Tag: CCD
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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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Thursday Meeting – Paul Mortfield “Hunting Exoplanets” and Armchair Astronomy Sampler
Guest Speaker: Paul Mortfield who will talk about “Hunting Exoplanets”. (Hint…. We have the tools to do this at our observatory). Paul is a computer scientist by day and astronomer by night. Paul is the current President of RASC Toronto and Director of the David Dunlop Observatory. He is a long time owner of a…
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More Improvements at the Observatory – C14 Telescope Improvements
A couple of weeks ago, a motorized roof solution was implemented at the observatory. You can read more about it here. Well, our intrepid crew has made some improvements to the equipment inside the observatory! Our C14 now has a new Telrad Finder Scope to replace the one that was on loan. Even better, NO…
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The Chil 26th Hamilton Cub Pack visits the Observatory by Ed Mizzi
Gary Smith is the leader of this Cub Pack. He visited the Observatory over 20 years ago and wanted to see it once again, but more importantly, he wanted his Cubs to experience a first-rate facility and learn about the night sky. We began the evening at 7 PM and I have never before seen…
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It Was “Worth the Drive to Acton”: Girl Guides’ Astronomy Lesson by Ed Mizzi
I regularly visit both Elementary and Secondary schools with my astronomy presentations. One of the schools is called Christ the King Secondary School and it is in Georgetown. Well, it just so happens that one of the teachers I know there has a son in the Acton Scout group and asked if I could do…
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Observatory Roof Motorized – MacGyver Style!!
Hats off to club President Gary Bennett and club Vice President Dave Surette and their resourcefulness in motorizing the club roof! For instructions on how to use the new motorized roof, check out the video!
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March’s Orbit is Now Available
This month, Orbit talks about how researchers are proposing a way to search for weak signals from beyond earth in the search for extra-terrestial intelligence. The issue also explores some of the things that NASA is up to in the Atacama desert and Jeff Booth combines his love of astronomy with motorcycling. Check it out!
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March Observatory Night – by Ed Mizzi
Well, after cancelling 4 nights at the observatory over the past 2 months, we were finally graced with a clear night on March 11. And what an evening it was! I had the roof off and the 16” fired up by 7:30 PM so we had an early start. Our first visitor was Herb (sorry,…
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April’s Monthly Meeting – Hunting for Exoplanets
Astronomer Paul Mortfield will be joining us at the April meeting to discuss hunting for Exoplanets! Be sure to come by the The Royal Canadian Legion – Branch 551 79 Hamilton Street North Waterdown, ON on April 7 to hear his talk!
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June’s speaker will send waves through the audience!
Yes, that’s right, we will have McMaster University physicist Cliff Burgess talk to us in June about Gravitational Waves! Be sure to come to hear Dr. Burgess tell us why the recent discover of gravitational waves is such a big deal. In his talk, we will find out why modern theories of forces always require the…
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February Orbit is in Circulation!
The latest issue of our monthly newsletter, “Orbit”, is ready! In fact, if you have visited the Forum, you will have already seen it posted there! We will be giving Forum users the ability to see the Orbit first, followed a couple of days later by posting it on the website. In this month’s issue,…