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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear ASA members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">It’s a pleasure to invite you all to this year’s Allison-Levick Lecture, the former AAO’s flagship public event, being hosted this year by AAO-Macquarie in collaboration with DISER. The lecture
will be an online event on 3 December at 6pm AEDT, given by Dr Jason Spyromilio of ESO. Jason’s topic is ‘Telescopes and the Discovery of the Universe’.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The lecture is free, but bookings are essential - please register at: <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/lA27CXLW2mUNzX0mt65326?domain=event.mq.edu.au"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://event.mq.edu.au/allison-levick-lecture/registration</span></a> which
also has full details of the event.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I look forward to seeing you there…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Fred<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#930623">Professor Fred Watson AM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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