Unfortunately one of our long-term IceInSpace members, Vincent Miu (cookie8) passed away in late May, after a 2.5 year battle with cancer.
Vincent had been a member of IceInSpace since Dec 2005 and had come to our central coast meets and was at every IISAC event until his health was not good enough to come.
His photography improved steadily over the past few years and I'm sure one of his highlights was receiving a highly commended in the
2009 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.
One of my most vivid memories of Vincent was at IISAC2008, after having terrible weather, I woke up on the Sunday morning hearing Vincent tinkering near his tent. This was from my report of IISAC2008:
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More sitting around the camp-fire on Saturday night, with chocolate, chips and conversation. I headed to bed at around midnight and was woken on a cold Sunday morning by Vincent (cookie8) making noise around his scope. I thought he was packing up to go home, but luckily Ian (gaa_ian) walked by and spoke to him about clear skies - so out I popped, into the freezer suit and took in 30 minutes of nice clear skies before morning twilight came all too soon. Orion overhead and Eta Carinae in the South was a lovely sight. Apparently it cleared around 4am, but all too late for most people.
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My deepest condolences to Vincent's family.
This photo was taken at IISAC2008 by RB.