Tag: Moon
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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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The February Monthly Meeting
courtesy of Ed Mizzi The February monthly meeting was exciting and informative, for several reasons. Here are the highlights for those who couldn’t make it: Gary Bennett, our club President, began by welcoming everyone, including two new visitors Bob Prociuk (Special Projects Director) announced the latest membership numbers and it looks as if we are still in…
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Monthly Meeting – Thurs. Feb 4 – Space Medicine & Press Announcement
Our next monthly meeting is one you won’t want to miss. We have a great guest speaker and we will also be making 2 exciting announcements. Guest Speaker: Dr. Dave Dev – Space Medicine All may seem calm on the ISS, but its not. Come and experience the fascinating world of abnormal physiology, strange pathology,…
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Armchair Astronomy – Monday January 11 – 8 pm
Monday night is our next Armchair Astronomy session. Come to the observatory and see where the conversation leads! The first topic from which we will branch out is how AI and robotics will be used in exoplanet research and space exploration. Come out and join the lively and friendly discussion!
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Videos from the Cloud Chamber!
Ed Mizzi took some videos of the Cloud Chamber in action and caught the alpha particle streaks, along with fission reactions. Enjoy the videos and discussions below!
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The January Meeting that had EVERYONE on their feet!
This month’s meeting was one that should NOT have been missed! The meeting started out with some updates on what has been a very busy month. First we had an overview of the club membership and we are up 4 members this month! Members were also reminded that they can buy 2016 calendars for just…
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The January Orbit is out!
The latest issue of our monthly newsletter, “Orbit”, is ready! In this month’s issue, find out about some of the activities that have taken place in the last month, and some of the exciting new things that will be happening in 2016, including information about our brand new Forum!!! Click on “Orbit Newsletter” to see…
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A Newbie takes their first Saturn photos
by Jeff Booth It’s not true, you know. The planets aren’t necessarily “out there” … millions of kilometres away. Beyond your reach. They can be as close as … well, right outside your door. It was with just this frame of reference that one novice recently attempted to photograph the sixth planet from the Sun.…
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Bass-ackwards Tips to Better Astrophotography
By Gary Colwell Does astrophotography scare the livin’ daylights out of you?…Confused over things like/…T-Point”….plate solve?.. dynamic range?????…..well.. For me…T pointing is going to the grocery store and pointing at a tea display…..and plate solving is figuring out how many place settings you need for Christmas Dinner! In my presentation I have thrown caution to the…
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Astrophotography with a Camera and Tripod
Before you go out and spend a small fortune on telescopes, mounts, guiders, cameras, software and computers…consider the simple method of a simple camera and tripod. In the next few weeks I will be posting more on this topic…so stay tuned The picture included was a 10 second exposure of the moon, Venus, mars and…
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Jan 7 Monthly Meeting – Hands On “Mad Science” Night – Cosmic Ray Detector
Join us on Thursday Jan. 7 @ 8:00 PM for “Mad Science” Night We have a special treat – we’re going to do some science and everyone gets to take part in the grand experiment. The audience will be divided into several teams and each team will construct a chamber that will reveal the presence…