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Old 03-August-2003, 07:37 PM
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Why is that company still in business? Or at least take the commercials off the air and make them advetise in UFO mags where the average public wont be exposed to their lies? We had an eldery lady came to a starparty a couple of years ago and wanted to see the star named after her dead son. So one of our members took the coordinates she had with her, pretended to point the telescope, found a small field of faint stars and told her "third one from the left is it." She left happy. But afterwards, we talked about wheather that was the right thing to do. How can they get away with something that is so easy to prove is false? Every time I hear that commercial, I want to put my fist through the radio. After all only the IAU can approve a name for an astronomical object. :x
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