Re: Celestron and Int Star Registry
- From: Greg Crinklaw <theskyhoundyoureye@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:12:10 -0600
AstroApp wrote:
On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:47:45 +0100, "Les"
<lnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Entrants are also encouraged to nominate their favorite "celebrity" to have
a star named after them through a partnership with International Star
Registry. Following the contest, Celestron will announce the people's choice
for the celebrity star naming and the Star Registry will make the new name
official."
http://www.celestron.com/c2/news_view.php?NewsID=34
Heh. Now I don't feel quite as guilty as I did for a while, after
writing this rather bitter commentary on my website about a Celestron
ad campaign that made me grind my teeth.
http://home.earthlink.net/~8-h-haggis/jottings.htm#GOTO
I may have to add the stuff about the Int'l Star Registry, and --
particularly -- Clay Sherrod's followup comments at the end of it as
an update.
AstroApp/srw/big Celestron scope fan but not an uncritical one...
Enjoy your witch hunt then. What you people are doing is wrong!
--
Greg Crinklaw
Astronomical Software Developer
Cloudcroft, New Mexico, USA (33N, 106W, 2700m)
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