I’ve been asked by Katherine Blundell, a colleague in the Oxford Astronomy department, to spread this information about a chance to get a piece of astronomical history, and help a child in need. Please be generous!

There is a one-off opportunity to buy vintage prints of the original
photographic plates of the Palomar All-Sky Survey. Although no
longer useful for science (they fell into disuse two decades ago
because of modern data digitization) they make rather handsome objets
d’art when suitably mounted and framed.

These prints are for sale to raise money for Alexander Thatte’s
treatment for leukemia – Alexander is the 5-year old son of two of our
colleagues.

The mounted/framed photographs could make very nice Christmas presents
and we will deliver them to your department/college office at a
mutually convenient time. For a small additional payment we can
deliver them to you already tastefully gift-wrapped.

A very limited number of photographs have kindly been signed by
Jocelyn Bell Burnell – please email us if you wish to request one of
these.

Please see www.physics.ox.ac.uk/skyphoto for an order form and further details. Please feel free to forward this email to anyone whom you think might be interested in purchasing a piece of astronomical
history, and helping a child in need.

Best wishes,

Katherine & the Astro Grads

Professor Katherine Blundell
Oxford University Astrophysics
Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3RH, UK