I am sure this has been gone over before but the thought is new to me, so I figured I'd post.
What brings this up is an encounter with a friend. I am new to astronomy and excited about all of it's aspects and eager to share my enthusiasm. I really like the tech part of the hobby, Scopes, CCD imaging, mount periodic error rates and all. My friend is a before dirt techie. Has all the latest celphone, iPod, download stuff, play games, listen to music, video conference gadgets that come out. So I thought he might be interested in whats happening in amateur astronomy.
He wasn't, his comment was, "Why all the bother? Stars and all that have always been there."
And that got me wondering, why do I look to the stars? My friend did a passing glance at the Orion nebula and that was it, off to other things. Interesting to me how some people are awe struck and others couldn't care less.
What brings this up is an encounter with a friend. I am new to astronomy and excited about all of it's aspects and eager to share my enthusiasm. I really like the tech part of the hobby, Scopes, CCD imaging, mount periodic error rates and all. My friend is a before dirt techie. Has all the latest celphone, iPod, download stuff, play games, listen to music, video conference gadgets that come out. So I thought he might be interested in whats happening in amateur astronomy.
He wasn't, his comment was, "Why all the bother? Stars and all that have always been there."
And that got me wondering, why do I look to the stars? My friend did a passing glance at the Orion nebula and that was it, off to other things. Interesting to me how some people are awe struck and others couldn't care less.
