From Roger.Hill at hiteach.net Wed Dec 2 16:49:44 2015 From: Roger.Hill at hiteach.net (Roger Hill) Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 16:49:44 -0500 Subject: [RASC Hamilton Special Announcement] Your December, 2015 issue of Orbit is ready References: <748FCC2440B0DC43A2EDC79F10558B060E31288C@antigua.HiTeach.local> Message-ID: You can go directly to: http://www.hamiltonrasc.ca/Orbit/orbdec15.pdf , or head to http://www.hamiltonrasc.ca/ , and click on "Orbit Newsletter" . The latest issue is always at the top. In this month's issue you'll find: 1) A rather long editorial from Roger Hill; 2) President's Message from Gary Bennet; 3) A report on ArmChair Astronomy from David Surette; 4) An update on the Astrophotography group from Andy Blanchard; 5) Gary Colwell reports on the "Our Night Sky" course; 6) Outreach Needs You! Help out Mark Pickett; 7) Choosing and Using a Telescope for AStronomy; 8) Information on tyhe upconming Occultation of Venus; 9) Calendar of December events; and 10) An invitation to the News Years Levee from Andy Blanchard. Finally, please note that I'd like any submissions for the November issue to be sent to me by November 1st. Thanks, Roger Hill Orbit Editor -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From atacamandy at gmail.com Tue Dec 8 16:27:26 2015 From: atacamandy at gmail.com (Andrew Blanchard) Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 16:27:26 -0500 Subject: [RASC Hamilton Special Announcement] First Observing Night Message-ID: Our first general observing night will be this Friday, December 11th, 7 PM, at the Observatory. You are welcome to bring your own telescopes, binoculars, or try out the club's equipment: 16" Ritchey–Chrétien, 14" Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain, and a couple of Dobsonians (which you can borrow afterward through the club's loaner telescope program). If you just bought your first telescope, there will be people around who can help you get started with it. Remember to dress warmly, as if it will be 10 degrees colder than it actually is! If the sky is not clear that night, watch out for another e-mail postponing the event. Directions to the Observatory can be found on our web site on the Observatory page. The address can be found on the back page of Orbit, our newsletter (also found on the web site). The address is 576 Concession 7 East, Flamborough ON Directions from Highway 6 North of Hamilton: Take Concession 7 East eastbound, cross Centre Road. Continue on 7E, keep going past railroad tracks, to near end. Observatory driveway is on the right just before the stop sign. Directions from Mississauga or Milton: Britannia Road past Highway 25, Guelph Line, Cedar Springs Road to End. South 1 Block on Milborough Townline to Concession 7 East. Our gate is on the south side of the last lot (south west). Latitude 43° 23′ 25″ N, Longitude 79° 55′ 21″ W Muhammad Basil Ahmad RPh, HonBSc, BScPhm, CDE -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Roger.Hill at hiteach.net Wed Dec 2 16:49:44 2015 From: Roger.Hill at hiteach.net (Roger Hill) Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 16:49:44 -0500 Subject: [RASC Hamilton Special Announcement] Your December, 2015 issue of Orbit is ready References: <748FCC2440B0DC43A2EDC79F10558B060E31288C@antigua.HiTeach.local> Message-ID: You can go directly to: http://www.hamiltonrasc.ca/Orbit/orbdec15.pdf , or head to http://www.hamiltonrasc.ca/ , and click on "Orbit Newsletter" . The latest issue is always at the top. In this month's issue you'll find: 1) A rather long editorial from Roger Hill; 2) President's Message from Gary Bennet; 3) A report on ArmChair Astronomy from David Surette; 4) An update on the Astrophotography group from Andy Blanchard; 5) Gary Colwell reports on the "Our Night Sky" course; 6) Outreach Needs You! Help out Mark Pickett; 7) Choosing and Using a Telescope for AStronomy; 8) Information on tyhe upconming Occultation of Venus; 9) Calendar of December events; and 10) An invitation to the News Years Levee from Andy Blanchard. Finally, please note that I'd like any submissions for the November issue to be sent to me by November 1st. Thanks, Roger Hill Orbit Editor -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From atacamandy at gmail.com Tue Dec 8 16:27:26 2015 From: atacamandy at gmail.com (Andrew Blanchard) Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 16:27:26 -0500 Subject: [RASC Hamilton Special Announcement] First Observing