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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Seated J, post: 4988505, member: 102873&quot;]Another amateur astronomer here, since I got a Montgomery Ward refractor for Christmas at age 10 (I still have the objective lens). I&#039;ve drifted through chess, rockhounding, and numismatics as hobbies but astronomy has been the one enduring interest.</p><p>I&#039;ve had more of a naturalist approach rather than an &#039;amateur scientist&#039;, I do appreciate the science but the emphasis has always been visual observing. A hazard of this is an affliction known as aperture fever, the drive for ever larger instruments to see more. I&#039;ve seen advanced cases at the Oregon Star Party over the years, the telltale is the need to tow the telescope in its own trailer.</p><p>With retirement approaching I decided to drop Sirius money on a scope that would have to be the final progression in my aperture fever. I got one of these:</p><p><a href="https://obsessiontelescopes.com/telescopes/18UC/index.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://obsessiontelescopes.com/telescopes/18UC/index.php" rel="nofollow">https://obsessiontelescopes.com/telescopes/18UC/index.php</a></p><p>It cured me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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