Subject: Letter to your local Borough Councill. Posted Oct 7, 2000 by Professor Sarah Bellum		Post: 1

I just wanted to point out an error in your letter. I know that it isn't very important by if the reader of the letter see it then he/she may not take as much notice.

The brightest star in the sky is not Vega.
It is Sirius.

The stars are as follows:-
Star Apparent Magnitude
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Sirius -1.46
Canopus -0.72
Arcturs -0.06
Aplha Centauri A -0.01
Vega +0.04

This shows that Sirius (and three others are bighter than Vega). I don't like to nit-pick but the reader of the letter may (like me) spot the mistake immediatley and it looks better if the letter appears to be written by a profesional. I'm not saying that it does not but some people take the smallest mistake and assume that it was written by an amuteaur.

I'm not sure about the spelling.

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Subject: Letter to your local Borough Councill. Posted Oct 25, 2000 by Yeliab {h2g2as} † now aged 42/2 (so on average only 11 years old) This is a reply to this Posting.		Post: 2

Hmm, that really was a stupid mistake, don't know what I was thinking. I'll put that right.

Thank you.

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