Re: NYC Planetarium
- From: "Dave Mitsky" <djm28@xxxxxxx>
- Date: 31 Aug 2006 04:50:00 -0700
Dennis Woos wrote:
I think that amateur astronomers with green laser pointers are fulfilling
the role of teaching the night sky and astronomy. Just the other week, my
son and a friend of his and I did a presentation at a family summer camp.
My son and friend did the indoor slide show and black hole demo while I set
up a couple of scopes. After the indoor show, everybody came out and we
observed till midnight. While packing up, I noticed a young woman writing
away like mad in a notebook. She said that she was from NYC and had to
write everything down that she had learned, and that she had had no idea how
amazing astronomy was. This is the kind of thing that keeps us doing these
events - better than a planetarium show!
Dennis
Dennis,
Amateur astronomers have been teaching folks the night sky for a long
time without the use of green laser pointers. I have seen too many
cases of misuse (and have had some close calls personally with GLPs in
the hands of irresponsible amateurs) to condone the use of GLPs.
Dave MItsky
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