Hello Friend,

     If you were under the impression this was going to be some instruction on how to swing your
hips on the dance floor, sorry to have to disappoint you.

        I am talking more about the bump and grinding that is made when one is making their
own telescope mirror.

First of all, thank you for sharing your many stories about your first telescopes.  I enjoyed
reading each and every one.

   In regards to that, I was chatting with a fellow by the name of Rick Simon the other day
and he was telling me that way back in the 1970's when buying a commercial amateur telescope
was a tad to expensive for him, he decided to make his own.

      Now apparently back in the "olden days", people actually had time for such endeavours
because they were not spending all their time on Facebook or watching Netflix.

How about that ?

Rick actually was a member of the Toronto RASC, and  the group would meet at the old
headquarters at 252 College Street, Toronto and discuss how to grind and make their own mirrors.

Rick's was a 6 inch size which is a pretty decent aperture size.

No question, there is something infinitely rewarding about making your own telescope
and actually seeing it come to life for the first time when you point it at the Moon or a planet
and it comes into focus.

      Like many hobbies, people get busy with life, get married, have kids, etc...and then
get sidetracked for a while.

And that is what happened with Rick.

     Sadly, his cousin recently passed away, but Rick inherited his telescope and is now fixing it up
to bring it to life again and get back into the hobby.

Albeit, it is a computerized telescope, so Rick is certainly moving forward in the hobby,
with a new and different experience.

Clear Skies,

Ray Khan

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