------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2526 2009 Feb 17 13.39UT 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- (7102) NEILBONE = 1936 NB The following citation has appeared in M.P.C. 65121 which was received at TAHQ this morning and we offer sincere congratulations to Neil as a TA subscriber for his achievements and this well-deserved recognition. Discovered 1936 July 12 by C. Jackson at Johannesburg. Neil Bone (b. 1959), a British observer and author of several books, founded the Aurora Section of what is now the Society for Popular Astronomy in 1981 and became director of the British Astronomical Association's Meteor Section in 1992. He also compiles the "Society News" notes for Astronomy Now. Guy M Hurst