THE COMMITTEE – As voted by the AGM on Sat 3rd Oct 2021:
1 – OFFICIAL TRUSTEE POSITIONS (4) – Chairman, Meetings Secretary, Treasurer and Official Editor
PHILLIP AUBREY – CHAIRMAN
PETER GILL – MEETINGS SECRETARY
JIM ROWE – TREASURER (AND MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY)
TERRY WEBB – OFFICIAL ORBIT EDITOR (AND CURATOR OF INSTRUMENTS/WEBMASTER/FACEBOOK/IT/SOUND ENGINEER)
2 – ORDINARY & CO-OPTED COMMITTEE MEMBERS
KEITH BRACKENBOROUGH – ACTING-CHAIRMAN/ARCHIVIST/PUBLICITY OFFICER
NORMAN WALKER – ASTRONOMICAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANT
ANT MILLER – PUBLICITY MEDIA CONSULTANT
DR. HARRY FORD – ASTRONOMICAL MODEL CONSULTANT
DEREK IRVING – LIBRARIAN
VOLUNTEER MEMBERS – THANK YOU
TBA – Chief Tea Monitor
JOHN & VAL CRANE – Tea Helper
GRACE HINDER – Tea Helper
JOHN SHACKLOCK – Tea Helper
KEVIN BISCOE – Assistant Librarian
NAT BARNARDISTON – Chair Putter Outer
MARK HAGEN – Assistant Presentation Equipment Consultant
Apologies if I have forgotten anyone – please let me know.
EAS CONTACT DETAILS –
contact@eastbourneas.org.uk
Dear Astronomer
I would like to introduce Crystal Nebulae who specialize in producing three-dimensional sculptures of astronomical objects. These are designed by Professor Michael Merrifield an astronomer/Head of the School of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Nottingham. We are the sole supplier of these sculptures.
These sculptures hold especial interest for astronomers and would make an ideal Christmas gift and I would therefore be grateful if you could email your astronomy club membership and/or include details in your Newsletter.
The website can be viewed at http://www.crystalnebulae.co.uk. The Map of the Universe holds the Guinness World Record for the smallest scale precision map ever produced.
With thanks for your assistance.
Best wishes
Wendy Brennan
Crystal Nebulae
Forgive the unsolicited mail however thought you/your members might be interested with the following petition regarding
light pollution in the UK.
Petition: Introduce legislation to combat light pollution
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/119428
Kind regards & clear skies.
Paul Phillips
Amateur Astronomer
NW London
21 Huntington Street Phone: +61 (0)7 3284 2111
CLONTARF 4019 Fax: +61 (0)7 3284 4827
Queensland Email: admin@siriusobservatories.com.au
Australia
ABN: 94 066 246 400 Website: http://www.siriusobservatories.com
14th June, 2016
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…. And we here at Sirius Observatories Australia wish you all clear skies.
Kind regards,
Joe Deregt
Managing Director
Sirius Observatories Australia Pty Ltd
Hello.
I’m an amateur astronomer, an astrophysics graduate and a lifelong space enthusiast. I’ve written and self-published a science fiction novel, “Moonsafe Red”, which is getting very good reviews from those who have read it so far.
On the assumption that many astronomers are likely to be interested in SF, I would appreciate it if you could give this a mention to your members. Details and reviews can be found at http://www.spaceandsanity.com/moonsafered.html.
Thank you.
Neil Haggath
Hello.
A while ago, I sent you some info about my self-published science fiction novel, “Moonsafe Red”, which I hoped might be of interest to some of your members. I’m writing now to tell you that it’s now available for Kindle, as well as in print. It can be bought from the Amazon Kindle Store for £3.99.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07GQ915G4
You can also read reviews on http://www.goodreads.com.
I would be grateful if you would share this info with your members.
Thank you.
Neil Haggath
Hi as we are nearing 50 years that man landed on the Moon I would like to draw your attention to our Free exhibition at St Richards Catholic College in Bexhill on Sea on 20th July. I would like to extend an invitation to you do display there and invite your members to come and visit. We have some great speakers including David Whitehouse who will be signing his book Apollo 11:The Inside story, Nick Howes from Aeorlite talking about The Apollo Legacy with Flown artefacts and Dr David Rees talking about the History of Apollo. We also have The StarWars troopers, a free Planetarium, Rocket making, face painting Solar Viewing and much more for a fantastic FREE afternoon.
For full details see our FB page https://www.facebook.com/AstronomyAdventuresWTS/ or contact me on 01424 819450
Kind regards
Andy Lawes FRAS
Founder ESAS
Founder Astronomy Adventures
Dear Sir or madam,
As COVID-19 Restrictions continue to restrict movement, I have converted a large number of my Odyssey Presentations for performing on the Zoom platform. The presentations will still contain stunning images, music, SFX and video and will be presented in costume with just the same enthusiasm and vigour. Presentations converted for Zoom presentation can be found on my website marked with a ‘Z’
Booking an Odyssey Zoom Presentation is the same as a regular booking either via e-mail, telephone or by regular mail.
Due to copyright restrictions presentations may not be recorded.
I look forward to hear from you and offer a service second to none.
Best wishes,
Andrew Lound
http://www.andrewlound.com
enquiries@andrewlound.com
0121 356 5446
07771 904037
Talk Radio’s resident space commentator
BBC Radio WM resident astronomer and space expert
Odyssey Zoom Presentations bring the universe into your home.
Dear Eastbourne Astronomy Society
I am a previous member of EAS, before my house move
I am contacting you re: a telescope I own. It’s a Mead catadioptic 9″x2000ml with go-to, tripod, and all attacments as per the original spec. I have been in the process of a protracted house move, and an aquaintance in Eastbourne has kindly been storing it for me in his spacious house. He now wants the space it’s occupying; I’m now in Cheshire; unfortunately, the family member I have on the South Coast is my elderly mother, who is isolating, so I cannot stay with her if I drive to the South Coast, and I’m very reluctant to do the return Cheshire/Sussex journey to collect it in one trip – also I work full-time, so wouldn’t get a chance to recover before returning to work the next day. I’m in covid tier 2 and therefore restricted socially, a further complication.
I’ve explained the situation to my aquaintance, but he doesn’t seem to grasp the complexities. He has said that unless I remove it by 20 November he will dispose of it.
I hate to think of a very good telescope being thrown into a skip, so instead I would rather donate it to EAS. My aquaintance lives in Easbourne, so hopefully not too much of an inconvenience for a Society member to collect it.
I do hope you can save it from an untimely grave, and enjoy a fine telescope. The only attention it would require is the batteries re-charging.
My aquanitance’s email address is dandmat75@yahoo.co.uk. I’m sure he’d be delighted if an EAS member would contact him
Thank you
I’ve explained the situation to my aquaintance
Hi
I think that your members might be interested in my new book Mysteries of the Universe – answerable & unanswerable questions and wonder whether you would be agreeable to the following idea.
The book is a 320 page fully-illustrated paperback retailing at £9.99. I would like to offer this to your members, post free, and with a £1 donation to the Society for every book sold. To make this as simple as possible, I have listed the book on ebay with a full description and some sample pages. As the title is not unique to my book, one needs to search for Mysteries of the Universe by Dr Peter Altman. An image of the book is below.
I would be happy to discuss this either by email or phone (07808 765301) and look forward to your comments.
Thanks and kind regards
Peter Altman
St Albans, Herts