<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Dear Colleagues</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">   It is with sadness that I inform you of the passing of two significant figures in Australian Astronomy.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b><u>Dr Ragbir Bhathal</u></b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Although never an ASA member, Dr Bhathal published several astronomy books (</span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/vBXICVARKgCl6V5vpIGQw8w?domain=en.wikipedia.org" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragbir_Bhathal</a><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">), notably on aboriginal astronomy and ‘Australian Astronomers’. The Royal Society Of NSW have an obituary here: </span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/5f5ACWLVXkUjK1PknixTENx?domain=royalsoc.org.au" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">https://www.royalsoc.org.au/blog/vale-dr-ragbir-bhathal-frsn</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b><u>Rev. Robert Evans</u></b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Robert (<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Bob) Evans was the 1986 Page medallist and a retired Fellow of the ASA. He won many awards, including an OAM. Sky and Telescope have an obituary here: </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/dxZACXLW2mUnRlqJLFD8PAl?domain=skyandtelescope.com.au/" target="_blank">https://www.skyandtelescope.com.au/vale-the-rev-roberts-evans/</a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The </span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">the ASA offers condolences to <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">family and friends of both of these colleagues.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Best wishes</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">John Lattanzio</span><br></p></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><b><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(53,28,117)">I'</span><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)">m</span><font color="#000000"> </font><span style="color:rgb(106,168,79)">a</span><span style="color:rgb(241,194,50)">n</span><span style="color:rgb(230,145,56)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,255)"><span style="color:rgb(230,145,56)">L</span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">G</span></span><span style="color:rgb(142,124,195)">B</span><span style="color:rgb(53,28,117)">T<span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)">I</span></span><span style="color:rgb(106,168,79)">Q</span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,255,0)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(241,194,50)">A</span><span style="color:rgb(230,145,56)">l</span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">l</span><span style="color:rgb(142,124,195)">y</span></span></span></b><i><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><b>  </b>    -     Find out more at </span></i><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/V65cCZY1NqiML1DGWSxvnOH?domain=monash.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap" target="_blank"><i>monash.edu/lgbtiqa</i></a><i><br></i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div>Professor John Lattanzio</div><div>President, Astronomical Society of Australia</div><div><br>School of Physics and Astronomy<br></div><div>Monash University Victoria 3800 AUSTRALIA<br><br></div><div>Ph:  +61 (0)3 9905-4428<br>WWW: <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Q2WWC2xMQzikXLRjDtXVVg-?domain=maths.monash.edu.au/" target="_blank">users.monash.edu.au/~johnl/</a><br><div><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/PV2KC4QOPEiJOZmowT3TKQ1?domain=orcid.org" target="_blank">orcid.org/0000-0003-2952-859X</a></div></div><div><font size="1"><br></font></div><div><font size="1">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></div></div>Advice from John Aaron: "Keep calm and set SCE to AUX."<div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>