Article on stargazing

[LDI]

Hello everyone,

I am a freelance journalist that is writing an article on recent stargazing phenomena. As I am interested in speaking with a few of you for my coverage, I joined this forum in the interest of making connections. 

If you're interested in my project, please respond to this comment, or DM me! 

Thank you so much for your interest in advance 😊

[andrew s]

Hi @LDI can you point to some work of yours. It may help us to gauge how to respond to your request.

Regards Andrew 

[LDI]

1 hour ago, andrew s said:

Hi @LDI can you point to some work of yours. It may help us to gauge how to respond to your request.

Regards Andrew 

Hello Andrew,

I'm an environmental advocate that works in the pollution reduction sector, and I'm approaching this piece from the standpoint of environmental changes in stargazing because of COVID-19.

Hope this helps! It's a new field for me, as I typically write pieces about the impact of plastic pollution. 

[Neill]

Hi @LDI my name is Neill and I run the Go Stargazing website gostargazing.co.uk. Happy to help if you'd like to get in touch neill@gostargazing.co.uk

[markse68]

interesting-I guess it really has become a phenomenon- there was an article in the Guardian Weekend mag last weekend about amateur telescope makers! 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jul/25/meteor-go-by-everyone-gasps-most-dedicated-stargazers

Edited August 1, 2020 by markse68
grammar!

[JamesF]

35 minutes ago, markse68 said:

interesting-I guess it really has become a phenomena- there was an article in the Guardian Weekend mag last weekend about amateur telescope makers! 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jul/25/meteor-go-by-everyone-gasps-most-dedicated-stargazers

Nice article.  Made me laugh too, though.  The South African girl holding the folded 'frac (which looks an interesting piece in itself).  In the text she sounds really enthusiastic, but her face in the photo... If looks could kill, the photographer would be a smouldering cinder on the driveway

James

 

[markse68]

I liked the final quote- struck a chord with me and my ancient trusty dob 😉

[JamesF]

3 minutes ago, markse68 said:

I liked the final quote- struck a chord with me and my ancient trusty dob 😉

Very true.  I'm certainly happy for people to be making beautiful telescopes (our own Tim Wetherell, for example, has been responsible for some outstanding examples), but if it doesn't get used then it's art, not astronomy.

James

[LDI]

On 31/07/2020 at 12:44, Neill said:

Hi @LDI my name is Neill and I run the Go Stargazing website gostargazing.co.uk. Happy to help if you'd like to get in touch neill@gostargazing.co.uk

Hi Neill,

Thank you for this! I was away for the weekend; I'll follow up with you momentarily. Excited to touch base.

[LDI]

On 31/07/2020 at 18:40, markse68 said:

interesting-I guess it really has become a phenomenon- there was an article in the Guardian Weekend mag last weekend about amateur telescope makers! 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jul/25/meteor-go-by-everyone-gasps-most-dedicated-stargazers

What a great piece! Love the photos, and this also helps my fledgling research.

Edited August 3, 2020 by LDI