We end 2022 on a sad but important note, commemorating the contribution made and lives of Professor Jay Pasachoff, solar eclipse astrophysicist; Dr Ragbir Bhathal, astronomy historian, scientist and educator and Reverend Robert Evans, highly accomplished amateur astronomer and discoverer of 42 supernovae. These three people made a difference to how we understand our solar system, galaxies and deep space and I am telling you my personal encounters. Professor Jay Pasachoff Wel