Tag: Dr. Laura Parker
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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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January Meeting – SN 1987A: Thirty Years After
On January 4th, Hamilton RASC is pleased to host Dr. Ian Shelton, BSc, MSc, PhD at our monthly meeting. At our meeting, Dr. Shelton will discuss Supernova 1987A, which he co-discovered. When Supernova 1987A appeared thirty years ago on February 23, 1987, it was the brightest supernova in almost 400 hundred years. Armed with almost…
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The Sky’s the Limit at Pearson High School – Outreach
By Ed Mizzi Well, another successful Outreach event was held at Pearson High School in north Burlington. It began during the day on November 28 when Ed Mizzi spoke to 2 grade nine science classes, using one of his several astronomy slide shows. The discussion included the Solar System, Milky Way and the scale of…
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December Meeting – Rust and Stardust
On December 7, 2017, we will be treated to a talk by Athanasios Thanassis- Psaltis “Rust and stardust: The lives of the stars and the origin of the elements” Have you ever looked up in the starry sky and felt small and insignificant compared to the vastness of the cosmos? What you will learn…
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November Orbit – 50 volumes in!
The latest edition of Orbit is now publicly available here, and it is indeed a special edition. This is the first issue of our 50th volume, and the 99th to be edited by Roger Hill. As always, our members get the first opportunity to read Orbit, so be sure to join! In this month’s issue,…
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A “Chip” Off the Old Block
by Ed Mizzi Well, all that’s left of the trees that were cut down earlier this year is a nice soft layer of wood chips spread out over part of our observatory parking lot. That’s what happens when you get 13 busy “beavers” working for almost 4 hours on a cool and damp Saturday in…
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November 2017 Monthly Meeting
by Ed Mizzi On Nov. 2, 2017, the Hamilton Centre met for its regular monthly meeting. Attendance was very good with about 45 people present and everyone was looking forward to the lecture by Dr. Chris Talpas. Ed Mizzi began the proceedings with a welcome to everyone. He displayed a slide with the agenda on…
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October’s Orbit – Love Beneath the Stars
This month’s issue of Orbit is now available to the general public, and features a marriage proposal by one of our members on the cover. You can read about the story that led to the cover image in this month’s issue. Along with this great story is a farewell to a beloved science mission –…
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October 2017 Monthly Meeting
by Ed Mizzi On Oct. 5, 2017, the Hamilton Centre met for its regular monthly meeting. Attendance was very good with about 30 people present and everyone was excited about the election and eclipse stories. Gary Bennett began the proceedings with a welcome to everyone, especially new members and visitors. He announced that this was…
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A Trip of a Lifetime: Solar Eclipse, Aug. 21, 2017
by Ed Mizzi My wife, Bari, and I have driven out to the West coast several times over the past few decades. We have also flown out, but driving allows one to see just how vast and beautiful Canada is. When we were planning our summer of 2017 trek, I suggested that maybe we could…
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Outreach Visits L3 WESCAM
by Ed Mizzi On the evening of September 26, 2017, three HRASC members, Ronald Shields, Troy McCoy and Ed Mizzi, visited the L3 WESCAM facility on the North Service Road in Burlington, ON. As many of you may know, WESCAM develops and manufactures stabilized imaging systems for fixed and rotary wing aircraft, to support military,…