As a former backyard astronomer this story made Johnny laugh and laugh

When Johnny lived way back in Ypsilanti he had himself a fine telescope. He'd spend hours looking at galaxies and planets and so forth. Since this took place at night (mostly) and since Ypsilanti was a college town often times students who had imbibed a wee bit would walk by and always ask what Johnny was looking at. He has seen the reaction from the two women in the Gothamist story from others. The first time they see Saturn's rings is a real zap for some people. They never ever imagined they'd see it with their own eyes.

Oh, and Johnny wasn't trickin'.