On 10/31/2006 7:32 AM, Alice Tym wrote:
> Where is Bobby Thompson when we need him?
> The new lights on the new concrete slab project light upward adding to 
> light pollution. I thought we were going to try to become a leader in 
> environmental action. Few of my students have ever seen the Milky Way. 
> And now they won't see anything in the sky. Can't we PLEASE have 
> proper lights? 

I'm not disagreeing... but, UTC having proper lights would never get 
your students to see the Milky Way from inside the City of Chattanooga. 
Though, our setting a "good example" would be a good reason for doing 
so, despite that.

I believe I truly saw the Milky Way for the first time last week... 
though through the eyes of the wonderful Strasenburgh Planetarium at the 
Rochester Museum & Science Center:
http://www.rmsc.org/planetarium/planetframeset.htm

Which is part of The Challenger Learning Center of Greater Rochester:
http://www.challenger.org/clc/lc_profile.cfm?lc_id=48

The Carl Zeiss Mark VI star projector does a fantastic job of making the 
night sky truly awe inspiring.

-Dan

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