Smart Telescopes: The Final Frontier

November 19, 2025

I read about these "Smart Telescopes" with interest in my June issue of Astronomy Magazine. That's got to be expensive, I thought. Surprisingly, not!

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Judgment vs. Observation

I want to talk about judgment vs. observation for a moment here. Many of us, myself included, have spent a lot of time judging others. Let's face it - it's fun. It's satisfying. It's also kind of mean, but we knew that. What about learning from something we're judging - it then becomes an observation. What's the difference? Here's how to sort it out, as the British say.

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Consider...

If you can't figure out how to be kind, learn to be quiet.

--author unknown

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