Attached, please find the latest issue of the Custer Comment, the quarterly
publication of Custer Institute. You are receiving the electronic edition
in lieu of the hardcopy edition or the sender believes the current issue
would be of interest to you.

Highlights in this month's issue:
1) Custer receives grant from BNL; 2) 25" Obsession on loan to Custer from
SCCC; 3) Custer receives NYS Arts grant; 4) Research committee report; 5)
Commentary on Custer's 30th Annual Astronomy Jamboree by Custer Member Tom
Stock 6) Event highlights through March 2009 and much, much more.

As previously announced, I am no longer the sole editor and producer of
Custer's flagship publication but a contributing editor and member of the
Publications Committee. The Custer Comment is now a cooperative effort of
that committee.

Bob Chapin's monthly Heavenly Events column is included as 2 separate
attachments with this distribution. Since the Custer Comment is now
published quarterly, I have included January and February 2009.

I will continue to maintain and enhance all the electronic resources that
have been available to the membership since I was appointed editor and
producer of the organization's newsletter. Those resources would include the
Custer Comment Archive, available at http://www.tommadigan.net/custer and
any articles, multi-media files and links that are on the site. At any time
during any given month, the current issue is available at
http://www.tommadigan.net/custer/custercomment.pdf . As well, I will still
be available for lectures and other programs and will join all of you, time
permitting, in all of the ongoing and upcoming programs, projects and events
at Custer.

In order to use the electronic version, you'll need Adobe (
http://www.adobe.com) Acrobat Reader, available for free download at:
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Best regards,
Tom Madigan
Contributing Editor, The Custer Comment
Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society (http://www.ras.org.uk)
Associate Member, American Astronomical Society (http://www.aas.org)
NASA/ JPL Solar System Ambassador