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20 Years of Wycombe Astronomical Society was celebrated on Saturday 15th September 2001. Also, we celebrated the lottery grant for the purchase of our new telescope. The local press turned up for the occasion and we delighted to have some very special honoured guests:

Left to right:
Roy Hickman - Centre Director, Woodrow High House
Prof. Stuart Malin - our Vice-President
Dr. Heather Couper - Renowned astronomer/broadcaster - our President
Dr. Robert Lambourne - Senior Lecturer at Open University - our Vice-President
Paul Scott - Chairman, Wycombe Astronomical Society 1999-2003

Life Membership Awards

We awarded several life membership awards to long standing members of the Society who have made outstanding contributions to Wycombe Astronomical Society over the past 20 years. [Full Story]

Cygnus - Twentieth Anniversary Edition

We have started to put the articles featured in our twentieth anniversary edition of our magazine online. The magazine, limited to one copy per member, is presented in a spiral bound A4 format with colour illustrations throughout. [Read the online version here]

Local Press Attend to Publicise Telescope

The local press attended to cover the official announcement of the Lottery Grant for the telescope [Full Story].

The Evening in Pictures

Here is a gallery of the photographs taken throughout the evening.

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