My first career goal as a little kid was to be 天文学家.
I bought an amateur telescope a decade ago. It is a 3" beginner telescope. When the weather is good, I can watch ring of Saturn or a few satelite of Jupiter. I was hoping that the view could be as good as those photos in magazine. Now I realize that those photos must be taken with larger than 10" lens.
My first career goal as a little kid was to be 天文学家.
I could remember or recite the 88 constellations, either in Chinese or English.
At nights, I observed constellations in North and other human-made satellites (low orbit).
After I joined hutong9, I spent much less time to watch sky, if not any more.
First time heard someone talking about 蚊子. was thinking USA there was no 蚊子 at all. Sounds wrong.
Yeah, my telescope was bought about ten years ago. With it, my son and I used to observe objects in sky except moon (too shining). Summer to Winter is good time. dry and cold outside. Spring to Summer often rains. hard to setup.