Electronic bulletin number 279 |
Issued on 2007 Apr 05 - 15:35 |
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BAA electronic bulletin No. 00279 http://www.britastro.org/
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Dear Member,
This is a second appeal for youngsters to take part in an event in Norfolk.
We have had a poor response to the E-Circular (appended below) and I am
asking you to reconsider helping out to make this a reality. The BBC filmed
Patrick's contribution for the item yesterday at his home and it went very
well - he is very very keen that the it proves to be a success. This will
depend on a sufficient number of young people participating.
Am copying this note to my BBC contact, Sue Ng, so feel free to contact her
directly if you so wish.
Thank you,
Richard Miles
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2007 April 03:
The BBC-2 Culture Show have just contacted the BAA to ask us to help with a
proposed dark-sky observing project in Norfolk. In particular they would
like to get in touch with young people in the 14-16 age range who live in
the Greater London region and invite them to a star party being held at
Kelling Heath, Norfolk on Friday, April 13 - Sunday, April 15 (see
www.starparty.org). They are looking for 6-12 youngsters plus a few adults
to help. They would arrange transport, and a pre-meeting in London is also
anticipated. The venture would depend on there being a clear sky available
over the weekend in question.
The idea behind this is to enable schoolchildren studying for GCSE or
similar, who live in badly light-polluted parts of London to get the chance
to see a really dark sky with its associated celestial splendours. It would
be filmed as one of the items for the Culture Show, which is broadcast on
Saturdays around 7pm.
If you are in this age group and are interested, or are a parent of a child
interested in Astronomy and who would like to be involved in the programme,
then please send an e-mail to me with some details so that we can collate
the response and forward this to the BBC. My e-mail address is:
president@britastro.org
Time is short and so, if you can help, do please treat this request as a
matter of urgency - thank you,
Richard Miles
President
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