When was the first time you saw the moon through a telescope?

**Trigg** · 2012-12-21, 03:13 PM

We (me, my Brother and my Dad) looked at venus through a telescope, but not the moon. Think i was about maybe 7/8 or something.

**Xilurm** · 2012-12-21, 03:21 PM

I've never even looked through a telescope...

**Vanyali** · 2012-12-21, 04:24 PM

Glasses make it hard for me to use telescopes... and if i take them off i can't see anything it's pointed at

**Fishbait** · 2012-12-21, 04:26 PM

1977 or 1978, not sure which., through my first telescope..
Copious amounts of times ever since 8)

**breadisfunny** · 2012-12-21, 05:31 PM

when i was 7/8 i think. wasn't too terribly impressive.

**Noobadin** · 2012-12-21, 05:33 PM

I haven't so far. I'll make sure to post again in this thread when I do.

**Ciddy** · 2012-12-23, 06:15 AM

Think I was around 16 (it would've been 2000/2001). Took a telescope out on the back porch and looked at it on a really good night. It was awesome enough that I'll probably never forget.

If I ever have a ton of extra money, I want to get one of those really badass telescopes. The one I have is the cheap Wal Mart special. Good for looking at the moon, but that's about it.

**muto** · 2012-12-23, 11:27 AM

I looked at it a few times with binoculars when I was in middle school I think.

Never a telescope though

**Caesonia** · 2012-12-23, 11:33 AM

never......now that i tihnk about it i dont think i have even used a telescope before

**Jakexe** · 2012-12-23, 11:40 AM

I would've been like 8 and my father took my out with a little home kit telescope, I was most likely not that impressed. Fast forward a decade and a bit and I took my father along with me during a uni astronomy class with some real professional equipment avalible and seeing the moon through that equipment was mind blowing. Actually seeing the depth in the craters was impressive.

**George** · 2012-12-23, 11:58 AM

As with everything these days, there are telescopes that you can use... online.

Here's an article to get you started.

**TylerN** · 2012-12-23, 12:05 PM

Through a telescope ? never done that. Have used binoculars though, and even that looks amazing.

**Blapis** · 2012-12-23, 01:35 PM

Looking to the moon directly through a telescope, which is bigger than binocular is actually very bad idea. It's very risky for your eyes (especially when full). Even Venus can be dangerous because of that.
So yeah, I suggest binocular

**Themius** · 2012-12-23, 01:47 PM

Originally Posted by Blueobelisk

Uhm. Never. I live in New York lol, I don't think people do that where I live. It's too crowded and too many buildings and trees.

I lived in New York and I first saw the moon through my own telescope when I was like 10 or 11.

**Arkenaw** · 2012-12-23, 02:30 PM

I'm not sure I have, if I did I don't remember. The moon is massively boring to me, I'd rather be looking for nebulae.

**Butler Log** · 2012-12-23, 03:24 PM

Originally Posted by Fuzzzie

I used to have a fairly decent telescope but I sold it. Too much light noise where I live to really get good use out of a decent telescope.

You can get filters to help with that.

**Majad** · 2012-12-23, 03:50 PM

I don't think I have, ever, looked at anything through a telescope.

**Kasierith** · 2012-12-23, 03:53 PM

When I was 15, at an observatory. Astronomy has never held any particularly interest to me, however.

**Grummgug** · 2012-12-23, 05:20 PM

Yes I think a trip to an observatory to get a real good look at the sky would be very fun.

**Didactic** · 2012-12-24, 10:13 AM

Mrmmmm probably nine, at the Sydney Observatory.

I still stargaze quite frequently. Eastern Washington is perfect for this - not much cloud, no light pollution. I take my reflecting telescope and set it up in the bed of my pickup with some Mozart playing from my iDock :3

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