Category: Recap
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CANCELLED! 2026 Awards Dinner
Jun 10 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EDT The Mandarin at The Centre on Barton 1223 Barton St E Hamilton ON L8H 2V4 Click For tickets Join us for the 2026 Awards Dinner 🌌, an evening to recognize the volunteers, observers, and educators who keep astronomy thriving at RASC Hamilton Centre. Your registration helps support…
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Hamilton RASC stops by Astronomy on TAP
by Ed Mizzi On Friday evening, March 10, 2017, Hamilton Centre RASC members Ed Mizzi and Mark Smith made their way to the Grand Hall in Toronto, to attend the Astronomy on TAP event. This event was hosted by the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto and the Graduate Astronomy Students Association…
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March Orbit Now Available!
Roger Hill’s amazing efforts shine once more with the March edition of Orbit. Now that club members have had the first opportunity to read this month’s Orbit via the Forum, we are making it available to the general public. This month you can read about some of the science that can be done during this…
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March Meeting Ends with a (Big) Bang!
March Monthly Meeting Synopsis, by Ed Mizzi Attendance was up for the March meeting, with 45 people present at the Legion Hall in Waterdown. Gary Bennett opened the meeting with a warm welcome to both club members and members of the public. He also welcomed new members and discussed the agenda for the meeting. He…
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Hamilton Centre visits Mississauga Centre
by Ed Mizzi Dave Dev recently invited members from the Hamilton Centre to join him for one of the Mississauga Centre’s events on Friday, Feb. 24. Dave is also a member of the Miss. Ctr. and Dave has generously given the same talks to them as he has done at our monthly meetings. The meeting…
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Join Us Thursday March 2 @ 8:00 PM Guest Speaker, Dr. Niayesh Afshordi – “What Banged and Why?
Join us Thursday March 2 @ 8:00 PM for an entertaining evening. Our special guest speaker is Dr. Niayesh Afshordi – “What Banged and Why? The greatest detective story of all time!” Open to the public! Location: The Royal Canadian Legion 79 Hamilton St. N Waterdown, ON
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February Orbit Now Available
Once again, Roger Hill has produced an amazing and informative issue of Orbit. Now that club members have had the first opportunity to read this month’s Orbit via the Forum, we are making it available to the general public. This month’s edition talks about how amateur astronomers can help the professionals by reporting their observations of…
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The “Dish” on the February Meeting featuring Radio Astronomy
by Ed Mizzi February 2, 2017 Monthly Meeting David Surette welcomed everyone to the meeting and outlined the agenda. Bob Prociuk provided an update on present membership numbers. He also welcomed the new members present in the audience. Ed Mizzi discussed Outreach, past, present and future. He encouraged members to get involved and offered assistance…
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Radiaton Clouds at Aviation Altitudes
Here’s an article recommended by one of our loyal readers about the discovery of radiation “clouds” at elevations planes routinely fly through! http://news.spaceweather.com/radiation-clouds-at-aviation-altitudes/
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January 2017 Orbit Now Available
As is tradition, our members have first access to the monthly Orbit via our Forum. Orbit becomes available to the general public later in the month, and it is now available for January. This month’s great issue includes a number of great outreach events that were conducted by our members, along with some interesting articles…
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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.…