2000
May 13: The annual meeting of the Webb
Society was held at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory - nr Wantage
- Oxford with ~80 deepsky observers both members and visitors attending
in the pleasant lecture facilities. After a short AGM chaired by President
Bob Argyle he presented the Annual Webb Awards to Yann Pothier [France]
for his contribution to deepsky observation and to Adrian Catterall for
his deepsky imaging. Tom Boles then gave an excellent illustrated lecture
on The Galaxy Unveiled followed by Yann Pothier, founder of Ciel
Extreme, on Deepsky Observing in France. After the lunch break
Myfanwy Bryce spoke of her professional work unravelling the mystery of
Planetary
Nebulae. In final lecture after the tea break Allan Chapman was again
in cracking form this time on The Revd Thomas William Webb - Observer
& Pioneer Astronomical Communicator. Stands by Earth & Sky
Books,
Venturescopes
, Nightlife and the
Webb Society's own publications were well supported. The
lunch break even allowed Venturescope to demonstrate the Coronado Ha
filterscope on the sun soaked terrace. Maurice Gavin
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Maurice Gavin 2000