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Originally Posted by Malcolm
I lol'd at Julia sucking on the stubby during the after show when everyone else used a glass.
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I thought everyone sitting there with a stout (??) looked like product placement, especially when Brian had to pose with his drink near the end. Is that possible from the BBC? It also could create the impression that alcohol and observing go well together, something I've never found to be the case.
What did make me laugh was the poor sod pretending to observe through the short tube refractor in the outside shots. I reckon he was told to 'put the scope here, point it that way and pretend to look at something'. So he battled on in the howling gale trying to look absorbed in his hobby.
The other slight chuckle I had was when they were showing some of the submitted images. They showed a nice nightscape and David Malin commented that it was pretty easy to take such a shot with fairly inexpensive off-the-shelf equipment. Shortly after they showed a Peter Ward image of eta Carina. David didn't comment on the experience or budget behind that image! [Let's not scare the horses.]
It was nice to see Steve Lee again, I haven't seen him in decades and didn't know he was still at the AAT. He is also a Wollongong boy and I remember him getting a job as a junior assistant there in the mid-70s.
I agree that the show is pitched well below 'our' level but I'm so interested to see how astronomy is promoted to 'the masses' that I will watch the next two nights. After all, the chance of clear skies is approaching zero and at the moment my scope would sink into the backyard anyway.