Astronomy

[astronomer]

Astronomy comes up often in discussions about God so I thought it would be a good idea to start a thread about the subject. I'm new and still learning how to navigate these forums but I didn't see any place where astronomy was being discussed so I suppose this is as good as place as any to start.
I'm only an amateur astronomer and I hope this thread title will catch the eye of someone with more knowledge than me and he or she will take the lead in the discussions.
For now, I think it would be nice if someone would start the conversation with something they're interested in and we'll take it from there. If not, I'll post something tomorrow to get the ball rolling. Roger

 

[pgp_protector]

Not even an amateur here

I need to get a new mount for my scope (needed one for the last few years)

I've got a 4.5" Reflecting dish good enough to see the spot on Jupiter & the Rings on Saturn though

One of these days I'll get it back set up and I'd love to have it computer controlled with a good CCD so I can watch events from the comfort my my office

 

[astronomer]

Wow, that was a quick response! You put a smile on my face. I like this website already!
Do you think there's going to be much of an interest in this subject? I sure hope so because God, family and astronomy are my top 3 priorities in life and this thread covers two of them. Nice to meet you. Thanks for responding, Roger
By the way, what brand is your telescope? I have an Orion XT10 Dobsonian.

 

[astronomer]

I guess there's not much interest in this subject. Besides, I'm not real comfortable after I've looked this website over a little more so I'm moving on. Good bye everyone.

 

[RoadWarrior]

I love astronomy but haven't done much sky watching of late. My interest in astronomy began when I first started reading science fiction in the 3rd Grade. After reading fictional books about travels to Vega, Ganymede and Betelgeuse, imagine my surprise to learn those were real places. This is when I began reading books about astronomy at a time when America was in a race to the Moon against the Soviet Union.

Recently, I gave my girlfriend an iPad. She's mostly interested in Facebook, but I had her install Star Walk on it. We'll have some fun with that on a clear, moonless night.

 

[BlueLioness]

I've just now began to watch the sky. I have some books about outer space and I was studying those.

HubbleSite - The Telescope

Astronomy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Doctor Strangelove]

I'm interested in astronomy - have been interested in it since childhood. I sometimes go to meetings of the local astronomy club. I have binoculars but right now no really good telescope. Also interested in radio astronomy. Would also like to someday get a spectrograph with a suitable telescope.

 

[BlueLioness]

Astronomy comes up often in discussions about God so I thought it would be a good idea to start a thread about the subject. I'm new and still learning how to navigate these forums but I didn't see any place where astronomy was being discussed so I suppose this is as good as place as any to start.
I'm only an amateur astronomer and I hope this thread title will catch the eye of someone with more knowledge than me and he or she will take the lead in the discussions.
For now, I think it would be nice if someone would start the conversation with something they're interested in and we'll take it from there. If not, I'll post something tomorrow to get the ball rolling. Roger

You know I've always wanted to get into astronomy, but I'm an amateur just like you. But I came across an interesting lesson about how to build your own telescope.

Looking up at the night sky has always given my a sense of awe of just how big God is and it has made me feel like an insignificant speck.

God is bigger and greater than the Universe that He made, and thinking about that is mind-staggering.

 

[Lewisb]

I'm a life long Amateur astronomer I find Robert Evan's books on Astronomy particularly interesting he writes about the discipline from a christian perspective.
His website is particularly helpful