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BAA electronic bulletin No. 00505 http://www.britastro.org/
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At Saturday's Exhibition Meeting, I had the pleasurable task of announcing two
awards which are being made this year by Council. The following notes are
drawn from the award citations.
The Walter Goodacre Medal and Gift is awarded in recognition of the
recipient's contribution to the progress of astronomy over many years, with
special regard to work communicated to the Association. This award is being
made to Eric Strach who has been a member for over 44 years and is now in his
96th year. He has been a leading amateur solar observer for nearly 60 years
submitting regular monthly reports to the Solar Section until declining health
forced him to retire from active observing last year.
During his long and productive life Eric has always worked at the forefront of
applying new technology to practical observing. Initially producing solar
drawings by hand, he quickly learnt how to exploit photographic emulsion,
Hydrogen-alpha filters, and later CCD imaging to capture fine details of the
solar photosphere and chromosphere. In recognition of his work at the cutting
edge of solar observing he was awarded the Association.s Merlin Medal in 1999.
His willingness to embrace new methods of recording observations has not been
diminished by advancing years, which is a lesson to all of us.
He has published several papers on various aspects of solar observing in the
Journal over the years and has also caught the solar eclipse bug, travelling
to see 13 total solar eclipses, the latest at the age of 83.
The second award is the Steavenson Award which is given to a member of the
Association who has made an outstanding contribution to observational
astronomy. This award is being made to Monty Leventhal. He may be less well
known to many of you as he lives and observes in Sydney, Australia. Monty is
another solar observer, submitting white light and H-alpha observation reports
to the BAA Solar Section as well as to many other solar observing groups
worldwide.
As well as being an active observer, he spends time promoting astronomy
through writing magazine articles, giving talks in the Sydney area and acting
as a volunteer guide at Sydney Observatory. Not having a scientific
background, he had to teach himself the basic knowledge he needed to underpin
his observational work. His regular and consistent observations over 16 years
from a relatively poorly covered longitude have made a valuable contribution
to help maintain a continuous record of solar behaviour.
As neither recipient was able to attend the Exhibition Meeting to receive
their award in person, we are arranging for these to be sent to them.
David Boyd
President
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BAA electronic bulletins service. E-mail: circadmin@britastro.org
Bulletin transmitted on Mon Jun 28 06:49:14 BST 2010
(c) 2010 British Astronomical Association http://www.britastro.org/
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-- BAA electronic bulletin No. 00505 http://www.britastro.org/
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At Saturday's Exhibition Meeting, I had the pleasurable task of announcing two
awards which are being made this year by Council. The following notes are
drawn from the award citations.
The Walter Goodacre Medal and Gift is awarded in recognition of the
recipient's contribution to the progress of astronomy over many years, with
special regard to work communicated to the Association. This award is being
made to Eric Strach who has been a member for over 44 years and is now in his
96th year. He has been a leading amateur solar observer for nearly 60 years
submitting regular monthly reports to the Solar Section until declining health
forced him to retire from active observing last year.
During his long and productive life Eric has always worked at the forefront of
applying new technology to practical observing. Initially producing solar
drawings by hand, he quickly learnt how to exploit photographic emulsion,
Hydrogen-alpha filters, and later CCD imaging to capture fine details of the
solar photosphere and chromosphere. In recognition of his work at the cutting
edge of solar observing he was awarded the Association.s Merlin Medal in 1999.
His willingness to embrace new methods of recording observations has not been
diminished by advancing years, which is a lesson to all of us.
He has published several papers on various aspects of solar observing in the
Journal over the years and has also caught the solar eclipse bug, travelling
to see 13 total solar eclipses, the latest at the age of 83.
The second award is the Steavenson Award which is given to a member of the
Association who has made an outstanding contribution to observational
astronomy. This award is being made to Monty Leventhal. He may be less well
known to many of you as he lives and observes in Sydney, Australia. Monty is
another solar observer, submitting white light and H-alpha observation reports
to the BAA Solar Section as well as to many other solar observing groups
worldwide.
As well as being an active observer, he spends time promoting astronomy
through writing magazine articles, giving talks in the Sydney area and acting
as a volunteer guide at Sydney Observatory. Not having a scientific
background, he had to teach himself the basic knowledge he needed to underpin
his observational work. His regular and consistent observations over 16 years
from a relatively poorly covered longitude have made a valuable contribution
to help maintain a continuous record of solar behaviour.
As neither recipient was able to attend the Exhibition Meeting to receive
their award in person, we are arranging for these to be sent to them.
David Boyd
President
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BAA electronic bulletins service. E-mail: circadmin@britastro.org
Bulletin transmitted on Mon Jun 28 06:49:14 BST 2010
(c) 2010 British Astronomical Association http://www.britastro.org/
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Good Clear Skies
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Astrocomet
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Colin James Watling
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Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/astrocomera
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Real Astronomer and head of the Comet section for LYRA (Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers) also head of K.A.G (Kessingland Astronomy Group) and Navigator (Astrogator) of the Stars (Fieldwork)
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Web: http://lyra.freewebsites.com/
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