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I think McNaught has certainly done something to bring a little more interest to the general public. It is a real pity it was as such an inconvenient time! If it was later in the year, after daylight saving (have we saved enough daylight yet?) when the skies get darker at a more reasonable time, and when the kids were back at school it would have been even more popular. I am sure a number of schools would have asked for the local astronomical group to pay them a visit.
I do know that the ASV is already making plans for 2010, which marks the 400th aniversary of Gallileo pointing his scope at the heavens!
All we can really do is the maximum that we are prepared to do, I enjoy showing the skies to other people but I am not about to give up my day job to persue this interest and push it to the public...I enjoy my job and usually the surest way to kill a hobby/interest is to make it your job/life.
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