From: "Dirk Terrell" I think the AAVSO members owe Dan a round of applause for the >vast amount of help and friendship he has offered new members for >all of these years. Hear hear. I have been working with Dan on and off for nearly 15 years now. He has done a _lot_ for the variable star community. He's also discovered some extremely interesting eclipsing binaries. Hopefully he photograph all the interesting birds and get back to doing astronomy. Dirk _______________________________________________