I received the email too.
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Hello
My name is Charlotte Keyte and I am a researcher at the BBC in London. I am currently working on a television series called Stargazing Live, which celebrates the wonders of the night sky and how our understanding of the universe has changed over the years.
As part of the series we are filming pre-recorded scenes in and around Sydney and I was wondering whether a location and/or an observatory in the Blue Mountains which has little light pollution, a fantastic view of the night sky and especially the Milky Way. Is there anywhere where you would recommend as a good location to use?
We would be really interested in using one of their telescopes as part of filming. So it would be great to hear of any observatories with particularly good kit etc.
We would be looking to filming in November so I was wondering whether there were any daily cloud cover charts of the Blue Mountains area so we know the likelihood of there being cloud etc.
Because of time restrictions we can only look at areas about 3 hours away from Sydney so I know that limits our options.
It would be great to have a chat about any recommendations you can make so is there a particular time that it is best to call you? Sydney is 10hrs ahead so I could either call you at about 6-8pm which will be about 8-10am here or I could call you at 9am which will be 11pm for me. Any help you can give me I would really appreciate it.
Thank you very much for all your help and I look forward to hearing from you.
Best
Charlotte Keyte
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Hopefully one of the groups out that way can help her.