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	<title>Comments on: Producer&#039;s Notes&#58; Amateur Astronomers</title>
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		<title>By: carol straus</title>
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		<dc:creator>carol straus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I enjoyed watching the QUEST program last night very much!  For such a short segment, it certainly covered a lot of information and was very well done, including the many gorgeous celestial photographs along with the people featured who are dedicated to amateur astronomy.  

I&#039;m happy you included footage from John Dobson&#039;s telescope-making video along with the interview material.  My only wish would have been that more of John&#039;s unique views on cosmology had been included, even though I realize that wasn&#039;t the focus of your program.  I did love the quote at the end!

Also there was no mention of the movie about John, A Sidewalk Astronomer, which is available at http://www.telescopepictures.com/.  It&#039;s a marvelous film that explores in depth who John is and what he does.  Please note that this movie has been shown on other public television stations around the world, but NOT on our local KQED, which I think is a shame!

Thank you again for this wonderful overview of local amateur astronomy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I enjoyed watching the QUEST program last night very much!  For such a short segment, it certainly covered a lot of information and was very well done, including the many gorgeous celestial photographs along with the people featured who are dedicated to amateur astronomy.  </p>
<p>I'm happy you included footage from John Dobson's telescope-making video along with the interview material.  My only wish would have been that more of John's unique views on cosmology had been included, even though I realize that wasn't the focus of your program.  I did love the quote at the end!</p>
<p>Also there was no mention of the movie about John, A Sidewalk Astronomer, which is available at <a href="http://www.telescopepictures.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.telescopepictures.com/</a>.  It's a marvelous film that explores in depth who John is and what he does.  Please note that this movie has been shown on other public television stations around the world, but NOT on our local KQED, which I think is a shame!</p>
<p>Thank you again for this wonderful overview of local amateur astronomy.</p>
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