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Hi all!

I spoke with someone I know at the Perth newspaper today and mentioned that at some point we would like to do a public astronomy night for the town of Perth so he said since no company was involved they would be willing to do a free public announcement in the paper to let people know!
I thought a good spot would be in Conlon park which is just west of Perth in a collection of soccer fields and a clear unpolluted view to the west and south, also its close enought that people could easily drive there from anywhere in Perth. I think the owners of the park would be willing to turn off all lights for the occasion!
This type of event would also do a lot to raise awareness of light pollution issues, I'll keep you all posted on this as I get more details, I'm sure we could get several 100 people to come out for this!


--clear skies

Mike W

That sounds just great! If you do manage to get some free publicity
for that kind of event, perhaps we should offer some kind of rain date
to be publicized for that event as well. Good going!

I found the semi-dark site of Almonte (mag.4.5) to be much more
satisfying than a shopping mall site (mag.1.2), so the idea of a park
is particularly appealing.

Sounds like fun - schedules permitting, count me it!

Roland

Count me in Mike!!
Richard

Mike Wirths wrote:

I spoke with someone I know at the Perth newspaper today and mentioned
that at some point we would like to do a public astronomy night for the
town of Perth [...etc...]
I thought a good spot would be in Conlon park [...etc...]
I'll keep you all posted on this as I get more details

Sounds like a good idea - I'll certainly help if available on whatever night.

Cheers - Al