Flippant
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I know y'all have a love for it.
Sure, everybody thinks the local stuff is great, Jupiter is King, and Saturn is the gem of the Solar System. But I say, planets shmanets.
I'm talking about the way out there stuff you need a telescope to appreciate, and for most of that you're still only looking at light smudges- it's knowing what it is, the feeble photons brushing your mirror (or lenses) ever so gently, that interests you.
Things like the only quasar for the back yard telescope, 3c273.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/3C273
It's so far away, and yet so bright it boggles the mind.
Who's with me, any amateur astronomers here?
Sure, everybody thinks the local stuff is great, Jupiter is King, and Saturn is the gem of the Solar System. But I say, planets shmanets.
I'm talking about the way out there stuff you need a telescope to appreciate, and for most of that you're still only looking at light smudges- it's knowing what it is, the feeble photons brushing your mirror (or lenses) ever so gently, that interests you.
Things like the only quasar for the back yard telescope, 3c273.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/3C273
It's so far away, and yet so bright it boggles the mind.
Who's with me, any amateur astronomers here?