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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
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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







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