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[John Flannery]

hi folks,

first time poster here so I'm not sure if this forum is where I should be putting up this.

I edit the bimonthly newsletter for the Irish Federation of Astronomical Societies (IFAS) and just wanted to let people know that the Nov/Dec 2004 issue has an interview with Charles Wood. In fact, the whole edition this month is devoted to aspects of the Moon.

you can download the magazine from --http://www.irishastronomy.org/user_resources/viewFiles.php?folder_id=3

the magazine, called Arcturus, is a 1Mb Adobe Acrobat readable pdf. Previous issues have featured David Levy and Phil Harrington, while the Jan/Feb 2005 one will have Guy Consolmagno and Dan Davis.

best wishes for the weekend,

John

John Flannery,
Chairperson,
South Dublin Astronomical Society,
Ireland.

[Chris Graham]

Welcome to the site, sounds interesting, i'll take a look

[FAB]

Welcome to CN, and thanks for the URL.
FAB

[John Flannery]

hi Chris/Floie,

many thanks for the welcome and kind comments. Do you go to the RTMC Astro-Expo Floie? I was there in May this year and am definitely going back in 2005. Hope to see you there. I met up with some of the Kern, San Diego, and L.A. club members at the event and had a good chat with them all (including supping some of the home-made beer the Kern gang had along!).

all the best,

John

[Tim2723]

Hello John and welcome to Cloudy Nights!

I've downloaded your newsletter and I'm very impressed!

I've placed a note in the Lunar Observing forum to alert all our friends there to visit your site.

[Carol L]

Thank you, John! Wonderful publication you've got there.

[John Flannery]

thanks everyone . . . enjoy the rest of the weekend (have to face into the Christmas shopping today!)

p.s. I think it was your picture Carol of the Venus light pillars that I admired on spaceweather.com some time ago; really amazing photograph and so rare to capture. One of my big interests in the hobby is atmospheric optics.

[Carol L]

You have a good memory for names John, yes that was my photo. As luck had it I was in the right place at the right time with the right equipment.
Congratulations again on your excellent newsletter and thank you for sharing it with us.

[desertstars]

Welcome to CN.

You might also want to place the general link to your society over in the Astrowebsites forum.

[Fiske]

John:

I'll add my belated welcome to the Stellar Reading forum. Thanks so much for posting your newsletter's web address. I can't wait to have a look.