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Contact the Chicago Astronomer via Phone « Thread Started on Aug 8, 2009, 5:35am »
Reach the Chicago Astronomer via phone/Voice mail
Sometimes...when you just gotta know about something you just saw in the sky....a forum posting just won't cut it.
In your backyard with a new telescope and unsure how to put it together and use it? Punch in the digits.
Media questions and inquiries...ring me.
Or if you want to meet the Chicago Astronomers in a posted observing session and lost your way, confirming or you just gotta speak to a human.
This is in the Beta stage, and let's see how it shakes out - but looks good so far. Your number will be recorded, message transcribed and stored automatically, (which I think is quite cool.)
When we first started with the Chicago Astronomer Voice Mail system...it was hit & miss. Our well meaning operators would confuse R.A coordinates with Universal Time and astronomical events would go unobserved.