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Re: (meteorobs) Coming in November Sky & Telescope...



In a message dated 08/29/2001 1:00:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
fb4a042@botanik.botanik.uni-hamburgdot de writes:



If you don't like to read postings reflecting the
scientific background of your hobby - simply delete
them, there are not very many of them. I delete many meteorobs
postings. But don't complain afterwards that you did not see a
Leonid storm while others did.

Hartwig







 






Hi everyone,

I don't say very many things here but just wanted to chip in here and hope
it's ok to do so. Lew, if it isn't please remove this message if you can and
I'll understand.

I am an amateur like some of you and am sure I don't know what even a lot of
amateurs know about our beautiful night skies. I don't understand about a lot
of the technical jargon posted about as I only took 1 semester of Physics and
2 of Astronomy and each of those were quite some time ago.

But I for one appreciate the detail that so many of you go into because I can
no longer go out and observe as I once did. Sometimes, I sit here and read
your messages and can just visualize what it must have been like while you
were observing and can feel the wind and feel the chill of the cold Winter's
night or
the frustration of having to deal with the full Moon or light pollution and
even those skeeters someone just wrote about recently!

And isn't that one reason why we are all here? To discuss something that is
so profound and beautiful and just extraordinary?

It just seems to me that as large as our Universe is that there should be
more than enough room for each of us to have his or her place here on this
list where we can share things and to talk together and maybe even learn some
new things along the way?

I for one am very grateful to all of the professionals who take their time to
share their knowledge on this list and as an amateur, it's a real treat to
hear where other's like me are coming from too.

Well, I'll be quiet now. I hope this letter has not offended anyone and if it
has, please accept my deepest and sincerest apologies.

Thank you,

Michael

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