[Dawson]

A lovely capture. Well done.

I found it was quite hard to get the settings correct on the camera as either the remaining illuminated arc was too bright, or the rest of the Moon was too dark – you seem to have got a good balance. Nice work. It was well worth staying up late for.

At 5am though I was surrounded by mist and fog and it was like a scene from the Hound of the Baskervilles, and I was worried the beast might smell my remaining mini pork pie 🙂

James

[Dawson]

Clearly the images didn’t attach, so I’ll try again>

James

[Dawson]

Bill,

Thanks for this. I’m already making contacts on the family history websites and doing some digging.

I went to look at Robert’s grave on Tuesday, but the writing at the bottom remains elusive to me, even after trying a wax crayon rubbing. I’m waiting on the cemetery people to get back to me to say if they have a written archive of what was originally engraved on the head stone.

I think I have found Walter and his father on the mid 1800s censuses, and it looks like I’ve also found Walter’s paternal grandfather, John, on the 1841 census. I am still trying to work out what link, if any, exists between Walter and Robert.

Professor Ian Inkster who wrote this article about Robert in 1980 (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1980JBAA…90..245I) is coming to Nottingham in October, so I am hoping to catch up with him then for a coffee and a chat – even if I don’t learn any more about either Goodacre, it will be a great opportunity to just chat with a fascinating academic.

 

[Dawson]

Thanks. Yes, I guess that is the reason – I just wondered if there were BAA members in my locality as trying to promote my astronomical society.

Regards

James

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