Comet – Page 10 – British Astronomical Association

Mike Olason (Denver, Co, USA)

I live about 20 miles south of downtown Denver, Colorado. I have the advantage of living on a hill at

We have received the very sad news of the death, at 79, of the Ukrainian cometary astronomer Klim Ivanovich Churyumov. Churyumov was,

My main instrument here is the 0.35-m C14, used at f/7.7 with the ST9XE CCD, plus various other smaller instruments.

My interest in observing comets began in 1974 when Patrick Moore appeared on TV informing me that there was going

On June 14 I was at the Royal Society in London for the first day of a series of meetings

I live in Kruibeke, Belgium and I was born in the year A.Einstein died, I have great respect for A.Einstein.

Tucson, AZ is both my home (Loudon Observatory) and my work with the Catalina Sky Survey with a 60″ on

I do my visual observing from Basingstoke but use Sierra Stars, California and the Bradford Robotic, Tenerife for imaging.My ‘home’

I have been interested in astronomy since late 1970’s and started comet observing following an observation of comet Austin 1982g.

Rosetta’s encounter with 67P is leading to a revolution in our understanding of comets. Members may be interested in a