"amateur" astronomy

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"amateur" astronomy

Daniel — 3/28/2004 4:23:44 PM (archived)

everyone knows how valuable these guys are to observational astronomy - apparently many people even get into some serious spectral analysis too. OTOH astrophysicists (valuable as they are) seem to spend their lives in front of a computer.

There is (or should be) always room in all disciplines for 'the accomplished amateur', which never means 'dilletante' or 'hobbyist'.

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is there an astronomer in the house? - R.L. - 3/26/2004 7:38:31 PM
- re: is there an astronomer in the house? - REB - 3/30/2004 3:45:00 PM
- as close as I can get .. - Daniel - 3/27/2004 9:43:58 AM
  - re: as close as I can get .. - Bowser - 3/27/2004 6:43:42 PM
    - why ..? - Daniel - 3/28/2004 3:38:00 PM
      - Couple of reasons. - Bowser - 3/28/2004 7:52:31 PM
        
        re: Couple of reasons. - daniel - 3/29/2004 2:05:28 AM
        
        Not to be discouraged. - Bowser - 3/29/2004 3:31:06 PM
        
        yup .. - Daniel - 3/30/2004 1:09:00 AM
- Just a bunch of amateurs, it seems ;-) (n/t) - Fox - 3/27/2004 3:31:45 AM
  - That's "amateurs" in the original sense of the word - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2004 5:24:27 PM
    - "amateur" astronomy - Daniel - 3/28/2004 4:23:44 PM
      - Room for amatuers- I agree but let me add - R.L. - 3/28/2004 8:46:22 PM
        
        re: Room for amatuers- I agree but let me add - Daniel - 3/29/2004 2:13:03 AM
    - preeeeeecisely (n/t) - Fox - 3/28/2004 5:27:13 AM
  - re: Just a bunch of amateurs, it seems ;-) - Raoul - 3/27/2004 11:18:34 AM
    - I was just curious and wanted some feedback - r.l. - 3/27/2004 12:41:08 PM
      - re: feedback - Fox - 3/28/2004 5:36:14 AM
      - re: feedback - Raoul - 3/27/2004 3:01:12 PM
- re: I had the same question, apparently not. - Success_Machine - 3/26/2004 8:30:49 PM

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