Movie Seeing In The Dark

Didn't see it but........


I cant believe you all are nit picking the show !!
Here we have a show about astronomy intended and
shown for the public, and yet ya all still complain.

BTW what have ya all done to get the public interested
in Astronomy ? The way some of ya bitch about Starlord,
and the show, it's almost like you want amateur astronomy
to stay a secret.......

I used to do a lot of public outreaches, and am starting
back at it again this year after a long hiatus. (couple
of deaths in family, younger kid off to war......)



Think of how many Orion catalogs ya got people. Every time
ya go to a doctors office, always leave a few behind, I
know I do. Same with small scopes. It is funny watching
people in broad daylight while I setup a little scope (ST 80)
in a park and look at the Sun. The kid's are always the first
over, followed by adults. Kinda funny to watch.

When Mercury transited the Sun, I set the C 11 up for my friends
in a big park across from my house. Wound up showing it to approx
30+ other people jogging, or just walking in the park. Most hadn't
even thought about looking at the Sun, much less a planet transiting
it. But I had a large crowd of happy and impressed people for a
while who were totally engrossed in it.

It don't get no better than that !!


Clear skies.

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AM