Category: Meetings
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Join Us at our Next Monthly Meeting – Wed March 8
Our next monthly meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, March 8 from 8:00-9:30 pm. Our next meeting RASC Hamilton will be hosting Norm Fullum, a telescope maker extraordinaire. Norm will be taking us on a virtual tour of his optics facility, and mirror making secrets. His scopes are in all corners of the world, with accolades…
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Come See the Sun at Westfield Heritage Village in March!
Join our RASC Hamilton members at Westfield Heritage Village, throughout the month of March, where we’ll be showcasing historic telescopes belonging to one of the founding members of the RASC Hamilton Centre, Rev. Daniel Brand Marsh. Since this event will be during the daytime, there will be an opportunity to safely view our nearest star,…
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Sidewalk Astronomy – Wednesday February 15th from 7pm-9pm
RASC Hamilton will be hosting a Sidewalk Astronomy event – Wednesday February 15th from 7pm-9pm @ Spencer Smith Park (location noted on map) Astrospheric predicts favourable conditions and temperatures. (This can change at a moment’s notice) Stay tuned to our social media for final Go/No Go at 2pm on Wednesday. If you have a scope…
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February Book Review – The Backyard Astronomer’s Guide
This month, club librarian Bruce Murray reviewed The Backyard Astronomer’s Guide – Fourth Edition by the recently departed Terence Dickinson and Alan Dyer, two of RASC’s well known members. Bruce believes this is an awesome book, one that he wished he had read before starting astrophotography. The chapter on binoculars and telescopes alone are worth…
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January Book Recommendation
Our club librarian, Bruce Murray, has review the book “Eclipse Bulletin: Total Solar Eclipse of 2024 April 08” by Fred Espenak and Jay Anderson. This is a great reference book for the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse, especially as southern Ontario will be in the path of totality. The book includes several types of maps and…
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Hamilton RASC is on Astrospheric!
We’re on Astrospheric! The app provides location specific advanced weather tools for professional astronomers and astrophotographers in North America and supports hundreds of astronomical societies with tools that help members stay connected. You will notice that we have added the Astrospheric weather forecast to almost every page on our website, allowing visitors to quickly and…
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December Book Recommendation
Each month, Hamilton RASC librarian Bruce Murray has reviews a book. This month it is “Astrophysics for People in a Hurry” by Neil de Grasse Tyson. There are 12 chapters covering various astrophysics’ topics written in an easy to read format. The first chapter describes the period from the big bang to the start of…
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November Book Recommendation
Hamilton RASC librarian Bruce Murray has reviewed “The Glass Universe” by Dava Sobel. This book is from 2016. Beginning in the 1880s, the Harvard College Observatory began hiring graduates of the newly-formed women’s colleges as “human computers.” Their job was to apply mathematics to images male astronomers captured onto glass plates with telescopes. For the…
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Minor Planet named after Local Astronomer
Hamilton RASC is pleased to report we have another of our members honoured with a minor planet being named after him. Ed joins Andy Blanchard and Roger Hill as members who have had minor planets named after them. A minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun that is neither a…
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We’re Hosting a Star Party!
Hamilton RASC is pleased to announce that we are resuming our Outreach programs, starting with a Star Party! Our originally planned dates were cancelled due to weather, so we are actively working on a new date. This date will be provided on all our social media platforms when it has been set. If you want…