Bartha Lajos

AAVSO Observer Code
BQ
Affiliation
Magyar Csillagaszati Egyesulet, Valtozocsillag Szakcsoport (Hungary) (MCSE)
Full Name
Lajos Bartha
Location
Budapest, HU
Background/Interesting Fact
I am the retired librarin of the Hungarian Geographical Society (and life fellow of the British Royal Geographical Society, as well as a honorary member of the Hungarian Astronomical Association ), and active reseaecher the history of astronomy. I was born in 1933, my interest for the astronomy started 1948. (During 25 years I worked as a freelance cooworker the "Urania Public Observatory, Budapest)I take my first estimate form the variable stars in 1949, but I observed regularly the Sun, Moon, Planets and Comets. I published more articles from my observations, later from the history of astronomy and cartography, wrote more manuals for the amateure observers. (mainly in hungarian language, but a small part in german and english.), in last year (2010) from the history od the name the coonstellations and stars. Now I observed the stars in my home, with a small 3 inch and a 2 inch refractor, and a 10x50 binocular.