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Looking Through The Wrong Telescope

Following the light that matters.

Julie R. Neidlinger
Apr 23, 2025
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Lithograph print. Image © Julie R. Neidlinger. All rights reserved.

Dad bought me a telescope, once, and the optics were good.

The stand it came with was not good, though, and it was impossible to gain fine control to locate anything in the night sky, other than the moon. The slightest wobble in the stand seemed to equal a thousand galaxies, so I learned…

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