Reasons4beerA reason to have a beer.

From the archives

A beer glass beside a brass telescope eyepiece and an original loose watercolour of a comet.

See you next time.

Astronomer Edmond Halley was born near London. He later calculated that a comet seen in 1682 would return; the comet now bears his name.

To keeping an appointment. Even if it takes most of a century.

Birth date follows the University of St Andrews biography (Gregorian calendar).

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