Western Amateur Astronomers


News:
G. Bruce Blair Award recipient for 2009

The Western Amateur Astronomers has awarded the G Bruce Blair Award  for 2009  to Mike Simmons

The prestigious G. Bruce Blair Medal is awarded annually by the WAA to an individual who has made truly outstanding contributions to amateur astronomy. Mike is a well known amatuer from the SoCal area and is a past President of the
Los Angeles Amateur Astronomers as well as a founder and past President of the  Mount Wilson Observatory Association.
Mike founded and is current President of Astronomers With Out Borders and Co-chair of 100 Hours Of Astronomy, a cornerstone project of the IYA 2009.

The award will be presented Memorial Day Weekend on Saturday May 23th during the 2009
Riverside Telescope Makers Conference-Astronomy Expo. at Big Bear, California.

Our congratulations to Mike Simmons.

RTMC (Riverside Telescope Makers Conference) is held yearly during
Memorial Day weekend, at Y.M.C.A."Camp Oaks".
This is located about 50 miles northeast of Riverside in the San Bernardino mountains east of Big Bear Lake.
Follow Highway 38 east and north off Interstate 10 in Redlands. Take Lake Williams Road about eight miles east of Big Bear City on Highway 38,  between mileposts 44 and 45.  Follow the telescope and RTMC signs from this intersection to the camp.

It is our sad duty to report the passing of Carter Roberts on April 24th, 2008

Carter was the Eastbay Astronomical Society's president for many years, a friend to members of the
Mount DiabloAstronomical Society, involved with WAA, RTMC, AANC and was active in the support of our hobby.

He was also an active participant in many solar eclipse expeditions and was awarded the G Bruce Blair Award in 2007.

Carter was also intimately involved with the relocation and planning of the new Chabot Space and Science Center.

 He will be remembered and dearly missed by many.

Link to memorial article written by Norm Sperling.


News:

The WAA Board of Directors and representatives would like to welcome Mt. Wilson Observ.Assoc. as a member.


Thanks:
                        WAA wishes to extend our thanks and special recognition to some of the
                many people that have provided their assistance in helping to secure meeting places
                and the additional hospitality extended to the WAA board and WAA representatives
                during recent board meetings.

Crab Nebula - M1


•  WAA     History • WAA   2008 G. Bruce Blair Award
•The first WAA meeting  (PDF) Thanks Tim Thompson • WAA   2007 G. Bruce Blair Award
• WAA    Current Membership • WAA   2006 G. Bruce Blair Award
• • WAA   2005 G. Bruce Blair Award
• WAA    Membership Requirements • WAA   2004 G. Bruce Blair Award
• • G. Bruce Blair Award and  past recipients
• WAA      Officers •John Goodricke Award     a local award

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or
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