Greg Roberts wrote: > Another anomaly, to me anyway, is why most of the US positional observers are in Texas I consider myself to be in far north Texas... > Another anomaly is why the UK, with its atrocious weather, contains the highest percentage of optical observers. This is a historical consequence, I'll bet, of the original Operation Moonwatch program, etc. > Most of the real active observers are in their late years-when they depart for a different plane where are their successors? There are certainly no prospects in my part of the world.... As one of the "newbies", I can tell you that this hobby requires a lot of learning curve, knowledge of the sky (not just go-to skills), and most of all large investment in time for delayed results. These characteristics are not consistent with most of my gen-X contemporaries; nor, I fear, will it be with my kids' generation. A constructive criticism would be to provide more positive feedback to those who do dip their toe. There have been instances in the past where people were taken to task over minor issues and never heard from again, at least in my short (3 year) tenure. Also, some of the software used and reporting conventions could use a major overhaul, not in scope or quality, but user-friendliness (please do not read as "dumbed-down"). Brad Young TULSA 1 COSPAR 8336 36.1397N, 95.9838W, 205m ASL ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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