English translation
Chorzów, 22 October 2006
II Congress of Astronomical Organizations
Ministry of
Internal Affairs
and Administration,
Ministry of Cultural and National Heritage,
MOŚiGW
Dear Sir/Madam,
The undersigned representatives of Polish astronomical societies, non-governmental organizations of the Third Sector, state institutions, schools and university departments, students, professional astronomers, employees and owners of trade companies, publishing houses, theme circles and other legal and private entities, would like to make an appeal to the State Authorities of the Republic of Poland to consider a problem concerning the loss of a particularly important element of Polish national heritage: the dark sky in Poland.
The issue has been particularly important for dark sky and fauna observers, whose increasingly worrying information appear on different Internet forums, in specialist magazines, theme organizations, during various scientific events etc.