Dear all



Birmingham Astronomical Society is delighted to welcome David H Levy
to our City from 7 -11 March and invites you to come along to hear:



A Nightwatchman's Journey: My Adventures as a skywatcher and comet
discoverer over half a century
A talk by renowned comet hunter David H Levy - co-discoverer of Comet
Shoemaker-Levy 9, the comet that collided spectacularly with Jupiter
in 1994.

Sunday 8 March, 2009
3.15 pm
Thinktank Theatre
Adults Ł4, children and concessions Ł2

Seating is limited so booking is essential. Please contact Gill
Pilfold (gill.pilfold@...).

About Dr David Levy:
"I was on the way to my high school French Oral exam in October 1965
when I decided that I wanted to begin a search for comets. Although
I began the search on December 17 that year, it was not until 1984--
19 years or 917 hours at the eyepiece later-- that I discovered my
first comet. Twenty-one finds later, I still feel that comets are
more than just targets to be catalogued. Thanks in part to one co-
discovery, Shoemaker-Levy 9, we know more about the role that comet
collisions have played in the origin and evolution of life on this
planet. I am still searching for comets both visually and with an
automated CCD program. This talk will be about my observing career
and how my childhood fascination with the night sky led to a highly
satisfying time under the night sky"

Thinktank also houses a 70 seater digital planetarium for those of
you who have not visited the venue before. See:
http://www.thinktank.ac/PlanLanding.asp?
section=28&sectionTitle=Planetarium for more details. Why not make a
day of it?
Thinktank is located within Millennium Point, Curzon St, Birmingham
(not far from Aston University).
See: http://www.thinktank.ac/page.asp?section=000100020001 for map.



I look forward to hearing from you!



Kind regards,

Gill

BAS