Glenn Chaple's Observing Basics: Size doesn't have to matter

JON SOELLNER from OHIO said:

I recently became interested in Astronomy and pulled out of my closet an old 60mm refractor telescope that I got when I was teenager. Back then, I looked at the moon for a few nights and then went back to daydreaming about girls. A few months ago I was looking at the sky and noticed some bright stars. I went to the store and bought a copy of this magazine, ripped out the star chart, and after a few nights of study learned the night sky. Once I figured out that the bright object I saw was Jupiter, I grabbed that little telescope of mine and focused in. It was the coolest thing to see a planet with my own eyes and that little telescope. Thanks for all the help you and this magazine have provided me.

DAVID GAVASCI from NORTH CAROLINA said:

The article brings back fond memories of my 3 inch cardboard telescope I recieved for my Birthday as a child. I also still have it. I can vividly remember seeing Saturn for the first time through it. I was hooked. Although the equipment I use now is exponetially better, it is always good to look back and see where it all began.