I've been an astronomy bug ever since my Dad used to carry me out in the back yard when I was a rug rat and point out constellations to me. I remember he'd point out the Big Dipper, and I'd be looking so hard that my eyes practically popped out and I really couldn't see it. Then came the sudden realization that this was essentially a game of "connect the dots," and suddenly, there it was!

Took a few astronomy classes in college and even got in some telescope time. Looking at Saturn, complete with rings—the real thing, not just a photograph—as a real blast!

I understand that Jack Horkheimer was not really an ordained and annointed astronomer, but was an avid amateur astronomer and was executive director of the Miami Planetarium.

Watching his little 5-minute programs on my local PBS affiliate late in the evening reminded me very much of the times Dad would take me out into the back yard on a summer evening and point out the constellations.

Yep. Keep looking up!

Don Firth