Stupid Astronomy Questions

A bit of humour.

I saw in a magazine recently an article about dumb astronomy
questions. OK, we shouldn't laugh, but you have to.

One that comes to mind, was that during the 2002 Solar Eclipse in
Australia, the radio station had a discussion on the Eclipse, and the
journo was reminding people it was dangerous to look at the eclipse
with the naked eye.

So he gets a call from an exasperated listener, who said:
"If it's so dangerous, why are they having one at all?"

My own personal favourite, was in response to my sunspot photographs:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/wanglese/photos.html

I received one email asking me how I managed to take the photographs
during the day, when surely it would be too bright.



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On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 00:24:35 +0000, Wally Anglesea™ wrote:

A bit of humour.

I saw in a magazine recently an article about dumb astronomy questions.
OK, we shouldn't laugh, but you have to.

One that comes to mind, was that during the 2002 Solar Eclipse in
Australia, the radio station had a discussion on the Eclipse, and the
journo was reminding people it was dangerous to look at the eclipse with
the naked eye.

So he gets a call from an exasperated listener, who said: "If it's so
dangerous, why are they having one at all?"

My own personal favourite, was in response to my sunspot photographs:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/wanglese/photos.html

I received one email asking me how I managed to take the photographs
during the day, when surely it would be too bright.

See? Its not "Only in America", we've got our own! :-)