Comments on: My love affair with astronomy http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/03/my-love-affair-with-astronomy/ If you aren't going to care about something, may as well not care about astronomy Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:44:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: dalinver http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/03/my-love-affair-with-astronomy/comment-page-1/#comment-577707 dalinver Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:59:11 +0000 http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/?p=660#comment-577707 I put 'my love' into google and this cam up on the page. I have no particular love for astronomy but what you were saying about passions and changing stages of life really hit home. I am 23 years old just about to turn 24. So a pup really. I just got engaged, have my first real job living in Korea...I'm Scottish and I'm studying for my MA in history part time. At the moment, for the first time, I am having to make those hard choices which end up not being choices about time, money and passions and wondering if I am making the right choices. Its nice to see a more seasoned campaigner (in the nicest possible way) and know that with change the passions don't have to die they just go on a backburner. This is possibly the least astronomy (yes I did nearly type astrology) related post ever on this site. Cheers, Colette I put ‘my love’ into google and this cam up on the page. I have no particular love for astronomy but what you were saying about passions and changing stages of life really hit home. I am 23 years old just about to turn 24. So a pup really. I just got engaged, have my first real job living in Korea…I’m Scottish and I’m studying for my MA in history part time. At the moment, for the first time, I am having to make those hard choices which end up not being choices about time, money and passions and wondering if I am making the right choices. Its nice to see a more seasoned campaigner (in the nicest possible way) and know that with change the passions don’t have to die they just go on a backburner. This is possibly the least astronomy (yes I did nearly type astrology) related post ever on this site. Cheers, Colette

]]> By: RickJ http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/03/my-love-affair-with-astronomy/comment-page-1/#comment-562571 RickJ Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:30:04 +0000 http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/?p=660#comment-562571 Like you I took years out for family, retired here on the lake I've come to since 1949 and built our retirement house and observatory. Not one light visible for miles and only about 30 residents of the entire township. Now I can stay out of the cold in winter and skeeters in summer. Automation makes getting the data easy. Processing it is another matter. I'm always months behind. Like you I took years out for family, retired here on the lake I’ve come to since 1949 and built our retirement house and observatory. Not one light visible for miles and only about 30 residents of the entire township. Now I can stay out of the cold in winter and skeeters in summer. Automation makes getting the data easy. Processing it is another matter. I’m always months behind.

]]> By: bethkatz17582 http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/03/my-love-affair-with-astronomy/comment-page-1/#comment-562514 bethkatz17582 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:54:03 +0000 http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/?p=660#comment-562514 Your post is so timely. This morning we finally had clear skies when it was still dark outside at 6am as I picked up the newspaper. I wondered at why I wasn't getting outside to just look up and marvel. Pictures are great, but this is real with my own eyes. So I took a few minutes to take in the dippers and the teapot. I checked out the Summer Triangle hinting at starry nights while camping. The moon was just bright enough to wash out the Milky Way. Michael, you can observe the sky from your driveway and with your kids. Mine don't remember seeing Comet Hale-Bopp, but they enjoyed it while it was here. Most of their observing is naked eye. Even young kids can easily find Orion, and he's up in the evening and part of the Globe at Night project. Keep in touch with the stars. They'll wait. Your post is so timely. This morning we finally had clear skies when it was still dark outside at 6am as I picked up the newspaper. I wondered at why I wasn’t getting outside to just look up and marvel. Pictures are great, but this is real with my own eyes.

So I took a few minutes to take in the dippers and the teapot. I checked out the Summer Triangle hinting at starry nights while camping. The moon was just bright enough to wash out the Milky Way.

Michael, you can observe the sky from your driveway and with your kids. Mine don’t remember seeing Comet Hale-Bopp, but they enjoyed it while it was here. Most of their observing is naked eye.

Even young kids can easily find Orion, and he’s up in the evening and part of the Globe at Night project.

Keep in touch with the stars. They’ll wait.

]]> By: michael http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/03/my-love-affair-with-astronomy/comment-page-1/#comment-562351 michael Fri, 20 Mar 2009 02:29:02 +0000 http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/?p=660#comment-562351 Thanks for the comment, Rick. I fixed my temperature math mistake. I'm glad you are back in your mistress's arms! Thanks for the comment, Rick. I fixed my temperature math mistake. I’m glad you are back in your mistress’s arms!

]]> By: RickJ http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/2009/03/my-love-affair-with-astronomy/comment-page-1/#comment-562338 RickJ Fri, 20 Mar 2009 02:07:05 +0000 http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/?p=660#comment-562338 Your post sounds like me, with out the BS degree. I'm a tad older as my first astronomy books were arguing over spiral galaxies being planetary systems forming -- my book came down on that side though by the time I read it Hubble had long since settled the issue. My moon book came down on the side of volcanoes for craters etc. Unfortunately when I moved to northern MN those were disposed of. Big mistake. I also am at the observatory every clear night, even as I type this, but I run it from inside so am working even at -40. BTW -15F is -26C. +15f is -9.4C Your post sounds like me, with out the BS degree. I’m a tad older as my first astronomy books were arguing over spiral galaxies being planetary systems forming — my book came down on that side though by the time I read it Hubble had long since settled the issue. My moon book came down on the side of volcanoes for craters etc. Unfortunately when I moved to northern MN those were disposed of. Big mistake.

I also am at the observatory every clear night, even as I type this, but I run it from inside so am working even at -40. BTW -15F is -26C. +15f is -9.4C

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