The Western Amateur Astronomers has awarded the G Bruce Blair Award for 2012 to Jim Benet
The prestigious G. Bruce Blair Medal is awarded annually by WAA to
an individual who has made truly outstanding contributions to amateur astronomy.
Jim Benet is a member of the Orange County Astronomers and is OCA's
public outreach program coordinator.
The award will be presented Memorial Day Weekend on Saturday May
26 th during the 2012
Riverside
Telescope Makers Conference-Astronomy Expo. at Big Bear,
California.
Our congratulations to Jim Benet.
Next WAA board meeting:
WAA Summer Meeting
Time & place TBD
Location: – RTMC Astronomy
Expo @ Bose Hall or Annex ??
WAA sadly announces the loss of John R. Sanford in Dec. 2011
John Sanford was a longtime Orange County Astronomers member, past
recipient of the G. Bruce Blair Award and past President of WAA.
John was also the editor of many of the WAA
Convention Proceedings and also did editing for other organizations
including OCA and RTMC.
Retiring, in the early 2000s, he relocated to Springville,
CA (near Porterville), with several other So. Cal. amateurs in search of
darker skies.
He graciously opened his Starhome Observatory to the WAA Board and
Representatives for our winter meetings many times between 2002-11.
CLEAR SKIES JOHN !!
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Starhome Observatory is now offered "For Sale". For further information and details of the sale contact: Mark Sanford
September 17-18, 2011
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were there.
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at the table at various times during the event.
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