Night Message-ID: Our first general observing night will be this Friday, December 11th, 7 PM, at the Observatory. You are welcome to bring your own telescopes, binoculars, or try out the club's equipment: 16" Ritchey–Chrétien, 14" Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain, and a couple of Dobsonians (which you can borrow afterward through the club's loaner telescope program). If you just bought your first telescope, there will be people around who can help you get started with it. Remember to dress warmly, as if it will be 10 degrees colder than it actually is! If the sky is not clear that night, watch out for another e-mail postponing the event. Directions to the Observatory can be found on our web site on the Observatory page. The address can be found on the back page of Orbit, our newsletter (also found on the web site). The address is 576 Concession 7 East, Flamborough ON Directions from Highway 6 North of Hamilton: Take Concession 7 East eastbound, cross Centre Road. Continue on 7E, keep going past railroad tracks, to near end. Observatory driveway is on the right just before the stop sign. Directions from Mississauga or Milton: Britannia Road past Highway 25, Guelph Line, Cedar Springs Road to End. South 1 Block on Milborough Townline to Concession 7 East. Our gate is on the south side of the last lot (south west). Latitude 43° 23′ 25″ N, Longitude 79° 55′ 21″ W Muhammad Basil Ahmad RPh, HonBSc, BScPhm, CDE -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Roger.Hill at hiteach.net Wed Dec 2 16:49:44 2015 From: Roger.Hill at hiteach.net (Roger Hill) Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 16:49:44 -0500 Subject: [RASC Hamilton Special Announcement] Your December, 2015 issue of Orbit is ready References: <748FCC2440B0DC43A2EDC79F10558B060E31288C@antigua.HiTeach.local> Message-ID: You can go directly to: http://www.hamiltonrasc.ca/Orbit/orbdec15.pdf , or head to http://www.hamiltonrasc.ca/ , and click on "Orbit Newsletter" . The latest issue is always at the top. In this month's issue you'll find: 1) A rather long editorial from Roger Hill; 2) President's Message from Gary Bennet; 3) A report on ArmChair Astronomy from David Surette; 4) An update on the Astrophotography group from Andy Blanchard; 5) Gary Colwell reports on the "Our Night Sky" course; 6) Outreach Needs You! Help out Mark Pickett; 7) Choosing and Using a Telescope for AStronomy; 8) Information on tyhe upconming Occultation of Venus; 9) Calendar of December events; and 10) An invitation to the News Years Levee from Andy Blanchard. Finally, please note that I'd like any submissions for the November issue to be sent to me by November 1st. Thanks, Roger Hill Orbit Editor -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From atacamandy at gmail.com Tue Dec 8 16:27:26 2015 From: atacamandy at gmail.com (Andrew Blanchard) Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 16:27:26 -0500 Subject: [RASC Hamilton Special Announcement] First Observing Night Message-ID: Our first general observing night will be this Friday, December 11th, 7 PM, at the Observatory. You are welcome to bring your own telescopes, binoculars, or try out the club's equipment: 16" Ritchey–Chrétien, 14" Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain, and a couple of Dobsonians (which you can borrow afterward through the club's loaner telescope program). If you just bought your first telescope, there will be people around who can help you get started with it. Remember to dress warmly, as if it will be 10 degrees colder than it actually is! If the sky is not clear that night, watch out for another e-mail postponing the event. Directions to the Observatory can be found on our web site on the Observatory page. The address can be found on the back page of Orbit, our newsletter (also found on the web site). The address is 576 Concession 7 East, Flamborough ON Directions from Highway 6 North of Hamilton: Take Concession 7 East eastbound, cross Centre Road. Continue on 7E, keep going past railroad tracks, to near end. Observatory driveway is on the right just before the stop sign. Directions from Mississauga or Milton: Britannia Road past Highway 25, Guelph Line, Cedar Springs Road to End. South 1 Block on Milborough Townline to Concession 7 East. Our gate is on the south side of the last lot (south west). Latitude 43° 23′ 25″ N, Longitude 79° 55′ 21″ W Muhammad Basil Ahmad RPh, HonBSc, BScPhm, CDE -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: