Peter came to the OAS yesterday and gave an extreamly informative and humerous talk on the astronomers and oddites of the RAS. He also had a few copies of the NGC and IC Monograph to give away. If you would like a copy have a read of this from the BAA Deep Sky Section
Dear Section Members,
Peter Hingley has asked me to distribute this around Deep-Sky fraternity.
It's free but you need to pay postage. No idea how many books available but imagine it is a first come first served situation. See you at Cambridge tomorrow to collect all your deep-sky observations!
Stewart Moore
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Dear Deep Sky observer,
Among various material being cleared out and disposed of at the RAS there are a number of new copies of the
1971 photo litho reprint of JLE Dreyer's 'New General Catalogue'
and the 'Index Catalogue' and 'Second Index Catalogue' originally published in the MEMOIRS of the RAS in 1888, 1895, and 1908, combined in one volume.
Rather than just put these out with the gash I have been authorised to offer them free to any suitable recipients. Although Dreyer's listing (following earlier ones by William and John
Herschel) underlies the still extant system of numbering deep sky objects I guess these are mainly of historical interest though keen Deep Sky observers may like to have one for old time's sake.
If you would like a copy please email me direct (pdh@ras.org.uk), giving your full and correct postal address including Post / Zip code etc, and I will post one
to you. Recipients are asked to refund the postage as marked on
the outside of the envelope.
Yours sincerely
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