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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2985      2014 Mar 05 15.23UT
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
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THE ASTRONOMER 50TH ANNIVERSARY MEETING 2014 MAY 10
The booking for the 50th anniversary meeting on 2014 May 10 is now open.
This will be a combined event with Basingstoke Astronomical Society who are
celebrating their 10th anniversary. 

The venue is:  St Mary’s Church Complex, Goat Lane, Basingstoke, RG21 7PZ.

A booking form will be included on the next circular and also shortly be
available on the TA website at:
http://www.theastronomer.org/

The admission cost, to include tea/coffee is: (£7.00 each but £8.00 after
Mar 31). An optional cooked lunch is also available at £9.00 remaining
unchanged since our last Basingstoke event. Payments should be made out to
‘The Astronomer’.

The provisional speaker list and preliminary titles follow:

Alan Lorrain: Planetary Nebulae Mimics

Paul Abel:  'Uranus: An Aqua Marine Mystery'

Peter York: 'Ramblings of a Casual Astronomer' 

Robin Catchpole: ‘The Universe Unveiled’

Mark Kidger: ‘Herschel's violent ice’

John Stapleton: ‘Amateur Astronomy - Why do we do it?’

On receipt of the booking form and remittance, an initial e-mailed
acknowledgement will be sent if an Internet address is quoted. Nearer the
time of the meeting a detailed programme will also be sent.
All enquiries should be sent to Guy Hurst as meeting organiser. 
Internet: guy@tahq.demon.co.uk Telephone: (01256) 471074

Guy M Hurst