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(meteorobs) Subscriber Introduction (belated - sorry!)
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Subject: (meteorobs) Subscriber Introduction (belated - sorry!)
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From: Lew Gramer <dedalus>
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Date: Fri, 22 Nov 96 12:09:38 -0500
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Reply-To: meteorobs@latradedot com
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Date: Sat, 2 Nov 96 18:50:30 UT
From: "Thomas Wojack" <pued@msndot com>
Hello,
I'm Thomas Wojack.
Here is my Astronomical profile:
Around 1987, me and my family(I was 5 years old then)would look at the moon
with just naked eye. In 1991 I found a 60mm refractor and just looked at the
sky. I saw several fireballs! Unfourtantly, I lost the eyepiece. So, I
saved $25 and bought another eyepiece. But this eyepiece had too much power
and disliked telescopes. We were awed with the piece of rock. In 1992, I
started getting serious with astronomy. I subscribed to ASTRONOMY Magazine.
I was baffled by the amount of stars visible in binoculars. In 1995, I
decided to give telescopes another try. bought a 6" telescope from Orion. It
was incredible. I watched Jupiter's moons dance and saw the
moon(IMPRESSIVE!). I observed the horsehead nebula(beautiful and super easy
to find!). In 1996, I joined ALPO to observe the moon. I also got hooked on
to the Internet, which has overwhelming astronomical resources. I can get
images for basically free. I have never enjoyed astronomy so much! When I've
been playing outside, I would see some sporadics. BTW, in 1993, I observed
the leonids, and I saw 10 in about 25 minutes. Meteors were the most amazing
thing I had ever seen.
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