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Pictures: Club Members & Events

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2006
Members attending the AGM on 29 July 2006 at Boyden Observatory. From right to left: Gerrit Penning, Hannes van der Merwe, Phillip Coetzer, Pat van Heerden, Stewart McDonald (hidden), Thinus van der Merwe, Hannes Pieterse, Nelia Grobbelaar. Photo: Maurits van Wyk.	Members attending the AGM on 29 July 2006 at Boyden Observatory. From left to right: Mia Zeelie, Marni Boshoff, Pieter Pieterse, Grietjie Karelsen, Tessa Smith, Nelia Grobbelaar, Hannes Pieterse, Thinus van der Merwe
13 July 2006 - Public shows at the Arts Festival on the campus of the UFS in front of the Law Faculty. Shows were given by the club on 12 and 13 July 2006, to an average of about 45 people per evening.	13 July 2006 - Some of the members who assisted during the Arts Festival shows on campus. At the back from the left: Gerrit Penning, Stewart McDonald, Gideon Steyl, Phillip Coetzer. Not on photo: Neels Raath (12 July), James Ross and son Pieter (12 and 13 July)
1 July 2006 - Public outreach program in Fascination Books, Mimosa Mall. Presenters were Gerrit Penning and Jacques van Delft (pictured).	1 July 2006 - Public outreach program in Fascination Books, Mimosa Mall. Onlookers (including Jacques van Delft in centre) listens to a talk by Dr. Matie Hoffman of Boyden Observatory.
10 May 2006 - Gideon Steyl and Hannes Pieterse discussing telescopes during the telescope making kick-off meeting at Mimosa Mall, Bloemfontein. Photo by Maurits van Wyk.	10 May 2006 - Johan Mynhardt inspecting telescope-making instruments. Photo by Maurits van Wyk.
10 May 2006 - Thinus and Hannes van der Merwe talking to James Ross about the finer details of amateur telescope making - Mimosa Mall, Bloemfontein. Photo by Maurits van Wyk.	6 May 2006 - Hannes Pieterse, Pat van Heerden, Gerrit Penning and Mia Zeelie at the 2006 ScopeX. Photo by Eric Matthews.
4 March 2006 - Phillip Coetzer, Jacques van Delft and Stewart McDonald during the testing of Jacques Coronado Solar telescope at Boyden Observatory.	22 April 2006 - Gerrit Penning (front) explaining the workings of a refractor telescope during the Beginner day in Night Sky Observations course at Boyden Observatory. Photo by Maurits van Wyk.

2005
22 January 2005 - Phillip Coetzer, honourary member Dr. Matie Hoffman and Dawie van Jaarsveldt prior to a club meeting, during a Boyden cleaning session at the Observatory.	12 February 2005 - Mia Zeelie, Pat van Heerden, Juan-Marié Bower and Neels Raath waiting for the audience in the auditorium during the Boyden Open Day on 12 Feb 2005 at the Observatory.
26 February 2005 - Braam van Zyl during the repeat of 12 Feb's open day at Boyden Observatory.	28 March 2005 - Shaun Twigge, Hannes Pieterse and Jacques van Delft in the club house after a club meeting at Boyden.
16 April 2005 - Phillip Coetzer and James Ross in discussion during ScopeX 2005 in Johannesburg.	4 June 2005 - Gerrit Penning, Phillip Coetzer, Lynette Thomas (cousin of Gerrit) and Gideon Steyl at Barkly West during a star show for a nature organisation.

2004
17 January 2004 - Phillip Coetzer and Marius Fourie during planisphere-making day at Boyden.	28 February 2004 - Beginner course for new amateur astronomers at Boyden presented by the club.
22 March 2004 - Group photo of ASSA Bloem members, Friends of Boyden and 5 German students who went on the Sutherland tour of 2004.	20 March 2004 - The SALT dome, photographed during the 2004 tour there.
4 June 2004 - Matie and Sollie looking at the sun (with protective eye wear!) during the Venus Transit day, at Boyden Observatory. Picture: Hannes Pieterse	4 June 2004 - Club members looking at Jacques' solar setup on the observation platform at Boyden. Picture: Hannes Pieterse.
4 June 2004 - Jacques van Delft waiting for some holes in the clouds during the 2004 Venus Transit. Picture: Hannes Pieterse.	4 June 2004 - "Men of the Sun" Jacques van Delft and Braam van Zyl helping to manage the Venus Transit day at Boyden. Picture: Hannes Pieterse.
4 June 2004 - Ian Jamieson, Pat van Heerden and Braam van Zyl looking at a projected picture of the sun in the solar telescope building at Boyden.	4 June 2004 - Mia Zeelie, Ronel du Preez, Phillip Coetzer and oom Jack van Ellinckhuyze during the launch of the telescope making project in 2004, at Gerrit's house.
15 June 2004 - Herman Bonnet, Phillip Coetzer, Gerrit Penning, Mia Zeelie, Hannes Pieterse and Johan Mynhardt during an observation evening at Gerrit's house, deep winter.	19 June 2004 - View of the Eastern Free State during the Mabula Game Lodge evening where a few members of the club went to have a social and do observations of the Leonids (it was cloudy though).

2003
24 May 2003 - Jacques van Delft explaining some of his solar studies to other members prior to a club meeting at Boyden.	22 June 2003 - Jacques van Delft and Gerrit Penning standing next to Boyden's 8 inch mobile telescope during a club weekend at Welbedactdam in the E. FS.
21 June 2003 - Marelize Langner, Gerrit Penning, (friend), Ernie Langner and Jacques van Delft during a tour of the Welbedacthdam facilities by Jacques.	July 2003 - Jacques Berner and Braam van Zyl at Boyden's solar telescope.
July 2003 - Braam van Zyl and Thinus van der Merwe on the observation platform at Boyden.	July 2003 - Thinus van der Merwe, Pieter Laubscher and Dawie van Jaarsveldt on the observation platform at Boyden.
August 2003 - Hannes Esterhuize, Surina Hohne and Hannes Calitz at Boyden.	August 2003 - THE GROUP. Gerrit Penning, Surina Hohne, Juan-Marié Bower, Jeanine Nel and Jacques Berner at Boyden prior to a club meeting.

2002 and prior
November 2002 - Thinus van der Merwe, Rock Expert, discussing the composition of a road rock somewhere on a road in the Free State (after the 2002 ASSA Symposium on the way back to Bloemfontein).	November 2002 - Thinus van der Merwe, Hannes Calitz and Gerrit Penning at the Sterkfontein Caves prior to their visit to Tswaing and the 2002 ASSA Symposium.
30 November 2002 - Juan-Marié Bower, Jeanine Nel and The Thing (a.k.a. Hannes Calitz) during the club's year-end event at Boyden.	30 November 2002 - Johan and Grietjie Karelsen and The Thing (a.k.a. Hannes Calitz) during the club's year-end event at Boyden.