New film by Timothy Ferris about amater astronomers

[bojan]

http://astronomy.meetup.com/6/boards/view/viewthread?thread=3327059

[Argonavis]

This had a good review in Sky&Telescope, as it indicated an excellent simulation of the real thing.

The real thing (ie getting outdoors on a clear dark night) is so much better.

The DVD is available:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_d/103-9418821-1487029?initialSearch=1&url=search-alias%3Ddvd&field-keywords=seeing+in+the+dark

broadcast on PBS in the US:

http://www.pbs.org/seeinginthedark/

with luck it may be free to air on SBS or ABC in future.