"Capt. Neal®" wrote in message

What's the fascination with puny amateur telescopes when
you can go on the web and see pictures from the Hubble?

For starters, about 95% of the comets that eventually enter our visual space
are detected by amateurs, not professionals.

For another reason, gazing upon one of the Messier objects with one's own
eyes offers a far superior degree of satisfaction as opposed to seeing a
much higher resolution photo taken by Hubble.

There are probably another two dozen reasons, if you really want to know.

Max