Editorial
Another Christmas and New Year have come and gone and we are now well into either the last year of the 2nd millennium or the first year of the 3rd, depending on your point of view. Your editor spent New Year's Eve at work watching for the infamous Y2K Bug, who decided that (s)he wouldn't visit us this time round. I guess that a quite few of our readers were in the same position.
Some of you must have tried to view the Lunar Eclipse on the morning of 21st January - somewhat disappointing due to the timing - though our American friends had ringside seats!!!
Many of you avid observers our there must be cursing Mother Nature as this issue is being compiled. There have been many nights of cloud cover and you could be forgiven for thinking that Winter has decided to drop in for an unexpected visit - overnight temperatures hitting single digits!!!
We have had a couple of resignations from the committee. Greg, our treasurer for many years, and Raymond, our past librarian, have both had to resign due to work related pressures. Many thanks for the sterling work put in by yourselves during your time on the committee.
Wolf Lange has supplied news of the Planetarium Projects for 2000 as well as an interview with some people involved in the creation of a large telescope. Evan mentions our InfoLine and asks for your feedback and Brian has supplied the overhead happenings for the next two months.
A response to Danie's request for feedback on the Variable of the Month articles is included in this issue and the Hubble Space Telescope is back in business after a hiatus of a few months.
We have had news of Bill Wheaton who has spent the last 5 weeks in a body cast after his operation. He has a follow-up operation scheduled for the 27th January. Good Luck Bill!