Gianni QUARRA #204

Letters to the Editor


from Gianni QUARRA SACCO in CMO #204

  Excuse me if I have not written before but May and June are very busy months for me. I would like you to know that we have used Higa's tape suceesfully during the meeting introducing to planetary observation organized by the UAI early this month. The tape was shown to all the observers attending the meeting and it was also used to make some drawing parctice and transit timing. Everybody was very impressed by the quality of the tape and particularly for the resolution achieved on planet Jupiter.
  I have been asked to inquire Mr. Higa about the possibility to use some parts of his tape inside a forthcoming CD-ROM introducing to Astronomy & Astrophysics which should be released late this summer here in Italy. The CD-ROM will contain many professional images from observatories, HST, Spacecrafts as well as some images from several amateurs (including our planetary images and animations) in order to show what non professionals can achieve today.
  I would apreciate if you could extend this request to Mr. Higa. I can guarantee to him that credits for his contribute will be present inside the CD-ROM and as soon as available I will send him a few copies of the CD-ROM.
  I need to have an answer within tuesday June 2 together with a short presentation of Mr. Higa. In case of his positive anwer I will make a VHS-PAL copy of his tape from my Hi8-NTSC tape and give it to Mr. Federico Tibone who is the responsable for the production of the CD-ROM.

  Concluding, hope everything is fine with you, your family and all CMO friends and please extend my best regards to every body there. Look forward to your kind response,

(31 May 1998 email)

Giovanni A QUARRA SACCO (Firenze, Italy) : mc7977@mclink.it ; Tel/Fax: 055-678811