Oh dear! I'm just catching up with IIS after being too busy for some time and I read this sad news. I always enjoyed Les' material in AS&T. I met him twice or was it three times over ten years, the last time at MAS in 2019 when he explained the history of the constellations - a fascinating talk. His astronomy knowledge and experience was tremendous and I enjoyed our few meetings. Is he now observing all those NGC objects from a completely different perspective? One could only hope.
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