A small astronomy win in Cape Town

Ngozi Bello · 85 likes

You explained teh tradeoff realy clearly. I would test it for 6 days before deciding

Sara Hosseini · 32 likes

I get the appeal though I would be careful calling it the best option. My friend tried it in Seoul and had the opposite result

Chinedu Adeyemi · 28 likes

this is the kind of useful internet I still show up for.

[deleted] · 24 likes

I used to overcomplicate this constantly.

Sebastián Rojas · 19 likes

Can you expand on that a bit?

Arif Hasan · 12 likes

Thanks that actually helped

Hugo Sánchez · 3 likes

same here, I used to overcomplicate it too

[deleted] · 5 likes

Beautifully concise

Bianca Santos · 2 likes

my wallet felt that

Miguel Santos · 22 likes

This reminds me of something a friend in Madrid mentioned. The social part surprised me too

Hana Choi · 3 likes

Beautifully concise

Isha Menon · 11 likes

Big fan of this approach.

Maya Williams · 11 likes

Wonderful detail. It makes the whole thing feel real.

Emir Kaya · 10 likes

fair point, but I had the opposite experience.

Mia Anderson · 16 likes

I think both things can be true

Isha Menon · 5 likes

Totally agree, especially for beginners

Arif Hasan · 2 likes

adding this to my notes

Rapid Otter · 4 likes

yep, the boring details matter

Arif Hasan · 9 likes

I agree with the goal and disagree with the method

Huy Le · 2 likes

Can you expand on that a bit?

Paolo Garcia · 2 likes

I am curious what changed your mind

Oliver Smith · 9 likes

This depends heavily on budget, time and personality.

Quiet Runner · 9 likes

This would have saved me a lot of trial and error.

Mara Fischer · 9 likes

Saving this for the next time I overthink astronomy.

Pieter Botha · 9 likes

This is the kind of useful internet I still show up for. My friend tried it in Manila and had the opposite result. Nature keeps being stranger then the simplified diagram

Solar Baker · 7 likes

Love the tiny experiment energy.

Amelia Hughes · 5 likes

yep, the boring details matter

Mariana Costa · 5 likes

Totally agree, especially for beginners

Paper River · 6 likes

This would have saved me a lot of trial and error.

Noah Meier · 5 likes

I am mostly here for the follow-up. My only addition is to make the first step visible

Mango Fern · 4 likes

Helpful and not preachy, which is rare

Noor Janssens · 4 likes

I wouldn't call it wrong, just incomplete.

Camila Soto · 3 likes

Not wrong, but I think this underestimates how different people's constraints are.

Rohan Mehta · 5 likes

I would pin this if I could

Bianca Santos · 1 likes

Can you expand on that a bit?

Pixel Fern · 1 likes

@rohan-84 I needed the reminder to start smaller

Maya Putri · 1 likes

@cedar_river Exactly; the hidden cost is energy

Avery Johnson · 1 likes

There's a hidden assumption here that not everyone shares. The simplest version wins for me.

Khalid Al Zahrani · 1 likes

that last line is excellent

Sara Ahmed · 1 likes

Curious whether telescopes still feel easier next month.

Paper Runner · 0 likes

That last line is excellent. This would be a great classroom example.

Amelia Hughes · 0 likes

This reminds me of something a friend in Melbourne mentioned