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March Meeting – Remote Imaging in Chile

February 26, 2022 February 26, 2022Uncategorized imaging, Malcolm Park, meetings 0

On Thursday, March 3, Hamilton RASC is pleased to have Malcolm Park speak to our club at 8pm. His topic will be remote imaging in Chile.    Malcolm Park is…

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Special Guest Speaker February 3!

January 19, 2022 January 19, 2022Uncategorized aurora, meetings, Paul Delaney 0

The Hamilton Centre of the RASC is pleased to announce that we will have a special guest speaker for the February 3rd General on-line Meeting.  Emeritus Professor Dr. Paul A.…

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Catch Comet Leonard C/2021 A1 While You Can!

December 8, 2021 December 8, 2021Uncategorized 0

If current predictions hold, the mornings around Thursday, December 9 will offer fine opportunities to see Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) while it is higher and shining in a dark, moonless…

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Club Member Honoured with Asteroid Naming

November 11, 2021 November 11, 2021Uncategorized 0

The Hamilton Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) congratulates club past president and longtime member Roger Hill for having an asteroid officially named after him. Asteroid 10076 …

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Message from the Board

October 15, 2021 October 15, 2021Uncategorized 0

From Bob ProciukV.P Membership RASC Hamilton Dear Friends of Astronomy:With this note I hope to update you on some of the plans the Board has put forth to resume activities…

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Website and Server Outage update

August 31, 2021 August 31, 2021Uncategorized 0

On the morning of Saturday, August 28, the company that hosts the server for all our services (website,Forum, mailing lists) had an attack on its infrastructure, causing serious outages and…

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March 20 Observatory Night cancelled

March 20, 2020 March 20, 2020Uncategorized 0

Due to a double whammy…the COVID-19 virus and good ol’ Mother Nature, tonight’s Observing night at the observatory is CANCELLED…let’s hope we have better luck next month.

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Monthly April Meeting CANCELLED

March 17, 2020 March 17, 2020Uncategorized 0

In light of the recommendation that the Ontario government has made concerning public meetings, we will be CANCELLING the April 2, 2020 meeting in the interest of the safety of…

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Message from Executive Director RASC concerning COVID-19

March 13, 2020 March 13, 2020Uncategorized 0

Hello all,Our daily news feeds are now dominated by stories of public events, conferences, concerts and whole sports seasons being suspended or cancelled due to concern over the spread of…

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February 21 Observing Night is a GO!

February 21, 2020 February 21, 2020Uncategorized 0

The Hamilton RASC Observing night for tonight is a GO! The general public is welcome. Gates open at 7:30 pm. Please remember to dress warmly – you should always dress…

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