From Gary.Colwell at aero.bombardier.com Thu Jan 2 09:48:59 2014 From: Gary.Colwell at aero.bombardier.com (Gary Colwell) Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 14:48:59 +0000 Subject: [RASC Hamilton Special Announcement] Tonights Meeting 8:00 pm Royal Canadian Legion Waterdown ON. Message-ID: <2384CC09C181FB4CBA4F98A0DB0FFD890C8CE441@MTLWAEXCH004.ca.aero.bombardier.net> Happy New Year Everyone!. With the holiday season behind us, and a new year just begun, I hope everyone had a great time with family and friends....and that great time will continue tonight at our monthly meeting at the Royal Canadian Legion at 8:00 pm. Our guest speaker tonight will be Jeremy Levine. Jeremy is relatively new to Astronomy but his enthusiasm is contagious and he will be speaking tonight on his love of astronomy and some of the exciting things he has been doing over the past few years. Jeremy says he just a novice, and is beginning his adventure into Astrophotography and visual observing among other things, but wants to share his enthusiasm with everyone....It should be a very informative and "fresh" perspective on the hobby. We will also be starting an "Astronomy Quiz Challenge" tonight. As part of our plan to make the meetings more fun, we will put the challenge to all those in attendance with a quiz on "General Astronomy"...and it will be challenging!. We will also be discussing some of the significant astronomical events during the month of January....so be sure to come out and bring a friend or two!.. See you tonight! Gary Colwell [Description: Description: cid:image002.png at 01CE5DE5.2775F960] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From Roger.Hill at hiteach.net Fri Jan 31 14:00:20 2014 From: Roger.Hill at hiteach.net (Roger Hill) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:00:20 -0500 Subject: [RASC Hamilton Special Announcement] Still some seats left for New Observers to Visual Astronomy (NOVA) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The Hamilton Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada will be running the New Observers to Visual Astronomy (NOVA) course starting on Monday, February 3rd, at the Observatory (http://www.hamiltonrasc.ca/observatory/ for directions). The course is an excellent guide to many concepts in astronomy and gaining an appreciation of what can be seen in the sky. All NOVA sessions will be held at the Hamilton Centre Observatory. The site offers a couple of advantages, including darker skies, a heated clubhouse and access to the 16" Ritchey-Chretien telescope. Each session will begin at 7:30pm, with an observing session run by Mark Pickett. This will be followed by classroom instruction and group discussions. There will be many opportunities for participants to ask questions, and I'll do my best to make sure that the classroom material is structured in such a way as to allow this. Participants can take advantage of the on site library for reference material including sky atlas', star charts, etc. All participants will also receive a copy of the Mag 7 Star Atlas, and a planisphere. Come on out and join us in this opportunity to enhance your knowledge and skills in the ever changing field of amateur astronomy. Here is an outline of the lessons planned: 1. Observing (Monday, February 3rd) 2. Motions of the Sky and Seasons (Tuesday, February 18th (to avoid Family Day) 3. The Solar System (Monday, March 3rd) 4. Telescope and Binocular Types; Choosing and Using Them (Monday, March 17th) * 5. The Moon and Eclipses (Monday, April 7th) 6. Charts, North, Distance, Position and Brightness (Monday, April 21st) 7. Star Designations, RA, Dec. and Deep Sky Objects (Monday, May 5th) * 8. Stars (Monday, May 26th.) The course is open to all regardless of age, experience or knowledge level, although some knowledge of math at about the grade 9 or 10 level will help. The cost for the Beginners Observers Guide is normally $19.95, plus shipping, for members. Please see http://www.rasc.ca/beginners-observing-guide for more information on this great resource. Since we charge $5 a session (for heat and hand-outs), we'll be charging $20 for the first evening, and this will include your own copy of the B.O.G...in effect giving you a $5 discount on the book. Each night afterwards is $5. Please let me know if you intend to take the course so we can reserve you a seat. If you have any questions about the content, the structure, the location or anything else, please don't hesitate to contact me. 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Jeremy is relatively new to Astronomy but his enthusiasm is contagious and he will be speaking tonight on his love of astronomy and some of the exciting things he has been doing over the past few years. Jeremy says he just a novice, and is beginning his adventure into Astrophotography and visual observing among other things, but wants to share his enthusiasm with everyone....It should be a very informative and "fresh" perspective on the hobby. We will also be starting an "Astronomy Quiz Challenge" tonight. As part of our plan to make the meetings more fun, we will put the challenge to all those in attendance with a quiz on "General Astronomy"...and it will be challenging!. We will also be discussing some of the significant astronomical events during the month of January....so be sure to come out and bring a friend or two!.. See you tonight! 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Did you get any new Astro gear for Christmas?....If you did and you are coming tonight ....bring it along ( unless it was an AP152 on a new Astrophysics mount - will probably be too heavy!...lol..)