Re: OR: Date Night at Houge Park

is that presentation available or do you have a short summary you could post?

..dan

At 03:04 AM 9/11/2009, you wrote:

> >I thought maybe we had a new observer, as her vision was quite good.
>
>I hasten to point out that having good vision is not a prerequisite
>for amateur observing.
>
>Indeed I recently gave a lecture/demonstration of observational
>astronomy to a group of folks, many of whom are legally blind, and
>with the right equipment they all were able to see the items I was
>pointing out. It having never crossed their minds that they could
>do astronomy as a hobby, I know that several found my presentation
>inspiring and empowering.
>
>-DG
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