Letters to the Editors

Hi Chris, Ray

In case you were aware of it www.astronomynow.com (the UK mag) is online and possibly may give some good pics of Mars plus other info.

Well I saw the website and tried to get info on our ASSA sections - in particular Variable Star section, as that is my interest. But to no avail.

The only one which moved me anywhere was the Hilton's site.

Any response - or am I just thick?

Cheers
Tony

Thanks for the comments Tony. Currently, the only section link that is working on our website is the one to Tony Hilton's Computing section. You may have noted some of the other pages that we had hoped already to have activated, are also still inactive - a situation that we will attempt to remedy in the not-too-distant future. We will need some input from the heads of the various sections in order to set up suitable pages for them - any section heads out there interested?.

If you are particularly interested in Variable Stars, allow us to recommend the AAVSO ( American Association Of Variable Star Observers ) website:- http://www.aavso.org/

Dear Editor,

I heartily agree with all the points mentioned by "Anon" in the article "Calling all Farmers" ( July Canopus ). My own "rain maker" is so effective, the the mere mention of it by a friend, produced four days of cloud.

M. Hannibal

Mojaje is an absolute amateur compared to our rainmakers - We wonder if the number of inches of rain that falls is directly proportional to the number of inches of aperture in the rainmaker?

Hi there,

…(deleted)…By the way, while I was back home on holiday, I passed the observatory one evening when the sky was clear and thought to take a look at the nova through the Society's telescope. The guard at the gate was adamant that I could not go in, that I should come during the day (!) to see the people there, and could not understand that ASSA members should have access to their own facilities. A bizarre situation, I think. Are other people experiencing this problem?

Cheers,
Chris (Stewart)

 

Any other members out there experienced this same problem? Please let us know and the committee will follow up on this sort of situation.