THE OBSERVER'S HANDBOOK OFFER FOR THE 2010 EDITION IS CLOSED.
THE LAST BOOKS WERE MAILED OUT ON 2009 DECEMBER 28 AND ARE IN
ASTRONOMERS'S HANDS WHEN YOU READ THIS PAGE. THE OFFER FOR THE
2011 EDITION OPENS IN SEPTEMBER 2010. THIS PAGE, NO LONGER IN
FORCE, DESCRIBES HE OFFER.

OBSERVER'S HANDBOOK 2010
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   'Hi, Bill, Sandy, Eudoxides. Hi, Janet, and, yo, Hank, Lumbasa, 
Chawchaw. Is Ansonia here?' 
    'Hic adsum.' 
    'OK, club council meeting of September 18th, 2008, is called to 
order. First up are activity reports.'
    'Yo!'
    'Yes, Hank'. 
    'I'm starting plans for our Thanksgiving weekend comet watch. I 
checked with the park commission and we can set up on the town beach.' 
    'What's this all about?'
    'There's going to be this naked-eye comet, with a long tail, in 
the north sky after dark. It'll be a wonderful public event'. 
    'What comet is this? All the ones currently in the sky are 
miserably dim ones of no interest for the public.' 
    'This will be a large showy comet, but it's not yet discovered. 
Besides that, our club can start collecting requests for the 2010 
Observer's Handbook at the comet watch '
    'So you not only think there's a bright showy comet out there 
waiting to be discovered, you really think there will be any 
Observer's Handbooks left by Thanksgiving?'
    'Why not? The information in the book doesn't take effect until 
January 2010.'
    'Hank, what leaf are you smoking? Do I hear a motion to dismiss 
Hank from the club council?' 

    Be fair to Hank. There COULD be such a comet to thrill us, like 
comet Holmes did in fall of 2008. Yes, there COULD be Observer's 
Handbooks left for you by Thanksgiving. Do you really want to do your 
astronomy on such slender hopes? 
    In this episode, Hank went into detox and put in his request for 
the Observer's Handbook good and early. (He also dropped the comet 
watch idea, a collateral benefit.) 
    Like in previous years, the damage, only $20 each, INCLUDES pack & 
post to your postal mailbox. Also like in previous years, this offer 
is valid ONLY within the United States. We must return unfilled all 
overseas requests. 

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Oh, sure, there'll be a new bright comet by Thanksgiving, like there 
will be any Observer's Handbooks left by then. Here's my request for 
_____ copies at $20 each. Attached is my check, from a US bank in US 
dollars, for $_______, payable to 'NYSkies Astronomy Inc'. 
    Send the books to me at: 

name______________________________. address__________________________. 

apt_______. city_______________________. state_______. zip___________. 

day phone______________________. evening phone_______________________. 

email_____________________________@___________________________________. 

Mail payment and completed coupon to 'Observer's Handbook, NYSkies 
Astronomy Inc, [COUPON IS VOID; ADDRESS IS EFFACED]'.
    While there almost for sure will be NO bright comet up there 
around Thanksgiving, you WILL have your Observer's Handbook. 

Last update on 30 December 2009