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I would take it as an opportunity to show her some pretty amazing things. First words out of my mouth would be "Want to see Jupiter? With my telescope, we can see the Red Spot as well as the moons!"
And then it would go from there.
Comment by light_to_shaddow at 04/07/2024 at 00:08 UTC
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I showed my wife the rings of Saturn from our back yard with a relatively basic telescope.
I was blown away, seeing the light that had travelled from the sun, to Saturn then to Earth to be caught and funneled to my eye. No special effects or manipulation.
She could not have been less bothered and went in because it was cold.
It wouldn't do for us all to be the same. It's fine for us to have different interests.