From Roger.Hill at hiteach.net Sun Mar 8 07:31:18 2015 From: Roger.Hill at hiteach.net (Roger Hill) Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 07:31:18 -0400 Subject: RASC Hamilton Your March, 2015 issue of Orbit is ready References: <53438EC0-1B3F-4DBD-8E82-32BBBA4432DE@hiteach.net> Message-ID: You can go directly to: http://www.hamiltonrasc.ca/Orbit/orbmar15.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) Les Nagy making the case for using Forums, and a quick note about AstyroCATS from Andy Blanchard. 2) A good article from MMark Pickett about "Stargazer" Steve Dodson, who will be at AstroCATS. 3) A couple of pages of great pictures from last months thin moon and conjunction...should give you a good idea about how to take striking pictures without massive amounts of equipment! 4) Chris Talpas provides another book review in his Librarians Report. 5) Some pictures provided by Ed Mizzi from the February meeting. 6) A calendar of astronomical, and Centre, events coming up in the next month. Please note that April 4th comes after March 3rd, unlike the calendar! The lunar eclipse that day still occurs, though! 7) Finally, check out the pictures on the front and back covers by Les Nagy and Scott Barrie, respectively. Please accept my apologies for it being late, and I hope you enjoy reading it. Finally, please note that I'd like any submissions to be sent to me by Friday, March 27th, although I'll happily take pictures until Monday, March 30th. Thanks, Roger Hill Orbit Editor -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bscphm at gmail.com Sun Mar 8 10:38:09 2015 From: bscphm at gmail.com (Muhammad Basil Ahmad) Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 10:38:09 -0400 Subject: RASC Hamilton Your March, 2015 issue of Orbit is ready In-Reply-To: References: <53438EC0-1B3F-4DBD-8E82-32BBBA4432DE@hiteach.net> Message-ID: "I should also note that Muhammad Ahmad saw the thin Moon but decided it was too cold to go out and photograph it. Wise move!" LOL Muhammad Basil Ahmad HonBSc, BScPhm, RPh, CDE On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 7:31 AM, Roger Hill wrote: > > You can go directly to: > http://www.hamiltonrasc.ca/Orbit/orbmar15.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) Les Nagy making the case for using Forums, and a quick note about > AstyroCATS from Andy Blanchard. > 2) A good article from MMark Pickett about "Stargazer" Steve Dodson, who > will be at AstroCATS. > 3) A couple of pages of great pictures from last months thin moon and > conjunction...should give you a good idea about how to take striking > pictures without massive amounts of equipment! > 4) Chris Talpas provides another book review in his Librarians Report. > 5) Some pictures provided by Ed Mizzi from the February meeting. > 6) A calendar of astronomical, and Centre, events coming up in the next > month. Please note that April 4th comes after March 3rd, unlike the > calendar! The lunar eclipse that day still occurs, though! > 7) Finally, check out the pictures on the front and back covers by Les > Nagy and Scott Barrie, respectively. > > Please accept my apologies for it being late, and I hope you enjoy reading > it. > > Finally, please note that I'd like any submissions to be sent to me by > Friday, March 27th, although I'll happily take pictures until Monday, March > 30th. > > Thanks, > > Roger Hill > Orbit Editor > > > > _______________________________________________ > astronomers mailing list > astronomers at hamiltonrasc.ca > http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/astronomers_hamiltonrasc.ca > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From edmizzi.mizzi at gmail.com Sun Mar 8 11:20:39 2015 From: edmizzi.mizzi at gmail.com (Ed Gmail) Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 11:20:39 -0400 Subject: RASC Hamilton Your March, 2015 issue of Orbit is ready In-Reply-To: References: <53438EC0-1B3F-4DBD-8E82-32BBBA4432DE@hiteach.net> Message-ID: <9AEB9F10-B7D3-4B2C-A1DD-43DC7CDD5E86@gmail.com> Roger, Great Orbit this month, with lots of variety and lots of photos. Thanks for all the work you put into these publications, month after month, year after year. > On Mar 8, 2015, at 7:31 AM, Roger Hill wrote: > > > You can go directly to: > http://www.hamiltonrasc.ca/Orbit/orbmar15.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) Les Nagy making the case for using Forums, and a quick note about AstyroCATS from Andy Blanchard. > 2) A good article from MMark Pickett about "Stargazer" Steve Dodson, who will be at AstroCATS. > 3) A couple of pages of great pictures from last months thin moon and conjunction...should give you a good idea about how to take striking pictures without massive amounts of equipment! > 4) Chris Talpas provides another book review in his Librarians Report. > 5) Some pictures provided by Ed Mizzi from the February meeting. > 6) A calendar of astronomical, and Centre, events coming up in the next month. Please note that April 4th comes after March 3rd, unlike the calendar! The lunar eclipse that day still occurs, though! > 7) Finally, check out the pictures on the front and back covers by Les Nagy and Scott Barrie, respectively. > > Please accept my apologies for it being late, and I hope you enjoy reading it. > > Finally, please note that I'd like any submissions to be sent to me by Friday, March 27th, although I'll happily take pictures until Monday, March 30th. > > Thanks, > > Roger Hill > Orbit Editor > > > > _______________________________________________ > astronomers mailing list > astronomers at hamiltonrasc.ca > http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/astronomers_hamiltonrasc.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Roger.Hill at hiteach.net Sun Mar 8 14:30:29 2015 From: Roger.Hill at hiteach.net (Roger Hill) Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 14:30:29 -0400 Subject: RASC Hamilton Your March, 2015 issue of Orbit is ready References: <53438EC0-1B3F-4DBD-8E82-32BBBA4432DE@hiteach.net> <9AEB9F10-B7D3-4B2C-A1DD-43DC7CDD5E86@gmail.com> Message-ID: Thanks, Ed...It's all in the proof-reading! Roger -----Original Message----- From: astronomers on behalf of Ed Gmail Sent: Sun 08/03/2015 11:20 AM To: astronomers at hamiltonrasc.ca Subject: Re: RASC Hamilton Your March, 2015 issue of Orbit is ready Roger, Great Orbit this month, with lots of variety and lots of photos. Thanks for all the work you put into these publications, month after month, year after year. > On Mar 8, 2015, at 7:31 AM, Roger Hill wrote: > > > You can go directly to: > http://www.hamiltonrasc.ca/Orbit/orbmar15.