Category: Meetings
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Members Meeting – Radio Astronomy – Thursday Feb. 2 @ 8:00
Join us on Thursday Feb 2 @ 8:00 PM for our monthly meeting. As always, the general public is welcome. Our Guest Speaker is Dr. Chris Talpas – Radio Astronomy I would wager, that after the meeting, our club will be inspired to build our own radio telescope! Where? Royal Canadian Legion 79 Hamilton St.…
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January’s Award Winning Monthly Meeting
By Ed Mizzi 2017 is going to be a great year in astronomy, and our first meeting of the year certainly had a lot of great things happen! As is customary, President Gary Bennett welcomed everyone to the meeting. Following this, Bob Prociuk gave his monthly report on membership and welcomed new members in attendance. Ed Mizzi…
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Members Meeting This Thursday, January 5@ 8:00 PM
Thursday January 5, 2017 8:00 PM Open to the General Public. Special Guest Speaker: Paul Delaney, York University, “The state of our understanding about the Milky Way Galaxy, past present and future” Special Award Presentation – Youth Award : We have a very special presentation to make. Ed Mizzi met a very special young lad at one…
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Outreach at Pearson High School
by Ed Mizzi The Hamilton Centre was involved in another successful Outreach Program, this one at Lester B. Pearson high school in Burlington. Tanya Grigor, a science teacher at the school, invited the centre to share some astronomy knowledge and skills with her grade nine science students, hoping that it would broaden their horizons…
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December’s Orbit Now Available
It is the last month of the year, and Roger has put together the last Orbit publication for the year. Roger has also announced that he will hold another course for newbies interested in astronomy in the New Year. The NOVA course is well worth your time if you want to learn more about the…
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A Visit to St. Andrew Elementary School, Oakville
Hamilton RASC was given a great opportunity this month to work with gifted students at a school in Oakville. For four full days, Nov. 21, 23, 24, and 29, Ed Mizzi did Outreach with the students at St. Andrew School. Bob Prociuk joined Ed on the mornings of Nov. 21 and 23 and helped with…
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December Monthly Meeting Synopsis
This month’s meeting featured two of our very best members, Dave Dev and Ed Mizzi, giving presentations. It was also announced that the Hamilton chapter had acquired a number of 2017 RASC Calendars, and was selling them at a discounted price of $15! They make an amazing gift, and anyone who is interested can purchase…
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Members Meeting, Tomorrow, December 1
Join us for another evening of fun at our monthly Members Meeting (public welcome too). Special Speakers: Ed Mizzi will be talking about how much fun we have at our Youth Outreach Events. Dave Dev will be unveiling “the secrets of PHD Guiding”. Whether you are an astrophotograper or not, it will…
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November Meeting Synopsis
Once again, Ed has provided an excellent summary of our monthly meeting, which is truly appreciated by those who could not make it…. – Gary Bennett, our President welcomed everyone to the meeting – Ed Mizzi discussed Outreach programs and how to get involved. He will give a more in depth talk in December, involving…
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November Orbit now available
Volume 49 of the Hamilton RASC newsletter, Orbit has begun. This is the 10th year Roger has edited this fine publication.As is tradition, we give members the first opportunity to read Orbit, which is readily available on our Forum! In this month’s edition we can see a lot of the incredible outreach work done by our…