25 YEARS
1985 - 2010
Letchworth & District Astronomical Society
The LDAS Committee

Name Bob Forrest
 
Position Honorary President
  I am the principal Technical Officer in the Division of Physics & Astronomy, Department of Physical Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences in the University of Hertfordshire.
Interests

Occultations
Eclipsing Binaries
Imaging & Image Processing
Promoting Astronomy amongst the public through talks, observatory visits and evening class courses.
Publications

Photometric Observations of the Occultation of 28 Sgr by Titan. - Forrest R. W., Nicolson I.K. M. 1990.
The Occultation of 28 Sgr by Titan - Hubbard W.B., Sicardy B., et al 1993
The Stratosphere of Titan from the 28 Sgr Occultation - Sicardy B. et al.
Chapter 'Optical Principles' in The Modern Amateur Astronomer, Practical Astronomy Series 1995.
Seeing Stars - with C.R. Kitchen, Practical Astronomy Series 1998.
Links

Astronomy Unbound, A Virtual Astronomy Text http://www.herts.ac.uk/astro_ub/
UH Division of Physics & Astronomy Home Page http://www.herts.ac.uk/natsci/Physics/index.html

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