Christ!.....

"Tim Auton" wrote in message
news
Pete Lawrence wrote:
[snip]
The old saying, you can't please all of the people all of the time, is
really true for the S@N. It's clear that lots of internet savvy
people would like to see more 'real' astronomy on the show. However,
I'm sure that there are quite a lot that don't actually do astronomy
who like to watch the interviews.

A 2 hour monthly programme - that's what's needed ;-) !

Why not two programmes? One space-sciencey with the interviews about
space probes etc. and one about amateur observation (with the odd trip
to huge professional scopes for a bit of porn!).

Sounds good to me. Can we have them both 2 hours monthly?
grim

"Geoff Smith" wrote in message
...
I totally agree with those who prefer to see 'real' astronomy in the course
of the show. This weeks episode, and the recent one from Chile with Chris
Lintott and Damian Peach, really gave a sense of what 'hands on' amateur
astronomy is all about.
Is Chris the one who's head is always rocking backwards and forwards?
grim

30 minutes once a week would be better. That would mean missing less as a
result of missing a given number of programmes a year.

"Pete Lawrence" wrote in message
...

It must be really difficult to decide what to show. The amount of
material that was collected was vast and they did a fantastic job of
reducing it into 30 mins.

The old saying, you can't please all of the people all of the time, is
really true for the S@N. It's clear that lots of internet savvy
people would like to see more 'real' astronomy on the show. However,
I'm sure that there are quite a lot that don't actually do astronomy
who like to watch the interviews.

A 2 hour monthly programme - that's what's needed ;-) !

--
Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

"Charles Gilman" wrote:

30 minutes once a week would be better. That would mean missing less as a
result of missing a given number of programmes a year.

Regular SN star parties will be a new cause of clouds. Have one every
night and I can sell my bloody telescope.

Actually had 3 glorious hours under the stars last night - naked eye
and bins. First decent chance for a dog's age - and it took me by
surprise.

Cheers

Martin

--
Martin Frey
http://www.hadastro.org.uk
N 51 02 E 0 47

On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 18:06:44 +0100, Anita Evans wrote:



"Geoff Smith" wrote in message


Glad you enjoyed it. It was certainly good fun being there :-)

Speaking as a sub-amateur astronomer

I'm another one :-)

fascinated but no telescope and
don't know what I'm looking at half the time anyway)

Fascinated, have telescope but usually wander about with the dog, just
looking with the naked eye enjoying working out what is what.

I caught the repeat on BBC4 and really enjoyed it.

Me too, after the family had to put up with a post-it note stuck to the
screen for a few days so I didn't miss it! Great to see real people and to
put some faces to the names. Very inspiring, really made me want to get the
telescope out again, but the cloud machine seems to be out of order atm..


--
Holly, in France
Holiday home in Dordogne
http://la-plaine.chez.tiscali.fr

"Charles Gilman" wrote in message
...
30 minutes once a week would be better. That would mean missing less as a
result of missing a given number of programmes a year.

?

Haven't HDDs reached your corner yet, never mind videos?
grim

In message , Holly in France
writes
Fascinated, have telescope but usually wander about with the dog, just
looking with the naked eye enjoying working out what is what.

I have a very laid back approach to astronomy - literally in fact, on a
garden lounger when there's a meteor shower or similar
As you say, much pleasure to be gained from just looking up at the night
sky.
--
Anita Evans
North Cumbria (please reply to )

On Sat, 9 Apr 2005 22:42:41 +0100, Anita Evans
wrote:

In message , Holly in France
writes
Fascinated, have telescope but usually wander about with the dog, just
looking with the naked eye enjoying working out what is what.

I have a very laid back approach to astronomy - literally in fact, on a
garden lounger when there's a meteor shower or similar
As you say, much pleasure to be gained from just looking up at the night
sky.

There are no hard and fast rules to enjoying astronomy. Each to
his/her own I say. As long as there's a mutual appreciation of what's
out there and a will to help each other then the subject will continue
to thrive.

--
Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk
Global Projects - http://www.globalobservers.net