Rolf G. Meier (1953–2016)

Amateur astronomy has lost a dedicated observer and successful visual comet hunter.
Rolf Meier was born in Ottawa in 1953. As a teenager, he read about the great effort that the American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh went through to discover Pluto. Hooked on the night sky, Rolf joined the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada's Ottawa Centre, one of Canada's most active and noted astronomy clubs, and he became an frequent observer.
Best known for his four visual comet discoveries, Rolf Meier was also