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) Les Nagy making the case for using Forums, and a quick note about AstyroCATS from Andy Blanchard. > 2) A good article from MMark Pickett about "Stargazer" Steve Dodson, who will be at AstroCATS. > 3) A couple of pages of great pictures from last months thin moon and conjunction...should give you a good idea about how to take striking pictures without massive amounts of equipment! > 4) Chris Talpas provides another book review in his Librarians Report. > 5) Some pictures provided by Ed Mizzi from the February meeting. > 6) A calendar of astronomical, and Centre, events coming up in the next month. Please note that April 4th comes after March 3rd, unlike the calendar! The lunar eclipse that day still occurs, though! > 7) Finally, check out the pictures on the front and back covers by Les Nagy and Scott Barrie, respectively. > > Please accept my apologies for it being late, and I hope you enjoy reading it. > > Finally, please note that I'd like any submissions to be sent to me by Friday, March 27th, although I'll happily take pictures until Monday, March 30th. > > Thanks, > > Roger Hill > Orbit Editor > > > > _______________________________________________ > astronomers mailing list > astronomers at hamiltonrasc.ca > http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/astronomers_hamiltonrasc.ca -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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McCallion Planetarium: http://www.physics.mcmaster.ca/planetarium/ McMaster's Sidewalk Astronomy: http://www.physics.mcmaster.ca/sidewalkastronomy/ Thank you so much for the invitation to speak at your meeting. Aaron and I both want to thank you for dinner as well. I hope your members enjoy these resources. If you want to contact Aaron about giving a talk at one of your future meetings, you can contact him at ajmax at mcmaster.ca. Thanks again and take care, Rachel On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 6:28 PM, Rachel L. Ward wrote: Hi Gary, I just arrived at Turtle Jacks. My cell number is 416-841-7092. Let me know when you arrive. Thanks! Rachel On 3/4/15, GAry Colwell wrote: > 255 Dundas St E, Waterdown, ON L0R 2H6 > > (905) 690-1787 > > See you there at 630 pm > Gary > > Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 22:39:09 -0500 > Subject: Re: FW: Guest Speaker at the Hamilton Centre RASC > From: rlward at mcmaster.ca > To: supergiant2003 at hotmail.com > > Hi Gary, > Looking forward to Thursday. Could you please send me the address for the > restaurant? > Thanks,Rachel > On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 11:16 AM, Gary Colwell > wrote: > Sure that would be great!Address to follow,…. From: Rachel L. Ward > [mailto:rlward at mcmaster.ca] > Sent: February-22-15 11:07 AM > To: Gary Colwell > Subject: Re: FW: Guest Speaker at the Hamilton Centre RASC > Hi Gary, Yes, I would be able to meet for dinner. Could you send me the > address of the pub? Also, would it be alright if my husband joins us? > Looking forward to it! Rachel On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Gary Colwell > wrote:Hi Rachel..This is perfect thankyou!...We > usually meet at a local pub before the meeting to have dinner with some of > the members…would you be available for that?...we usually meet at 6:00 at > Turtle Jacks.Looking forward to having you speak to us!Gary From: Rachel L. > Ward [mailto:rlward at mcmaster.ca] > Sent: February-22-15 10:17 AM > To: Gary Colwell > Subject: Re: FW: Guest Speaker at the Hamilton Centre RASC Hi Gary, Sorry > for the delay getting this to you. Here is my title, blurb, photo, and bio. > A Star is Born: Uncovering the True Nature of Molecular Clouds Giant > molecular clouds are the birthplace of stars; however, the true nature of > these clouds remains a great mystery. The first step towards achieving a > greater understanding of star formation is exploring the structure and > evolution of the clouds in which they form. Learn how powerful > supercomputers are used to visualize both simulated and observed > star-forming clouds to help solve several major unanswered questions in star > formation. Biography:I am in the final year of my PhD in astrophysics at > McMaster University. I received my Bachelor's degree from York University > in 2009 and my Master's degree from McMaster University in 2011. Over the > past ten years, I have been involved in various astronomy and science > outreach initiatives, coordinating events for Let's Talk Science, the > McMaster 3D Theatre, McMaster's Sidewalk Astronomy, Science Rendezvous, and > the York Observatory, and also as a presenter at the McCallion Planetarium > and invited speaker at the David Dunlap Observatory and Ontario Science > Centre. Let me know if you need anything else. Sorry again! Rachel On > Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 7:52 PM, Gary Colwell > wrote:Subject: RE: Guest Speaker at the Hamilton Centre RASC Hello > Rachael,Just touching base with you regarding your upcoming talk on March 5, > 2015 to our club. I would love it if you could shoot me off a brief Bio of > yourself…perhaps with a picture and a description of your topic so I can > include it in our monthly newsletter and email broadcast, and announce it at > our meeting tomorrow!Some particularsWe meet at the The Royal Canadian > Legion – Branch 551 79 Hamilton Street North Waterdown, ON Time; 8:00 pm…but > we should meet at 7:30 to set things upWe all go out to the royal coachman > afterward for the after the meeting meeting!Looking forward to having you > Gary ColwellPresident - HamiltonRASCEmail president at hamiltonRASC.caPersonal > supergiant2003 at hotmail.com From: Gary Colwell > [mailto:supergiant2003 at hotmail.com] > Sent: January-25-15 9:18 PM > To: 'Rachel L. Ward' > Subject: RE: Guest Speaker at the Hamilton Centre RASC Hello Rachael…We > would love to have you come speak to us about your research!...I will fill > you in on the details shortlyThank you for your willingness to come speak > with us!Sincerely Gary ColwellPresident - HamiltonRASCEmail > president at hamiltonRASC.caPersonal supergiant2003 at hotmail.com From: Rachel > L. Ward [mailto:rlward at mcmaster.ca] > Sent: January-25-15 7:23 PM > To: Gary Colwell > Subject: Re: Guest Speaker at the Hamilton Centre RASC Hi Gary, I'm so sorry > for not replying to your request sooner. I wanted to let you know that I > would love to come speak to the Hamilton RASC on Thursday March 5th. I > could give a presentation on my research (star formation) or I could present > on another topic of interest. Please let me know if you are still > interested. Thank you for your invitation. I look forward to hearing from > you. Rachel On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Gary Colwell > wrote:Hi Rachael, Thank you for getting back to > me…would you be interested in speaking to our group on Thursday March 5, > 2015? We would be thrilled to have you speak to us ion any topic of your > choice.Kind Regards,Gary Colwell From: Rachel L. Ward > [mailto:rlward at mcmaster.ca] > Sent: January-05-15 9:21 AM > To: Gary Colwell > Subject: Re: Guest Speaker at the Hamilton Centre RASC Dear Gary, Thank you > so much for the invitation to speak at your meeting. Unfortunately, I will > be unavailable to speak this Thursday as I already have a prior commitment. > However, I would be thrilled to come speak at one of your meetings on a > later date. I'm so sorry that I won't be able to make it, but I look forward > to hearing from you about scheduling for a later date. Rachel On Mon, Dec > 29, 2014 at 10:04 AM, Gary Colwell wrote:Dear > Rachael, My name is Gary Colwell and I am the President of the Hamilton > Centre RASC. I am also a friend of Paul Mortfield. Recently I thought I had > booked Paul as our guest speaker on January 8, 2015, but through an error on > my part, I had failed to confirm the date and Paul is booked at the DDO that > evening. I asked him if he could recommend a speaker for us and he gave me > your name along with a high recommendation. I know this is extremely short > notice, but would you be available to speak to our club on Thursday January > 8, 2015 at 8:00 pm in Waterdown ON. If not we would certainly enjoy hearing > you at a later date.We have about 20-30 members come out to our meetings, > and they are a very enthusiastic crowd. ..and interests range from beginners > to seasoned veterans. If you would be available, I would love to hear back > from you. We generally meet beforehand for dinner with our speaker to say > thank you for speaking to us.Looking forward to hearing from you.Gary > ColwellPresident > Hamilton CentreRASC > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bscphm at gmail.com Wed Mar 11 16:43:50 2015 From: bscphm at gmail.com (Muhammad Basil Ahmad) Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 16:43:50 -0400 Subject: RASC Hamilton =?utf-8?b?RndkOiBVcGNvbWluZyDigJhTdXBlcm1vb27igJkg?= =?utf-8?q?eclipse_will_dazzle_Britain=2C_but_hit_Europe=E2=80=99s_?= =?utf-8?q?power_grids_hard_=E2=80=94_RT_News?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Anyone planning to go to Scotland that weekend? Muhammad Basil Ahmad HonBSc, BScPhm, RPh, CDE ---------- Forwarded message ---------- http://rt.com/news/238789-solar-moon-eclipse-britain/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From davedev777 at gmail.com Tue Mar 31 22:19:16 2015 From: davedev777 at gmail.com (Dave Dev) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 22:19:16 -0400 Subject: RASC Hamilton [ Special Announcement] Meeting this Thursday April 2, 2015 Royal Canadian Legion Waterdown ON 8:00pm. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Sounds great. Can we have Mizzi's Quizzies again ? On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 8:18 PM, Gary Colwell wrote: > Hello all, > > Just a reminder of our meeting this coming Thursday evening. Our Speaker > will be Dr. Chris Talpas, and if you heard him last year you all know you > are in for a real treat…. > > > > Chris Talpas, who is the librarian at RASC Hamilton Centre will give a > talk on: The Impact Threat from Near Earth Objects Chris will be presenting > the talk in the Royal Canadian Legion in Waterdown. Near Earth Objects > which include asteroids and comets can cross Earth’s orbital path and > potentially collide with our planet. The talk will highlight a number of > past impacts, discuss the frequency of these events as well as the search > efforts underway to discover and track them. Finally a number of options > will be presented to avert significant impacts. > > See you all there and bring a friend!!!! > > Gary Colwell > > _______________________________________________ > Announce mailing list > Announce at hamiltonrasc.ca > http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/announce_hamiltonrasc.ca > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From emizzi at cogeco.ca Tue Mar 31 22:26:27 2015 From: emizzi at cogeco.ca (Ed Mizzi) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 22:26:27 -0400 Subject: RASC Hamilton [ Special Announcement] Meeting this Thursday April 2, 2015 Royal Canadian Legion Waterdown ON 8:00pm. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <96D94B2D-6396-482E-A22F-8A0BA513B9A1@cogeco.ca> Dave, I’m flattered that you want the Quizzes back. However, I cannot attend Thursday’s meeting as I have to pick up my son at Pearson…he’s home for the long weekend. I hope someone else is able to bring a camera to the meeting to take a few photos for Orbit. Ed > On Mar 31, 2015, at 10:19 PM, Dave Dev wrote: > > Sounds great. Can we have Mizzi's Quizzies again ? > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 8:18 PM, Gary Colwell wrote: > Hello all, > > Just a reminder of our meeting this coming Thursday evening. Our Speaker will be Dr. Chris Talpas, and if you heard him last year you all know you are in for a real treat…. > > > > Chris Talpas, who is the librarian at RASC Hamilton Centre will give a talk on: The Impact Threat from Near Earth Objects Chris will be presenting the talk in the Royal Canadian Legion in Waterdown. Near Earth Objects which include asteroids and comets can cross Earth’s orbital path and potentially collide with our planet. The talk will highlight a number of past impacts, discuss the frequency of these events as well as the search efforts underway to discover and track them. Finally a number of options will be presented to avert significant impacts. > > See you all there and bring a friend!!!! > > Gary Colwell > > > _______________________________________________ > Announce mailing list > Announce at hamiltonrasc.ca > http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/announce_hamiltonrasc.ca > > > _______________________________________________ > astronomers mailing list > astronomers at hamiltonrasc.ca > http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/astronomers_hamiltonrasc.ca From misterfixall at rogers.com Tue Mar 31 23:36:41 2015 From: misterfixall at rogers.com (Murray) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 23:36:41 -0400 Subject: RASC Hamilton [ Special Announcement] Meeting this Thursday April 2, 2015 Royal Canadian Legion Waterdown ON 8:00pm. In-Reply-To: <96D94B2D-6396-482E-A22F-8A0BA513B9A1@cogeco.ca> References: <96D94B2D-6396-482E-A22F-8A0BA513B9A1@cogeco.ca> Message-ID: <696AB996-D31C-4322-BEBF-95476FD0D9B9@rogers.com> Hi Ed , Murray , I'll take photos and submit them to the Orbit. But they may all be pictures of my Mallincam Xterminator , bbbbwwwwwaaaaahhhhhaaaa Sent from my iPad > On Mar 31, 2015, at 10:26 PM, Ed Mizzi wrote: > Here > Dave, I’m flattered that you want the Quizzes back. However, I cannot attend Thursday’s meeting as I have to pick up my son at Pearson…he’s home for the long weekend. I hope someone else is able to bring a camera to the meeting to take a few photos for Orbit. > > Ed > > >> On Mar 31, 2015, at 10:19 PM, Dave Dev wrote: >> >> Sounds great. Can we have Mizzi's Quizzies again ? >> >> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 8:18 PM, Gary Colwell wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> Just a reminder of our meeting this coming Thursday evening. Our Speaker will be Dr. Chris Talpas, and if you heard him last year you all know you are in for a real treat…. >> >> >> >> Chris Talpas, who is the librarian at RASC Hamilton Centre will give a talk on: The Impact Threat from Near Earth Objects Chris will be presenting the talk in the Royal Canadian Legion in Waterdown. Near Earth Objects which include asteroids and comets can cross Earth’s orbital path and potentially collide with our planet. The talk will highlight a number of past impacts, discuss the frequency of these events as well as the search efforts underway to discover and track them. Finally a number of options will be presented to avert significant impacts. >> >> See you all there and bring a friend!!!! >> >> Gary Colwell >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Announce mailing list >> Announce at hamiltonrasc.ca >> http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/announce_hamiltonrasc.ca >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> astronomers mailing list >> astronomers at hamiltonrasc.ca >> http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/astronomers_hamiltonrasc.ca > > > _______________________________________________ > astronomers mailing list > astronomers at hamiltonrasc.ca > http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/astronomers_hamiltonrasc.ca From Roger.Hill at hiteach.net Sun Mar 8 07:31:18 2015 From: Roger.Hill at hiteach.net (Roger Hill) Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 07:31:18 -0400 Subject: RASC Hamilton Your March, 2015 issue of Orbit is ready References: <53438EC0-1B3F-4DBD-8E82-32BBBA4432DE@hiteach.net> Message-ID: You can go directly to: http://www.hamiltonrasc.ca/Orbit/orbmar15.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) Les Nagy making the case for using Forums, and a quick note about AstyroCATS from Andy Blanchard. 2) A good article from MMark Pickett about "Stargazer" Steve Dodson, who will be at AstroCATS. 3) A couple of pages of great pictures from last months thin moon and conjunction...should give you a good idea about how to take striking pictures without massive amounts of equipment! 4) Chris Talpas provides another book review in his Librarians Report. 5) Some pictures provided by Ed Mizzi from the February meeting. 6) A calendar of astronomical, and Centre, events coming up in the next month. Please note that April 4th comes after March 3rd, unlike the calendar! The lunar eclipse that day still occurs, though! 7) Finally, check out the pictures on the front and back covers by Les Nagy and Scott Barrie, respectively. Please accept my apologies for it being late, and I hope you enjoy reading it. 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The latest issue is always at the top. > > In this month's issue you'll find: > 1) Les Nagy making the case for using Forums, and a quick note about > AstyroCATS from Andy Blanchard. > 2) A good article from MMark Pickett about "Stargazer" Steve Dodson, who > will be at AstroCATS. > 3) A couple of pages of great pictures from last months thin moon and > conjunction...should give you a good idea about how to take striking > pictures without massive amounts of equipment! > 4) Chris Talpas provides another book review in his Librarians Report. > 5) Some pictures provided by Ed Mizzi from the February meeting. > 6) A calendar of astronomical, and Centre, events coming up in the next > month. Please note that April 4th comes after March 3rd, unlike the > calendar! The lunar eclipse that day still occurs, though! > 7) Finally, check out the pictures on the front and back covers by Les > Nagy and Scott Barrie, respectively. > > Please accept my apologies for it being late, and I hope you enjoy reading > it. > > Finally, please note that I'd like any submissions to be sent to me by > Friday, March 27th, although I'll happily take pictures until Monday, March > 30th. > > Thanks, > > Roger Hill > Orbit Editor > > > > _______________________________________________ > astronomers mailing list > astronomers at hamiltonrasc.ca > http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/astronomers_hamiltonrasc.ca > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From edmizzi.mizzi at gmail.com Sun Mar 8 11:20:39 2015 From: edmizzi.mizzi at gmail.com (Ed Gmail) Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 11:20:39 -0400 Subject: RASC Hamilton Your March, 2015 issue of Orbit is ready In-Reply-To: References: <53438EC0-1B3F-4DBD-8E82-32BBBA4432DE@hiteach.net> Message-ID: <9AEB9F10-B7D3-4B2C-A1DD-43DC7CDD5E86@gmail.com> Roger, Great Orbit this month, with lots of variety and lots of photos. Thanks for all the work you put into these publications, month after month, year after year. > On Mar 8, 2015, at 7:31 AM, Roger Hill wrote: > > > You can go directly to: > http://www.hamiltonrasc.ca/Orbit/orbmar15.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) Les Nagy making the case for using Forums, and a quick note about AstyroCATS from Andy Blanchard. > 2) A good article from MMark Pickett about "Stargazer" Steve Dodson, who will be at AstroCATS. > 3) A couple of pages of great pictures from last months thin moon and conjunction...should give you a good idea about how to take striking pictures without massive amounts of equipment! > 4) Chris Talpas provides another book review in his Librarians Report. > 5) Some pictures provided by Ed Mizzi from the February meeting. > 6) A calendar of astronomical, and Centre, events coming up in the next month. Please note that April 4th comes after March 3rd, unlike the calendar! The lunar eclipse that day still occurs, though! > 7) Finally, check out the pictures on the front and back covers by Les Nagy and Scott Barrie, respectively. > > Please accept my apologies for it being late, and I hope you enjoy reading it. > > Finally, please note that I'd like any submissions to be sent to me by Friday, March 27th, although I'll happily take pictures until Monday, March 30th. > > Thanks, > > Roger Hill > Orbit Editor > > > > _______________________________________________ > astronomers mailing list > astronomers at hamiltonrasc.ca > http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/astronomers_hamiltonrasc.