28-06-2019, 08:27 AM
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I am in Trouble.
HiJakob, the autistic Pretendie had his birthday, he is 11.
He has been asking about the Moon and Stars, something they did at his Special School.
They went to a Planetarium.
He was fascinated.
Me being me, I gave him a telescope for his Birthday.
He loves it.
Unfortunately I did not think that we are in Summer, so the only way he can use it is in the night.
He is setting his alarm for 1 in the morning and then using it for a couple of hours.
Mum and Dad are not best pleased.
28-06-2019, 08:47 AM
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Re: I am in Trouble.
Originally Posted by swimfeeders
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HiJakob, the autistic Pretendie had his birthday, he is 11.
He has been asking about the Moon and Stars, something they did at his Special School.
They went to a Planetarium.
He was fascinated.
Me being me, I gave him a telescope for his Birthday.
He loves it.
Unfortunately I did not think that we are in Summer, so the only way he can use it is in the night.
He is setting his alarm for 1 in the morning and then using it for a couple of hours.
Mum and Dad are not best pleased.
It features a giant scale model (7metres diameter) of the moon suspended in mid-air, as well as other moony things!
https://my-moon.org/about/
28-06-2019, 08:52 AM
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Re: I am in Trouble.
Originally Posted by swimfeeders
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HiJakob, the autistic Pretendie had his birthday, he is 11.
He has been asking about the Moon and Stars, something they did at his Special School.
They went to a Planetarium.
He was fascinated.
Me being me, I gave him a telescope for his Birthday.
He loves it.
Unfortunately I did not think that we are in Summer, so the only way he can use it is in the night.
He is setting his alarm for 1 in the morning and then using it for a couple of hours.
Mum and Dad are not best pleased.
28-06-2019, 08:55 AM
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Re: I am in Trouble.
One of my young granddaughters had a telescope bought for her birthday. It was quite a good one that allowed something like details of the surface of the moon to be seen. That was then linked up to either an iPad or laptop, not sure which, by her father. She could then take either photographs or screen shots of what the telescope saw and save them. As a result she now has an album of digital photographs to look at and refer to.With new technology and the help of Mr Google, today's youngsters are quite knowledgeable about subjects in which they are interested. Far different from my younger days at that age.
28-06-2019, 10:23 AM
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Re: I am in Trouble.
Originally Posted by d00d
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A telescope in summer here where I live ... you might see the odd bare nipple. 
28-06-2019, 04:25 PM
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Re: I am in Trouble.
Jakon has been bitten! There is no cure!Haha, what an exceptional gift. Unless you want to be up all night supervising:
1. Think about getting him an indoor star projector for the cooler months and hours past curfew.
2. Get a poster of the moon - a good, detailed one. Have him put it as far down a hall as possible at the lowest magnification and give him the assignment of learning first the seas (mares) and then the craters.
3. Make sure he has an app like Star Chart. Remarkably, he can actually play around with and se the map of this night sky while he's indoors.
The moon museum looks fabulous. Feed that curiosity, and yes, whatever you do, don't give him drums - or a trumpet. Stars are much quieter. Maybe one day he'll work in one of my "offices"
.Stars above, clouds below:
The telescopes in the first photo are on the left and perpendicular to the perspective in the first photo. The yellow stakes are for measuring snow depth:
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