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Message Subject ZetaTalk LIVE Chat May 15
Poster Handle Menow
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By the way... there are damn few astronomers who could tell if things are out of place in the sky simply by looking, yet you think YOU can! Now THAT'S an ego!


No, you obviouosly have met very few astronomers. I know hundreds of amateur astronomers and most can draw star charts from memory (as can I). They can tell in an instant if anything were out of place.


Then I stand corrected.


At most any observing session, there are always those who can manualy swing a telescope to any target demanded using only a Telrad. We keep track of where the planets are from week to week (that's why the claims that the bright object in the west isn't Venus are so ludicrous...I've been watching Venus almost daily for over 10 years).
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My point was not well stated. It was not that astronomers don't know where things are, it was that lay-people can easily make mistakes about it.
 
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