Mitch62's Fotothing

Dear Sir:

My name is John W. Siple (Corvallis, Oregon) and I write articles about astronomy and telescopes for my local astronomy club newsletter. The Rosette Gazette is published monthly by The Rose City Astronomers of Portland, Oregon. Our nonprofit astronomy club has approximately 300 member families. Members can read the newsletter either online or can request a hardcopy through the regular mail. These articles are of an informational nature and are not intended for commercial purposes. My time and effort is free for the astronomy club. In 2007 our newsletter editor, Larry Deal, received first place honors in the Astronomical League's Mabel Stern's competition for newsletter excellence.

In my next article, slated for publication in the next August 2008 issue of The Rosette Gazette, I will be talking about the constellation Lyra. Observations of deep-sky objects and double stars will be made using a vintage Unitron 3-inch equatorial refractor telescope. Along with the main text, the 2-page article will feature some extraordinary images of deep-sky objects and stars.

Our astronomy club would be highly honored to display your exquisite! image of Vega that was taken through your 8-inch (200mm) Newtonian reflector telescope. This specific image is posted on the website Fotothing. I need your explicit E-mail permission to reproduce this great star image for the newsletter. The image will be used only once for the forthcoming August 2008 issue of The Rosette Gazette, and its one time use would be granted free of charge for our nonprofit astronomy club. Please respond ASAP to this request.

(I need your full name for the IMAGE CREDITS section. First name, middle initial, and surname.)

For a sample of past writings please go to www.rca-omsi.org/ When in the Rose City Astronomer's website click on Newsletter at the middle top of the webpage. From the archived back issues of The Rosette Gazette look at the June 2008 issue for the article called "Classic Telescopes: Delving into the deep-sky delights of Scorpius with a Lafayette 3-inch refractor." The May 2008 issue has another Classic Telescopes article ("Observing the treasures of Virgo with an Optica b/c 6-inch Reflector"), while the April 2008 issue has "A Lunar Gallery--VI: The Moon's enigmatic ghost craters, bridges, and rille systems get a fresh examination."

Your help in this matter is greatly appreciated. I can be contacted at jseybel2@hotmail.com

That is not only a terrific photo but what an honour to have it published too! Well done!!

Sir,

My name is Mike Smail and I'm the content producer at the Pennington
Planetarium. We are a part of the not-for-profit Louisiana Art & Science
Museum in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, and are currently designing an
exhibit about our galaxy. The exhibit features an led illuminated 10m x
1.25m image of the Milky Way, and a computer kiosk where guests can learn
about some of the features in our galaxy. With your permission, we would
like to include your image of the Vega hosted at:
http://www.fotothing.com/photos/85a/85ab3451b192d1be80d4a99354ab55ab_145.jpg as one of the twelve "special interest points" on this kiosk. Patrons would be able
to see your image, along with a brief description of the star, and whatever
type of text credit you would like.

Please let me know if this is a possibility. You can reach me via msmail at lasm dot org. Thank you for your time,

-Mike

Mike,

Please feel free to use this image, I'd appreciate a credit in the name of Martin S Mitchell of Nottingham, England.

Mitch

Mitch, thank you very much. We will credit the image appropriately.

-Mike

Mike,

A photo of the exhibit would be great if you could arrange that?

Mitch

Absolutely! We're putting the final touches on the interface now, and will send pictures your way when it is complete.