Sziasztok!

Ma jött a hír, hogy 102 éves korában elhúnyt Edward E. Halbach, aki
az AAVSO második alelnöke is volt. Halbach, aki 1934 és 2005 között mint
százezer változócsillag-észlelést végzett. Veje, Michael Moore
filmrendező tájékoztatása szerint Halbach halála a tavaszi
napéjegyenlőség előtti vagy utáni egy percen belül következett be.

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Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:20:01 -0400
From: Elizabeth Waagen
Subject: [AAVSO-DIS] Edward A. Halbach, 1910-2011 (correction)

In the subject header of my announcement of Ed Halbach´s death, I made
an error in the year of his birth. Ed was born on April 5 in 1909, not
in 1910. Thus, Ed was nearly 102 when he passed away. My sincere
apologies for the error.

Elizabeth Waagen, AAVSO

Here is the message I posted to the AAVSO discussion group:

Dear Friends,

I am sad to announce that longtime AAVSO member and observer Edward A.
Halbach (HK) passed away yesterday, March 20, 2011, at 7:21 pm EDT
(2011
March 20, 23:21 UT), at the venerable age of 101. As Ed´s son-in-law,
Michael Moore, reported to Gerry Samolyk, Ed´s death occurred within
minutes of the Vernal Equinox.

During his 76 years of AAVSO membership, Ed contributed 100,715 visual
observations to the AAVSO International Database made between May 29,
1934, and June 13, 2005 (JD 2427587-2453535). Ed and his lovely (and
patient) wife, Jane, were frequent attendees at AAVSO meetings, and
Ed´s stories were always great fun to listen to. In the 1940´s he
served on the AAVSO Council and as AAVSO 2nd Vice President. Ed was the
recipient of the AAVSO Merit Award in 1988, the AAVSO William Tyler
Olcott Distinguished Service Award in 2003, and AAVSO Observer Awards
for visual observations through the 100,000 level. Ed mentored hundreds
of observers over the decades, and was also a central figure of the
Milwaukee Astronomical Society for many years. As an engineer, he was
innovative and constantly thinking of ways to make observing and
observing resources more efficient, from suggesting and making
modifications to charts, to inventing a gravity-activated red observing
flashlight to wear around the neck, to designing a portable
observing/recording cart he used in later years, to...

Ed was an example of the classic AAVSO member/observer - dedicated,
enthusiastic, persistent, meticulous, generous and kind, and very
independent. We are grateful for his love of variable stars, his
valuable contributions to variable star astronomy, and his long
association with the AAVSO. We shall miss him.

Elizabeth O. Waagen
Senior Technical Assistant

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