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Re: (meteorobs) Hi to all of you

Hi Philipp!!

Great to have you on board.  Actually, it sounds like you are doing just
fine on the sky familarity thing.  At least, it sure sounds like me when I
was first getting acquainted with the sky 50+ years ago, and a couple of
weeks ago too, when I was trying to find a constellation I hadn't found
before.  As you come to realize which of your guesses are correct you
gradually build a base of familarity from which to extend into new
territory.  You can do this in a night, or in 50+ years like me.  I have
never wanted to rush learning everything there is to know, because I wanted
to keep the special thrill of discovery alive in the night sky for me.  So
far, after many years of being a "professional" astronomer, it is still
with me I'm happy to say.  Of course, I haven't learned very much of what
there is to know, but that's the way it goes.  You are doing everything
just right!! Keep searching for those books, and if you come across a copy
of Norton's Star Atlas I think you will be in good shape for really firming
up your knowledge of the "Firmament". You need to do that anyway so you can
get a handle on the idea of a meteor radiant being named for some
constellation or star/constellation.  My copy of Norton's is all messed up
with penciled in traces of meteors and radiant points and stuff.  You can't
help but have a great time in anything you do in astronomy, especially as
long as you keep that special feeling towards the night sky that you get
when you are connecting with it a star at a time like you are doing right
now!!!

Keep up the great work!!!

All the Best

Jim Wray

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At 04:48 PM 12/5/99 CET, you wrote:
>Hello again!
>
>I'm quite new to this list (I subscribed two ago), and I thought, because of 
>the mail from Lew Gramer, I thought I will tell you all a little bit of 
>myself.
>As you may have noticed, my name is Philipp Schmid. I'm 17 years old and I'm 
>interested in space and astronomy since many years. I live in Vienna, 
>Austria (for those you don't know where this is: it's in Europe! If you 
>search it on the map you will find out, that it is right between Germany and 
>Italy. Not very big, but not too small). Now I want to take it more seriosly 
>(watching the sky) than before and I hope I'll get some ideas from your 
>mails. Because I'm quite new, I have got the question if someone of you 
>could give me some ideas for starting exploring the sky. I have got some 
>books, a starmap. The problem is, that when I go outside and try to find 
>some objects, I find them on the map (no problem) but I hardly find them on 
>the sky. Eventually I find them, but I'm not sure then if it is the right 
>object, I was looking for. I hope someone can help me. I mean, someone gave 
>me some book titles (and I'm glad for this) but is there homepage too, where 
>I can find the information? Bokks are so expensive in Austria.
>Thanks, and clera skys to everybody.
>Philipp
>my email: schmidphilipp@hotmail.com
>
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