Notice of Meeting

The February meeting of the Johannesburg Centre of the Astronomical Society, will be held at the Wits University in Lecture Hall P115, on Wednesday 10^th February 1999 at 8:00 p.m. We will meet at the Wits Planetarium Parking lot at 19:30 and walk up to the Lecture Hall together.

Topic:
The Physics Magic Show
by
Tony Voorvelt.

Future Meetings

Feb    10^th          Computers and Astronomy                 Tony Hilton
Mar   10^th         To be advised.
Apr   14^th         To be advised.
May  12^th         Innes Dome ( negotiating )                 Tony Voorveld
Jun      9^th                 History of the Observatory                 Constant Volschenk
Jul     14^th          AGM at Planetarium

Dark Sky Viewing

On the Saturday nearest New Moon at Tom Budge's Farm in the Magaliesberg.
Actual dates will be published in later issues of this magazine.

New Members

We would like to welcome the following new Members to the Johannesburg Centre:

      Neil Lindsay                   Lynette Rens          Cynthia Reynolds
      Alan Williams                      Paul Silver                       David Dickson

to all those members who sent donations to the centre this year.

Apprentice Astronomer's Course

We intend starting a course for Apprentice Astronomers fairly soon. If you are interested in attending, or know of someone who is interested in attending, or would like to lecture on the course, please contact Maureen Chitters or Chris Penberthy. The course is aimed at teaching the basics of Astronomy to any who wish to learn, and will probably be held in the Planetarium.

Constant will be running another Telescope Driving Course for those wishing to learn to drive the Papadopoulis telescope. The dates are still to be finalised and be published as soon as available.

ASSA Symposium

The Cape Town Centre of the ASSA are hosting the ASSA Conference in March 1999. If you require further information or are interested in attending this event, please contact Brian Fraser at fraserb@intekom.co.za

IMPORTANT - Any persons wanting to get a copy of the 1999 Southern African Astronomical Handbook must please get in contact with Constant Volschenk at the Planetarium (011) 716-3199. Constant will need your call fairly soon so as to be able to put in an order with the ASSA Parent body.