------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2463 2008 Jly 15 19.28UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074 INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK Backup: gmh@wdcc1.bnsc.rl.ac.uk WORLD WIDE WEB http://www.theastronomer.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER ANNUAL MEETING 2008 OCTOBER 10-11 Further to announcements on Electronic Circular 2452, Early Warning Circular 190 and in the main magazine, I am pleased to advise that booking for this event at the Norman Lockyer Observatory is now open. The following preliminary list of speakers and events has been drawn up for October 11: The Life and Times of Sir Norman Lockyer: David Strange Observatory Visits The Search for a Ninth Planet: Eamonn Ansbro Space Molecules: Dr. Keith Orrell Comet Holmes and other outbursts: Mark Kidger Planetarium Show: Southern Skies: Bill Hitchings Further details can be found at: http://www.theastronomer.org/agm_current.html From the above page there is a link to a booking form in pdf. Please complete this and send as soon as possible, with your remittance, made payable to 'The Astronomer' to the editor. We hope to place a list of accommodation details on the website in due course for those staying over, especially if you are also visiting on the Friday evening for the joint NLO and TA informal meeting. Guy M Hurst