------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 843 1994 May 29 16.20UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England. Telephone/FAX(0256)471074 Int:+44256471074 INTERNET: GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK or GMH at GXVG.AST.CAM.AC.UK ------------------------------------------------------------------- 30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY MEETING This meeting, held yesterday in Basingstoke, was a great success with 67 astronomers attending. The programme comprised: TA formation and its Early Years: Jim Muirden Glimpses Guy Hurst Work of the Minor Planet Center, an Insiders View Gareth Williams A Review of Variable Stars since the 1960s Melvyn Taylor Anniversary Cake Cutting Presentation of the 30 year Competition Award Developments in Comet Observing over the life of TA Graham Keitch The special competition award went to Richard Fleet for this drawings of Comet Halley obtained on 1986 March 18/19 with 11x80B and 0.35-m Newtonian reflector. They showed a gas tail disconnection event (binoculars) as well as detailed inner coma features recorded with the telescope. I am grateful to all the helpers at the meeting and especially to my Wife Anne Hurst and her assistant Heather Clark for all their hard work with the catering arrangements. Guy M Hurst --- 00085 ---