Misconceptions

How can we gently respond to misconceptions so that visitors are encouraged to keep exploring astronomy?
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[@stevenemert837]

Thanks, that is some good advice. One misconception that I had over twenty years ago when attending my first star party is that I asked "if we could see the flag on the Moon". Back then I was shut down pretty abruptly. Remembering that incident, I now gently describe why we can't. But now we're also aided by pictures from the LRO that do show the Apollo landing sites, and we can use that to describe how we were able to image the sites since the LRO is in a pretty low lunar orbit.

[@josephdonais4778]

Misconceptions: At 60yro I doubt I will be around when gender, race and all those other things will be put out properly as the social fires they are and we can get into the business of being we all strive for. As it has ever been, distraction in a sinking boat has only ever gone one way. We really do have some rather detrimental issues that need the full force of our attention.
The goings on of day-to-day life... all my best to our future.

[@noobhubzero1760]

One misconception I notice is people confusing astronomy and astrology. It happens a lot when I have conversations with others, and I wonder if it has an effect on the way people perceive the field of astronomy on a whole.