited about everything astronomy, and he's learning a lot too. He regularly checks out astronomy related books from the library and reads them from cover to cover. He's always quizzing me on astro-stuff. LOL
He's looked through my scope in the back yard, but he's never traveled with me to a dark sky site.
This was the observing field........
It was a local club event with maybe 15-20 people in attendance.
Him proudly posing with "Tubby". (my scope)
And this is him at about 1am.....still glued to the eyepiece.
I think it's great that he shares my interest in astronomy. We're going out again this weekend if the skies cooperate. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Where are the astro buffs in this forum?
I was afraid he'd 'crap out' early so I brought a sleeping bag & pillow for him to sleep in the SUV, but NO WAY......he stayed glued to the telescope the entire night. (until I decided to leave at 130am) And even then when I said it was time to go...he was like...."lets look at one more thing"....and that cycle repeated itself about 5 times before I called it quits.......LOL
He's very excited about everything astronomy, and he's learning a lot too. He regularly checks out astronomy related books from the library and reads them from cover to cover. He's always quizzing me on astro-stuff. LOL
He's looked through my scope in the back yard, but he's never traveled with me to a dark sky site.
This was the observing field........

It was a local club event with maybe 15-20 people in attendance.
Him proudly posing with "Tubby". (my scope)

And this is him at about 1am.....still glued to the eyepiece.

I think it's great that he shares my interest in astronomy. We're going out again this weekend if the skies cooperate. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Where are the astro buffs in this forum?