Shoutout to the old guys who knew what planets actually looked like in the eyepiece

Viola Young · 2026-10-12T08:20:03.256722+00:00

Everyone sees those Hubble shots and thinks that is what you get at the scope, then gets bummed when Saturn is a tiny beige dot. My dad's 1978 sketchbook from his 6 inch reflector in Toledo shows the rings as a thin line, and honestly that drawing hooked me more than any poster did. What got you into looking up in the first place, a photo or a first look through glass?

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