2004 Oct 9: The annual meeting of The Astronomer in its 40th anniversary year returned to St Mary's Church Hall - Basingstoke and an opportunity to meet top amateur astronomers and hear an excellent range of talks in familiar surroundings. There was a capacity attendance of over 50.
Guy Hurst
The Astronomer annual report
Peter Meadows
Retiring Secretary
Jim Muirden
[founding Editor] The early years
Daniel Fischer
[Germany]
Getting your own AU with Venus Transit
Martin Mobberley
Lunar + planetary webcam imaging - one year on
Dr David Jones
[Uni of Herts] Hunting for exoplanets
Colin Henshaw
[Saudi Arabia] Historical supernovae
Guy Hurst + Jim
Muirden
40th anniversary cake cutting
Norman Walker
Amateur observing site in Spain
Dr Mark Kidger
[Canaries] Deep impact
- journey to cometary nuclei
Jim Muirden
Churches and saintly sunrises
Bob Mizon
CfDS - two eventful years
mage/text copyright Maurice Gavin 2004