Too true, I've heard this before. A friend went on an eclipse cruise, which featured a "noted professional astronomer" on-board. At night, while they were looking at the southern constellations, it became quickly apparent to my friend that this "astronomer" didn't know the constellations at all! After five minutes of listening to him point-out erroneous "constellations" to other passengers, he stepped-in and corrected the fellow. To his credit, he admitted that my friend was right and slunk away! I've met several "professional" astronomers who have no idea how to set-up and use a portable telescope, But you can bet your life that they know how to write grant proposals! --- Kim Hyatt <khyatt@smithlayton.com> wrote:
Remember, the latin root word for amateur is amare, or love. Brent Watson once told me that Carl Sagan admitted to Brent on one occasion that he couldn't find his way around the night sky. You're right, Joe, we amateurs at least love what we do.
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