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The latest issue is always at the top. > > In this month's issue you'll find: > 1) Les Nagy making the case for using Forums, and a quick note about AstyroCATS from Andy Blanchard. > 2) A good article from MMark Pickett about "Stargazer" Steve Dodson, who will be at AstroCATS. > 3) A couple of pages of great pictures from last months thin moon and conjunction...should give you a good idea about how to take striking pictures without massive amounts of equipment! > 4) Chris Talpas provides another book review in his Librarians Report. > 5) Some pictures provided by Ed Mizzi from the February meeting. > 6) A calendar of astronomical, and Centre, events coming up in the next month. Please note that April 4th comes after March 3rd, unlike the calendar! 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McCallion Planetarium: http://www.physics.mcmaster.ca/planetarium/ McMaster's Sidewalk Astronomy: http://www.physics.mcmaster.ca/sidewalkastronomy/ Thank you so much for the invitation to speak at your meeting. Aaron and I both want to thank you for dinner as well. I hope your members enjoy these resources. If you want to contact Aaron about giving a talk at one of your future meetings, you can contact him at ajmax at mcmaster.ca. Thanks again and take care, Rachel On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 6:28 PM, Rachel L. Ward wrote: Hi Gary, I just arrived at Turtle Jacks. My cell number is 416-841-7092. Let me know when you arrive. Thanks! Rachel On 3/4/15, GAry Colwell wrote: > 255 Dundas St E, Waterdown, ON L0R 2H6 > > (905) 690-1787 > > See you there at 630 pm > Gary > > Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 22:39:09 -0500 > Subject: Re: FW: Guest Speaker at the Hamilton Centre RASC > From: rlward at mcmaster.ca > To: supergiant2003 at hotmail.com > > Hi Gary, > Looking forward to Thursday. Could you please send me the address for the > restaurant? > Thanks,Rachel > On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 11:16 AM, Gary Colwell > wrote: > Sure that would be great!Address to follow,…. From: Rachel L. Ward > [mailto:rlward at mcmaster.ca] > Sent: February-22-15 11:07 AM > To: Gary Colwell > Subject: Re: FW: Guest Speaker at the Hamilton Centre RASC > Hi Gary, Yes, I would be able to meet for dinner. Could you send me the > address of the pub? Also, would it be alright if my husband joins us? > Looking forward to it! Rachel On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Gary Colwell > wrote:Hi Rachel..This is perfect thankyou!...We > usually meet at a local pub before the meeting to have dinner with some of > the members…would you be available for that?...we usually meet at 6:00 at > Turtle Jacks.Looking forward to having you speak to us!Gary From: Rachel L. > Ward [mailto:rlward at mcmaster.ca] > Sent: February-22-15 10:17 AM > To: Gary Colwell > Subject: Re: FW: Guest Speaker at the Hamilton Centre RASC Hi Gary, Sorry > for the delay getting this to you. Here is my title, blurb, photo, and bio. > A Star is Born: Uncovering the True Nature of Molecular Clouds Giant > molecular clouds are the birthplace of stars; however, the true nature of > these clouds remains a great mystery. The first step towards achieving a > greater understanding of star formation is exploring the structure and > evolution of the clouds in which they form. Learn how powerful > supercomputers are used to visualize both simulated and observed > star-forming clouds to help solve several major unanswered questions in star > formation. Biography:I am in the final year of my PhD in astrophysics at > McMaster University. I received my Bachelor's degree from York University > in 2009 and my Master's degree from McMaster University in 2011. Over the > past ten years, I have been involved in various astronomy and science > outreach initiatives, coordinating events for Let's Talk Science, the > McMaster 3D Theatre, McMaster's Sidewalk Astronomy, Science Rendezvous, and > the York Observatory, and also as a presenter at the McCallion Planetarium > and invited speaker at the David Dunlap Observatory and Ontario Science > Centre. Let me know if you need anything else. Sorry again! Rachel On > Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 7:52 PM, Gary Colwell > wrote:Subject: RE: Guest Speaker at the Hamilton Centre RASC Hello > Rachael,Just touching base with you regarding your upcoming talk on March 5, > 2015 to our club. I would love it if you could shoot me off a brief Bio of > yourself…perhaps with a picture and a description of your topic so I can > include it in our monthly newsletter and email broadcast, and announce it at > our meeting tomorrow!Some particularsWe meet at the The Royal Canadian > Legion – Branch 551 79 Hamilton Street North Waterdown, ON Time; 8:00 pm…but > we should meet at 7:30 to set things upWe all go out to the royal coachman > afterward for the after the meeting meeting!Looking forward to having you > Gary ColwellPresident - HamiltonRASCEmail president at hamiltonRASC.caPersonal > supergiant2003 at hotmail.com From: Gary Colwell > [mailto:supergiant2003 at hotmail.com] > Sent: January-25-15 9:18 PM > To: 'Rachel L. Ward' > Subject: RE: Guest Speaker at the Hamilton Centre RASC Hello Rachael…We > would love to have you come speak to us about your research!...I will fill > you in on the details shortlyThank you for your willingness to come speak > with us!Sincerely Gary ColwellPresident - HamiltonRASCEmail > president at hamiltonRASC.caPersonal supergiant2003 at hotmail.com From: Rachel > L. Ward [mailto:rlward at mcmaster.ca] > Sent: January-25-15 7:23 PM > To: Gary Colwell > Subject: Re: Guest Speaker at the Hamilton Centre RASC Hi Gary, I'm so sorry > for not replying to your request sooner. I wanted to let you know that I > would love to come speak to the Hamilton RASC on Thursday March 5th. I > could give a presentation on my research (star formation) or I could present > on another topic of interest. Please let me know if you are still > interested. Thank you for your invitation. I look forward to