Totally get that feeling. My buddy showed me Saturn through his basic reflector last year and it blew my mind. You could clearly see the rings, just like a tiny sketch in the sky. That was the push I needed to finally get my own used scope off the classifieds. What kind of setup does your local guy use?

No way, that's awesome! I mean, it's wild how much you can see with just a pair of decent binoculars too. I've spotted Jupiter's moons with mine, which seems impossible until you actually do it. Makes you realize how much is up there just waiting for a quick look.

My old laptop survived that trick three times.