Weekly Chat Reminder

2009-12-09 Thread William T Goodall
The Brin-L weekly chat has been a list tradition for over ten years. Way back on 27 May, 1998, Marco Maisenhelder first set up a chatroom for the list, and on the next day, he established a weekly chat time. We've been through several servers, chat technologies, and even casts of regulars over

Kid's telescope buying advice?

2009-12-09 Thread Bryon Daly
*Delurking* I could use some telescope purchasing advice, if anyone's interested in helping. My astonomy knowledge is quite limited. My 9 year old son asked for a telescope for Christmas (amongst a million other things). My mom bought him a $37 Toys-R-Us one which I think is likely little