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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>All
of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">South Africa</st1:place></st1:country-region>
will experience a partial eclipse of the Sun on Monday 26<sup>th</sup> Jan
2009, from about 7am to 9:30am.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>This
one is definitely worth watching – and it’s our last decent national
eclipse at a reasonable time of day until 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>We
think getting the whole country to spend a couple of minutes watching the
eclipse would be a good second-event for the International Year of Astronomy
(after SALT’s Sutherland New Year star-party, of course!).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>We
have put an eclipse info page onto our website: <a
href="http://www.planetarium.co.za/">www.planetarium.co.za</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Included
on this website is:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>info about times and visibilities for <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">South Africa</st1:place></st1:country-region>
and neighbours<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>quite a bit about “Eclipse pinhole
projection art” – this looks like a very good way to keep kids
busy when they’re out watching the eclipse (we need to stop them
from staring at the Sun and fighting over eclipse viewers)<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>instructions (and worksheet) for a scale model of
the eclipse – use a fizzpop (Moon) and a tennis ball (Earth) –
hold them 2m apart, and try to get the shadow of the fizzpop on the tennis
ball<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>order form for eclipse viewers.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Eclipse
viewer ordering info, and eclipse visibility around the country, are also
available on a cellphone-friendly web-page.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>This
is at <a href="http://www.planetarium.co.za/cell">planetarium.co.za/cell</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>This
is an extremely simple website that should work on any phone – it works
on mine!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>It is
intended for use by people who need to order viewers, but cannot easily get at
the internet – e.g. teachers.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Eclipse Viewers<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>These
are the cardboard viewers, similar to red/blue 3d viewers but with solar filter
material in the eye-holes. Pics on the website. They are
more-or-less essential for eclipse-viewing – pinhole projection is great,
but you cannot stop people from looking directly at the Sun, which causes
eye-damage. Using eclipse-viewers also re-inforces the message that
looking at the Sun is dangerous.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Eclipse
viewers need to be manufactured weeks ahead of the eclipse, and we have to deal
with the December national shut-down. No-one else seems to be making
viewers, and at the moment it doesn’t seem likely that a sponsor will be
found to pay for free viewers inserted in newspapers.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>So:
we at the Jhb Planetarium have set up an eclipse viewer manufacturing line,
using local printers and labour. We need your help (and everyone
else’s!) to publicise the eclipse now, and order viewers. We cannot
afford to make any sort of useful quantity unless we get large numbers of
pre-paid orders. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Our
prices are:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><font
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>R10 each<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>R8 for 10+<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><font
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>R6 special for schools only<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Add
postage to the above.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>If
any science centre-types want to buy for re-sale, speak to me, but this is
rock-bottom pricing, and it also needs the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place>$ to stay below R10 (the filter
material is imported).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Please place orders for viewers before 3 November.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Orders
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>must</span></b> be accompanied by payment –
we do not have money to pay for the production.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>If
anyone needs anything else from us to help us publicise the eclipse and the
availability of viewers, please let me know. I’m hoping most of
what you need is on the website.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Claire
Flanagan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Jhb
Planetarium<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="mailto:info.planet@wits.ac.za">info.planet@wits.ac.za</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>011-717-1390<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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