Originally Posted by Trollheart

You know what's really interesting about astronomy? Sure, it's best if you have a telescope, but with a cheap pair of binoculars you can see some pretty amazing sights if you look at the stars. It's really quite breath-taking. I used to dabble in the smallest way when younger; couldn't even tell you which constellations are which now, but even just seeing that that tiny speck of light in the night sky is actually surrounded by purple and blue and red cosmic dust and looks so different just a little close-up: amazing.