SETI public: Fw: [HASTRO-L] Two items on the "Year of Physics" controversy

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From: John M. McMahon<mailto:mcmahon_at_LEMOYNE.EDU>
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Subject: [HASTRO-L] Two items on the "Year of Physics" controversy

1) Both sides get ink in this from the BBC, 8/4/04:

"Astronomers oppose 'light relay'"

"A plan to celebrate the 'Year of Physics' by shining lights into the night
sky has upset some astronomers. Dubbed a 'grand optical relay', the
proposal involves people switching on lights in a relay around the world on
18 April next year."

Text :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/leicestershire/3936799.stm>

2) A profile of astrophysicist Darren Baskill (quoted in the above) appears
as part of an article on internet activism:

BBC 8/4/04:

"Making a difference in cyberspace"

Excerpt:

"It is approaching midnight and Darren Baskill is putting in another late
night at the University of Leicester. But as he gazes into the night sky,
the astrophysicist is not greeted by a vista of stars - instead it is a
yellowy haze caused by the city's street lights.

Like anyone with an interest in astronomy, Dr Baskill is more sensitive than
most people to the frustrations of light pollution. He runs the website for
the Campaign for Dark Skies, and is using it to 'enlighten' people about the
problems his profession is facing."

Text with some (pretty depressing) "slide show" images:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/3936781.stm>

John McMahon
Classics
Le Moyne College

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