Robert Holdsworth <robbonz1@xtra.co.nz> writes: > Congratulations to all concerned. Thanks to you, and all the others expressing similar sentiments. > Maybe time to give thought to how to celebrate the 10th (a > get-together somewhere with quite reliably good skies maybe for those > able to travel?) 2 excellent ideas. > Maybe those responsible for the list might have more stories to tell > about its inception , early events etc? Another excellent idea. I encourage such stories. One resource already available: I have provided many of the earliest and most seminal messages in my annual Anniversary messages. A google.com search for: anniversary nissen site:satobs.org turns up a good bit of interesting material, on the first page of results, particularly, http://satobs.org/seesat/Nov-1996/0162.html and the curious coincidence noted in http://satobs.org/seesat/Nov-2002/0320.html Bruce MacDonald <bgmacdonald@tesco.net> writes: > I have tried to find a suitable book on satellite observing but it > seems that none has been published in recent years. No matter that books can provide very valuable summarization and broader perspective, one problem faced by publishers, in the Internet age, is that online fora, such as SeeSat-L, hollow out the core readership for a monograph. Many of those most interested in any subject are keeping up with it online from day-to-day and can avail themselves of searchable archives, thus reducing their interest in any book. Of course, gravity hasn't been much affected by recent changes, so the older material can still be fairly useful. Cheers. Walter Nissen wnissen@tfn.net -81.8637, 41.3735, 256m elevation --- This may be the most appropriate day in an interval of a hundred years to mention some notable radio and TV call signs: WLS World's Largest Store (Sears) Chicago 890 WGN World's Greatest Newspaper (Tribune) Chicago 720 WSM We Shield Millions (National Life) Nashville 650 WICU-TV Erie Ch. 12 WING Dayton 1410 ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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