Those self-alligning telescopes are great. My dad got one and it cut through the light pollution here in memphis. For best results though we had to travel 30-40 minutes to be able to find the stars it needed to get its position. It did take some time for it to adjust though.
Dr Plait truly was my first introduction to the skeptical movement. I used to listen to coast to coast AM and loved it when he would come on and give updates on space missions and general "good" astronomy. I started following Phil's blog and when I began listening to podcasts a few years ago, discovered the SGU, Geologic, Skepticality, etc and it's been pretty much down hill from there :)
I know it's bad form to just write "Same here" oder "Me too" in a public forum, but: Same here, me too. In my case, I might add Randi and the JREF and, of course, Carl Sagan.
Those self-alligning telescopes are great. My dad got one and it cut through the light pollution here in memphis. For best results though we had to travel 30-40 minutes to be able to find the stars it needed to get its position. It did take some time for it to adjust though.
CBUEngineer 3 years ago
Dr Plait truly was my first introduction to the skeptical movement. I used to listen to coast to coast AM and loved it when he would come on and give updates on space missions and general "good" astronomy. I started following Phil's blog and when I began listening to podcasts a few years ago, discovered the SGU, Geologic, Skepticality, etc and it's been pretty much down hill from there :)
unaka2012 3 years ago 2
I know it's bad form to just write "Same here" oder "Me too" in a public forum, but: Same here, me too. In my case, I might add Randi and the JREF and, of course, Carl Sagan.
leporidus 3 years ago