Are You Ready to Become an Astrophysicist with Your New Telescope?

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The discussion centers around the excitement of receiving a MEADE ETX-80 Refracting Telescope as a Christmas gift. The user shares their experience of using the telescope for the first time, successfully locating Jupiter and the Moon with their father, who expressed a desire to have pursued a career in astrophysics if he had access to such a telescope. This sparked the user's own interest in becoming an astrophysicist. Another participant mentions using a telescope to view Jupiter and recommends downloading Stellarium, a software that provides a current sky map based on geographical location. The conversation highlights the joy of stargazing and the supportive community found on the forum.
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You should have seen my face when I tore open one of my christmas presents this year. I got a MEADE ETX-80 Refracting Telescope. Last night the sky was a bit cloudy, thus we could not see any stars, or the moon, thus we couldn't use the telescope. But tonight it was a perfect night. Me and my father were able to locate Jupiter, and the Moon (of course). My dad seemed more excited than me, and kept saying that if he was able to have one of these telescopes, he would have wanted to become a AstroPhysicist, not a theoretical physicist. Since tonight, seems as if I'm in the same situation as my father's. I wanna' become an AstroPhysicist! Just as fortunate, there is an Astro Physics page on this very website. I'm very excited! :approve:
 
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Awesome! I actually just took mine out today and I got a decent view of Jupiter but my telescope is kind of run down. You should download Stellarium, it's a small piece of software that has the current sky map in your geographical location. You can move it in the future in the past to find out where the planets and stars will be on other dates.

Good luck!
 
Congratulations!

And welcome to PF, you'll find this site very helpful!
 
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Congratulations!

And welcome to PF, you'll find this site very helpful!

Thanks! I've already found it helpful. :biggrin:
 

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