....and tell us all about it...We will devote a portion of the meeting for you to tell us all about your new stuff ( after all it will be 30 days before you can use it due to the "new astronomical equipment" curse!!) See you tonight! Gary Colwell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From Roger.Hill at hiteach.net Fri Jan 31 14:00:20 2014 From: Roger.Hill at hiteach.net (Roger Hill) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:00:20 -0500 Subject: [RASC Hamilton Special Announcement] Still some seats left for New Observers to Visual Astronomy (NOVA) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The Hamilton Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada will be running the New Observers to Visual Astronomy (NOVA) course starting on Monday, February 3rd, at the Observatory (http://www.hamiltonrasc.ca/observatory/ for directions). The course is an excellent guide to many concepts in astronomy and gaining an appreciation of what can be seen in the sky. All NOVA sessions will be held at the Hamilton Centre Observatory. The site offers a couple of advantages, including darker skies, a heated clubhouse and access to the 16" Ritchey-Chretien telescope. Each session will begin at 7:30pm, with an observing session run by Mark Pickett. This will be followed by classroom instruction and group discussions. There will be many opportunities for participants to ask questions, and I'll do my best to make sure that the classroom material is structured in such a way as to allow this. Participants can take advantage of the on site library for reference material including sky atlas', star charts, etc. All participants will also receive a copy of the Mag 7 Star Atlas, and a planisphere. Come on out and join us in this opportunity to enhance your knowledge and skills in the ever changing field of amateur astronomy. Here is an outline of the lessons planned: 1. Observing (Monday, February 3rd) 2. Motions of the Sky and Seasons (Tuesday, February 18th (to avoid Family Day) 3. The Solar System (Monday, March 3rd) 4. Telescope and Binocular Types; Choosing and Using Them (Monday, March 17th) * 5. The Moon and Eclipses (Monday, April 7th) 6. Charts, North, Distance, Position and Brightness (Monday, April 21st) 7. Star Designations, RA, Dec. and Deep Sky Objects (Monday, May 5th) * 8. Stars (Monday, May 26th.) The course is open to all regardless of age, experience or knowledge level, although some knowledge of math at about the grade 9 or 10 level will help. The cost for the Beginners Observers Guide is normally $19.95, plus shipping, for members. Please see http://www.rasc.ca/beginners-observing-guide for more information on this great resource. Since we charge $5 a session (for heat and hand-outs), we'll be charging $20 for the first evening, and this will include your own copy of the B.O.G...in effect giving you a $5 discount on the book. Each night afterwards is $5. Please let me know if you intend to take the course so we can reserve you a seat. If you have any questions about the content, the structure, the location or anything else, please don't hesitate to contact me. 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Jeremy is relatively new to Astronomy but his enthusiasm is contagious and he will be speaking tonight on his love of astronomy and some of the exciting things he has been doing over the past few years. Jeremy says he just a novice, and is beginning his adventure into Astrophotography and visual observing among other things, but wants to share his enthusiasm with everyone....It should be a very informative and "fresh" perspective on the hobby. We will also be starting an "Astronomy Quiz Challenge" tonight. As part of our plan to make the meetings more fun, we will put the challenge to all those in attendance with a quiz on "General Astronomy"...and it will be challenging!. We will also be discussing some of the significant astronomical events during the month of January....so be sure to come out and bring a friend or two!.. See you tonight! 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Did you get any new Astro gear for Christmas?....If you did and you are coming tonight ....bring it along ( unless it was an AP152 on a new Astrophysics mount - will probably be too heavy!...lol..)....and tell us all about it...We will devote a portion of the meeting for you to tell us all about your new stuff ( after all it will be 30 days before you can use it due to the "new astronomical equipment" curse!!) See you tonight! Gary Colwell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From Roger.Hill at hiteach.net Fri Jan 31 14:00:20 2014 From: Roger.Hill at hiteach.net (Roger Hill) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:00:20 -0500 Subject: [RASC Hamilton Special Announcement] Still some seats left for New Observers to Visual Astronomy (NOVA) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The Hamilton Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada will be running the New Observers to Visual Astronomy (NOVA) course starting on Monday, February 3rd, at the Observatory (http://www.hamiltonrasc.ca/observatory/ for directions). The course is an excellent guide to many concepts in astronomy and gaining an appreciation of what can be seen in the sky. All NOVA sessions will be held at the Hamilton Centre Observatory. The site offers a couple of advantages, including darker skies, a heated clubhouse and access to the 16" Ritchey-Chretien telescope. Each session will begin at 7:30pm, with an observing session run by Mark Pickett. This will be followed by classroom instruction and group discussions. There will be many opportunities for participants to ask questions, and I'll do my best to make sure that the classroom material is structured in such a way as to allow this. Participants can take advantage of the on site library for reference material including sky atlas', star charts, etc. All participants will also receive a copy of the Mag 7 Star Atlas, and a planisphere. Come on out and join us in this opportunity to enhance your knowledge and skills in the ever changing field of amateur astronomy. Here is an outline of the lessons planned: 1. Observing (Monday, February 3rd) 2. Motions of the Sky and Seasons (Tuesday, February 18th (to avoid Family Day) 3. The Solar System (Monday, March 3rd) 4. Telescope and Binocular Types; Choosing and Using Them (Monday, March 17th) * 5. The Moon and Eclipses (Monday, April 7th) 6. Charts, North, Distance, Position and Brightness (Monday, April 21st) 7. Star Designations, RA, Dec. and Deep Sky Objects (Monday, May 5th) * 8. Stars (Monday, May 26th.) The course is open to all regardless of age, experience or knowledge level, although some knowledge of math at about the grade 9 or 10 level will help. The cost for the Beginners Observers Guide is normally $19.95, plus shipping, for members. Please see http://www.rasc.ca/beginners-observing-guide for more information on this great resource. Since we charge $5 a session (for heat and hand-outs), we'll be charging $20 for the first evening, and this will include your own copy of the B.O.G...in effect giving you a $5 discount on the book. Each night afterwards is $5. Please let me know if you intend to take the course so we can reserve you a seat. If you have any questions about the content, the structure, the location or anything else, please don't hesitate to contact me. 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