[ATM] What we see and what we want to see

["Russell Jocoy" <russjocoy@hotmail.com>]

To all on the list,

   Opinion's, Advise, and direction are very active on this list... this is 
a good thing... The deeply educated and advanced person's on the ATM list 
are very willing to lend help to all.
      If I was a novice, never knowing anything about this new realm of 
making my own telescope, I would be confused....why? Because I cannot 
understand what is being discussed, I want to make a telescope to see the 
cosmos... I understand the complex transfer of information, I also do not 
understand some of the Mathmatical feed that turns into the light to the 
eye.  If I was a rookie ATM, I would be overwhelmed with info that I didn't 
understand.
    Yes , I know this list is active and many person's are advanced in 
their ATM experience, and some are really Professional's and don't even know 
it..  I also know that whenever a rookie ask's a stupid question (there are 
no stupid question's)  The "troop's" come to the rescue and answer in 
harmony...  I really love this list, novice's and professer's can come here 
and actually get answers from the crowd that has been there, and done that..
 The new member's to this list must understand that the "school yard" is 
filled with "Seniors" and some will talk about the best "mirrors or scopes" 
but they will always give you the way to create your own... The love of 
looking at the cosmo's and being able to create a tool to magnify your eye 
to the heaven's is a never ending push to keep the skies alive to those who 
only give it a passing glance..
     Some are let down, because the eyepiece image does not look like the 
printed Hubble photo, or the 5 hour exposure that shows details beyond the 
human eye...This sadden's me , these fantastic photo's are not what any 
eyepiece can show.  I have had many people look through a 13 inch DOB and 
think it was really neat, but where is the color.. I myself have asked the 
owner of a 48inch DOB if he could see color in the Orion Nebula.....the 
answer was ..just a little green....
       I guess I am going on too long on this listing, My main idea is that 
most rookies have seen photo's from the Hubble telescope, new CCD exposures, 
or even time exposures on film that create a colorful universe on paper, but 
there is a letdown in the eyepiece... Maybe if we looked at the pictures 
before the "view" we would feel the same.... Just my in-look    Russ Jocoy
    PS   I am not putting down Exposure kings, and long stands next to a 
telescope, been there , done that... "stand on, don't let your cable release 
freeze"

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