I have
changed, but the thrill remains the same!
Jupiter
A month and one half from now and I
will be 77 years old. Several
of my teenage interests are still part of what
made me what I am. I
have just returned from outside where I observed the First
Quarter
Moon through my 80mm/400 mm focal length/refractor. I have
never gotten
over the thrill I experienced in Indiana as I looked
through my very, very crude
2 inch objective refractor with about a
48 inch focal length. The chances are
excellent I was the only
student in Paris Crossing High School, in Southern
Indiana who
a telescope. Several boys, and a few girls, peered through my
$12
monster and were awed by the craters on the Moon, Jupiter’s four
moons, the
rings of Saturn, and the phases of Venus. Sunspots
could be projected onto a
piece of white paper held some distance
from the eyepiece.
Over 60 years has passed since those clear skies were both my
entertainment and outdoor
classroom. Several telescopes have
come and gone, yet the joy of seeing God’s
spectacular creation in
the heavens has always remained the same. Nothing puts
life into
the proper physical perspective of seeing nebulae, star clusters,
double stars, and galaxies thousands, millions, of light years away.
I'll never fully understand how the Creator and Sustainer of the
Universe finds time for me. WOW!
Glenn <><
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