From: Mark Gaffney <markgaffney@mac.com>

Date: October 8, 2008 12:28:36 AM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Hazelbrook...

Hi Everyone, I`m currently visiting Hazelbrook in the Blue Mountains NSW Australia which is where our old family home is (soon to be moved out of!). It`s also the home of the Rev. Robert Evans, famed discoverer of Supernovae. For those of you interested in a bit of a read I`m posting a link to a webpage about him. I believe I met him some years ago in the local Newsagent but that was before I had a practising interest in Astronomy, though we did talk about the subject. I was interested to read that his first discovery (made simultaneously with someone else) was made in Maclean northern NSW which is basically the nearest large town to me! Also interesting are the parts where he describes early experiences with the "hobby", (more seroius than that description for all of you!)

http://revivals.arkangles.com/astronomy.php

Mark Gaffney.