hearing from > you. Rachel On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Gary Colwell > wrote:Hi Rachael, Thank you for getting back to > me…would you be interested in speaking to our group on Thursday March 5, > 2015? We would be thrilled to have you speak to us ion any topic of your > choice.Kind Regards,Gary Colwell From: Rachel L. Ward > [mailto:rlward at mcmaster.ca] > Sent: January-05-15 9:21 AM > To: Gary Colwell > Subject: Re: Guest Speaker at the Hamilton Centre RASC Dear Gary, Thank you > so much for the invitation to speak at your meeting. Unfortunately, I will > be unavailable to speak this Thursday as I already have a prior commitment. > However, I would be thrilled to come speak at one of your meetings on a > later date. I'm so sorry that I won't be able to make it, but I look forward > to hearing from you about scheduling for a later date. Rachel On Mon, Dec > 29, 2014 at 10:04 AM, Gary Colwell wrote:Dear > Rachael, My name is Gary Colwell and I am the President of the Hamilton > Centre RASC. I am also a friend of Paul Mortfield. Recently I thought I had > booked Paul as our guest speaker on January 8, 2015, but through an error on > my part, I had failed to confirm the date and Paul is booked at the DDO that > evening. I asked him if he could recommend a speaker for us and he gave me > your name along with a high recommendation. I know this is extremely short > notice, but would you be available to speak to our club on Thursday January > 8, 2015 at 8:00 pm in Waterdown ON. If not we would certainly enjoy hearing > you at a later date.We have about 20-30 members come out to our meetings, > and they are a very enthusiastic crowd. ..and interests range from beginners > to seasoned veterans. If you would be available, I would love to hear back > from you. We generally meet beforehand for dinner with our speaker to say > thank you for speaking to us.Looking forward to hearing from you.Gary > ColwellPresident > Hamilton CentreRASC > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bscphm at gmail.com Wed Mar 11 16:43:50 2015 From: bscphm at gmail.com (Muhammad Basil Ahmad) Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 16:43:50 -0400 Subject: RASC Hamilton =?utf-8?b?RndkOiBVcGNvbWluZyDigJhTdXBlcm1vb27igJkg?= =?utf-8?q?eclipse_will_dazzle_Britain=2C_but_hit_Europe=E2=80=99s_?= =?utf-8?q?power_grids_hard_=E2=80=94_RT_News?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Anyone planning to go to Scotland that weekend? Muhammad Basil Ahmad HonBSc, BScPhm, RPh, CDE ---------- Forwarded message ---------- http://rt.com/news/238789-solar-moon-eclipse-britain/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From davedev777 at gmail.com Tue Mar 31 22:19:16 2015 From: davedev777 at gmail.com (Dave Dev) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 22:19:16 -0400 Subject: RASC Hamilton [ Special Announcement] Meeting this Thursday April 2, 2015 Royal Canadian Legion Waterdown ON 8:00pm. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Sounds great. Can we have Mizzi's Quizzies again ? On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 8:18 PM, Gary Colwell wrote: > Hello all, > > Just a reminder of our meeting this coming Thursday evening. Our Speaker > will be Dr. Chris Talpas, and if you heard him last year you all know you > are in for a real treat…. > > > > Chris Talpas, who is the librarian at RASC Hamilton Centre will give a > talk on: The Impact Threat from Near Earth Objects Chris will be presenting > the talk in the Royal Canadian Legion in Waterdown. Near Earth Objects > which include asteroids and comets can cross Earth’s orbital path and > potentially collide with our planet. The talk will highlight a number of > past impacts, discuss the frequency of these events as well as the search > efforts underway to discover and track them. Finally a number of options > will be presented to avert significant impacts. > > See you all there and bring a friend!!!! > > Gary Colwell > > _______________________________________________ > Announce mailing list > Announce at hamiltonrasc.ca > http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/announce_hamiltonrasc.ca > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From emizzi at cogeco.ca Tue Mar 31 22:26:27 2015 From: emizzi at cogeco.ca (Ed Mizzi) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 22:26:27 -0400 Subject: RASC Hamilton [ Special Announcement] Meeting this Thursday April 2, 2015 Royal Canadian Legion Waterdown ON 8:00pm. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <96D94B2D-6396-482E-A22F-8A0BA513B9A1@cogeco.ca> Dave, I’m flattered that you want the Quizzes back. However, I cannot attend Thursday’s meeting as I have to pick up my son at Pearson…he’s home for the long weekend. I hope someone else is able to bring a camera to the meeting to take a few photos for Orbit. Ed > On Mar 31, 2015, at 10:19 PM, Dave Dev wrote: > > Sounds great. Can we have Mizzi's Quizzies again ? > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 8:18 PM, Gary Colwell wrote: > Hello all, > > Just a reminder of our meeting this coming Thursday evening. Our Speaker will be Dr. Chris Talpas, and if you heard him last year you all know you are in for a real treat…. > > > > Chris Talpas, who is the librarian at RASC Hamilton Centre will give a talk on: The Impact Threat from Near Earth Objects Chris will be presenting the talk in the Royal Canadian Legion in Waterdown. Near Earth Objects which include asteroids and comets can cross Earth’s orbital path and potentially collide with our planet. The talk will highlight a number of past impacts, discuss the frequency of these events as well as the search efforts underway to discover and track them. Finally a number of options will be presented to avert significant impacts. > > See you all there and bring a friend!!!! > > Gary Colwell > > > _______________________________________________ > Announce mailing list > Announce at hamiltonrasc.ca > http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/announce_hamiltonrasc.ca > > > _______________________________________________ > astronomers mailing list > astronomers at hamiltonrasc.ca > http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/astronomers_hamiltonrasc.ca From misterfixall at rogers.com Tue Mar 31 23:36:41 2015 From: misterfixall at rogers.com (Murray) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 23:36:41 -0400 Subject: RASC Hamilton [ Special Announcement] Meeting this Thursday April 2, 2015 Royal Canadian Legion Waterdown ON 8:00pm. In-Reply-To: <96D94B2D-6396-482E-A22F-8A0BA513B9A1@cogeco.ca> References: <96D94B2D-6396-482E-A22F-8A0BA513B9A1@cogeco.ca> Message-ID: <696AB996-D31C-4322-BEBF-95476FD0D9B9@rogers.com> Hi Ed , Murray , I'll take photos and submit them to the Orbit. But they may all be pictures of my Mallincam Xterminator , bbbbwwwwwaaaaahhhhhaaaa Sent from my iPad > On Mar 31, 2015, at 10:26 PM, Ed Mizzi wrote: > Here > Dave, I’m flattered that you want the Quizzes back. However, I cannot attend Thursday’s meeting as I have to pick up my son at Pearson…he’s home for the long weekend. I hope someone else is able to bring a camera to the meeting to take a few photos for Orbit. > > Ed > > >> On Mar 31, 2015, at 10:19 PM, Dave Dev wrote: >> >> Sounds great. Can we have Mizzi's Quizzies again ? >> >> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 8:18 PM, Gary Colwell wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> Just a reminder of our meeting this coming Thursday evening. Our Speaker will be Dr. Chris Talpas, and if you heard him last year you all know you are in for a real treat…. >> >> >> >> Chris Talpas, who is the librarian at RASC Hamilton Centre will give a talk on: The Impact Threat from Near Earth Objects Chris will be presenting the talk in the Royal Canadian Legion in Waterdown. Near Earth Objects which include asteroids and comets can cross Earth’s orbital path and potentially collide with our planet. The talk will highlight a number of past impacts, discuss the frequency of these events as well as the search efforts underway to discover and track them. Finally a number of options will be presented to avert significant impacts. >> >> See you all there and bring a friend!!!! >> >> Gary Colwell >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Announce mailing list >> Announce at hamiltonrasc.ca >> http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/announce_hamiltonrasc.ca >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> astronomers mailing list >> astronomers at hamiltonrasc.ca >> http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/astronomers_hamiltonrasc.ca > > > _______________________________________________ > astronomers mailing list > astronomers at hamiltonrasc.ca > http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/astronomers_hamiltonrasc.ca From Roger.Hill at hiteach.net Sun Mar 8 07:31:18 2015 From: Roger.Hill at hiteach.net (Roger Hill) Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 07:31:18 -0400 Subject: RASC Hamilton Your March, 2015 issue of Orbit is ready References: <53438EC0-1B3F-4DBD-8E82-32BBBA4432DE@hiteach.net> Message-ID: You can go directly to: http://www.hamiltonrasc.ca/Orbit/orbmar15.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) Les Nagy making the case for using Forums, and a quick note about AstyroCATS from Andy Blanchard. 2) A good article from MMark Pickett about "Stargazer" Steve Dodson, who will be at AstroCATS. 3) A couple of pages of great pictures from last months thin moon and conjunction...should give you a good idea about how to take striking pictures without massive amounts of equipment! 4) Chris Talpas provides another book review in his Librarians Report. 5) Some pictures provided by Ed Mizzi from the February meeting. 6) A calendar of astronomical, and Centre, events coming up in the next month. Please note that April 4th comes after March 3rd, unlike the calendar! The lunar eclipse that day still occurs, though! 7) Finally, check out the pictures on the front and back covers by Les Nagy and Scott Barrie, respectively. Please accept my apologies for it being late, and I hope you enjoy reading it. Finally, please note that I'd like any submissions to be sent to me by Friday, March 27th, although I'll happily take pictures until Monday, March 30th. Thanks, Roger Hill Orbit Editor -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bscphm at gmail.com Sun Mar 8 10:38:09 2015 From: bscphm at gmail.com (Muhammad Basil Ahmad) Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 10:38:09 -0400 Subject: RASC Hamilton Your March, 2015 issue of Orbit is ready In-Reply-To: References: <53438EC0-1B3F-4DBD-8E82-32BBBA4432DE@hiteach.net> Message-ID: "I should also note that Muhammad Ahmad saw the thin Moon but decided it was too cold to go out and photograph it. Wise move!" LOL Muhammad Basil Ahmad HonBSc, BScPhm, RPh, CDE On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 7:31 AM, Roger Hill wrote: > > You can go directly to: > http://www.hamiltonrasc.ca/Orbit/orbmar15.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) Les Nagy making the case for using Forums, and a quick note about > AstyroCATS from Andy Blanchard. > 2) A good article from MMark Pickett about "Stargazer" Steve Dodson, who > will be at AstroCATS. > 3) A couple of pages of great pictures from last months thin moon and > conjunction...should give you a good idea about how to take striking > pictures without massive amounts of equipment! > 4) Chris Talpas provides another book review in his Librarians Report. > 5) Some pictures provided by Ed Mizzi from the February meeting. > 6) A calendar of astronomical, and Centre, events coming up in the next > month. Please note that April 4th comes after March 3rd, unlike the > calendar! The lunar eclipse that day still occurs, though! > 7) Finally, check out the pictures on the front and back covers by Les > Nagy and Scott Barrie, respectively. > > Please accept my apologies for it being late, and I hope you enjoy reading > it. > > Finally, please note that I'd like any submissions to be sent to me by > Friday, March 27th, although I'll happily take pictures until Monday, March > 30th. > > Thanks, > > Roger Hill > Orbit Editor > > > > _______________________________________________ > astronomers mailing list > astronomers at hamiltonrasc.ca > http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/astronomers_hamiltonrasc.ca > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The latest issue is always at the top. > > In this month's issue you'll find: > 1) Les Nagy making the case for using Forums, and a quick note about AstyroCATS from Andy Blanchard. > 2) A good article from MMark Pickett about "Stargazer" Steve Dodson, who will be at AstroCATS. > 3) A couple of pages of great pictures from last months thin moon and conjunction...should give you a good idea about how to take striking pictures without massive amounts of equipment! > 4) Chris Talpas provides another book review in his Librarians Report. > 5) Some pictures provided by Ed Mizzi from the February meeting. > 6) A calendar of astronomical, and Centre, events coming up in the next month. Please note that April 4th comes after March 3rd, unlike the calendar! 