HAPPY BIRTHDAY - SWINDON STARGAZERS

Swindon Stargazers was ONE YEAR OLD on the 20 February 2010 and was conceived and founded at the beginning of the International Year of Astronomy!

It seems hard to imagine we have already been going a year, it has indeed passed very quickly and I may add very successfully. From day one the club has brought together a great bunch of similar minded people, who I truly believe have become firm and good friends sharing our passion and love of all things Astronomical.

From the first meeting our membership has grown steadily as we welcome new faces to our special family, and early indications suggest this trend is going to continue. We will very soon be having our first light use of our dark (well semi dark site) Barbury which I hope many will attend and enjoy weather permitting fingers, arms and legs crossed. So as we head towards the end of our first year, I would just like to say a huge thank you to every club member for your wonderful support. And a special thank you to the rest of the committee who have worked so hard and continue to do so, to make the club such a great success ,also the great speakers we have had who have enlightened us all with their outstanding knowledge.

As I made clear from the very first meeting this is your club and every one of you has made it a warm friendly and enjoyable experience. So Happy Birthday Swindon Stargazers. May we have many more
And once again thank you all

Peter M Struve - Founder Member and Chairman