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Sir Patrick Moore, British Astronomer, Dies at 89

Won't be another like him.

What a great bloke he was. I didn't like his anti-foxhunting views but I could forgive him that because he was right on most other things.

A mate of mine in the UK who has recently taken up astronomy is going to get my mint 1st edition copy of Moore's 1953 moon atlas for Christmas.

I met him when I was a nipper. I was a big fan then (I had read his youth science fiction), and remained it ever since. He did a great deal to inculcate a love of the sciences.