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The latest issue is always at the top. > > In this month's issue you'll find: > 1) Les Nagy making the case for using Forums, and a quick note about AstyroCATS from Andy Blanchard. > 2) A good article from MMark Pickett about "Stargazer" Steve Dodson, who will be at AstroCATS. > 3) A couple of pages of great pictures from last months thin moon and conjunction...should give you a good idea about how to take striking pictures without massive amounts of equipment! > 4) Chris Talpas provides another book review in his Librarians Report. > 5) Some pictures provided by Ed Mizzi from the February meeting. > 6) A calendar of astronomical, and Centre, events coming up in the next month. Please note that April 4th comes after March 3rd, unlike the calendar! The lunar eclipse that day still occurs, though! > 7) Finally, check out the pictures on the front and back covers by Les Nagy and Scott Barrie, respectively. > > Please accept my apologies for it being late, and I hope you enjoy reading it. > > Finally, please note that I'd like any submissions to be sent to me by Friday, March 27th, although I'll happily take pictures until Monday, March 30th. > > Thanks, > > Roger Hill > Orbit Editor > > > > _______________________________________________ > astronomers mailing list > astronomers at hamiltonrasc.ca > http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/astronomers_hamiltonrasc.ca -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 3955 bytes Desc: not available URL: From supergiant2003 at hotmail.com Sun Mar 8 22:18:17 2015 From: supergiant2003 at hotmail.com (GAry Colwell) Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 22:18:17 -0400 Subject: RASC Hamilton FW: Guest Speaker at the Hamilton Centre RASC In-Reply-To: References: , , , , <001b01d0390e$49bcf4f0$dd36ded0$@hotmail.com>, , , , , , , , , , Message-ID: Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 13:10:37 -0400 Subject: Re: Guest Speaker at the Hamilton Centre RASC From: rlward at mcmaster.ca To: supergiant2003 at hotmail.com Hi Gary, Here are the links for the different visualization software I mentioned in my talk on Thursday: WorldWide Telescopehttp://www.worldwidetelescope.org Partiview (with Digital Universe)http://www.amnh.org/our-research/hayden-planetarium/digital-universe/download andhttp://virdir.ncsa.illinois.edu/partiview/ Here are the links for the various outreach initiatives I'm involved in as well:Origins Institute 3D Theatre: http://origins.mcmaster.ca/outreach/3d-theatre (Stay tuned for details on our new show - Mars: A World on the Edge) William J. McCallion Planetarium: http://www.physics.mcmaster.ca/planetarium/ McMaster's Sidewalk Astronomy: http://www.physics.mcmaster.ca/sidewalkastronomy/ Thank you so much for the invitation to speak at your meeting. Aaron and I both want to thank you for dinner as well. I hope your members enjoy these resources. If you want to contact Aaron about giving a talk at one of your future meetings, you can contact him at ajmax at mcmaster.ca. Thanks again and take care, Rachel On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 6:28 PM, Rachel L. Ward wrote: Hi Gary, I just arrived at Turtle Jacks. My cell number is 416-841-7092. Let me know when you arrive. Thanks! Rachel On 3/4/15, GAry Colwell wrote: > 255 Dundas St E, Waterdown, ON L0R 2H6 > > (905) 690-1787 > > See you there at 630 pm > Gary > > Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 22:39:09 -0500 > Subject: Re: FW: Guest Speaker at the Hamilton Centre RASC > From: rlward at mcmaster.ca > To: supergiant2003 at hotmail.com > > Hi Gary, > Looking forward to Thursday. Could you please send me the address for the > restaurant? > Thanks,Rachel > On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 11:16 AM, Gary Colwell > wrote: > Sure that would be great!Address to follow,…. From: Rachel L. Ward > [mailto:rlward at mcmaster.ca] > Sent: February-22-15 11:07 AM > To: Gary Colwell > Subject: Re: FW: Guest Speaker at the Hamilton Centre RASC > Hi Gary, Yes, I would be able to meet for dinner. Could you send me the > address of the pub? Also, would it be alright if my husband joins us? > Looking forward to it! Rachel On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Gary Colwell > wrote:Hi Rachel..This is perfect thankyou!...We > usually meet at a local pub before the meeting to have dinner with some of > the members…would you be available for that?...we usually meet at 6:00 at > Turtle Jacks.Looking forward to having you speak to us!Gary From: Rachel L. > Ward [mailto:rlward at mcmaster.ca] > Sent: February-22-15 10:17 AM > To: Gary Colwell > Subject: Re: FW: Guest Speaker at the Hamilton Centre RASC Hi Gary, Sorry > for the delay getting this to you. Here is my title, blurb, photo, and bio. > A Star is Born: Uncovering the True Nature of Molecular Clouds Giant > molecular clouds are the birthplace of stars; however, the true nature of > these clouds remains a great mystery. The first step towards achieving a > greater understanding of star formation is exploring the structure and > evolution of the clouds in which they form. Learn how powerful > supercomputers are used to visualize both simulated and observed > star-forming clouds to help solve several major unanswered questions in star > formation. Biography:I am in the final year of my PhD in astrophysics at > McMaster University. I received my Bachelor's degree from York University > in 2009 and my Master's degree from McMaster University in 2011. Over the > past ten years, I have been involved in various astronomy and science > outreach initiatives, coordinating events for Let's Talk Science, the > McMaster 3D Theatre, McMaster's Sidewalk Astronomy, Science Rendezvous, and > the York Observatory, and also as a presenter at the McCallion Planetarium > and invited speaker at the David Dunlap Observatory and Ontario Science > Centre. Let me know if you need anything else. Sorry again! Rachel On > Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 7:52 PM, Gary Colwell > wrote:Subject: RE: Guest Speaker at the Hamilton Centre RASC Hello > Rachael,Just touching base with you regarding your upcoming talk on March 5, > 2015 to our club. I would love it if you could shoot me off a brief Bio of > yourself…perhaps with a picture and a description of your topic so I can > include it in our monthly newsletter and email broadcast, and announce it at > our meeting tomorrow!Some particularsWe meet at the The Royal Canadian > Legion – Branch 551 79 Hamilton Street North Waterdown, ON Time; 8:00 pm…but > we should meet at 7:30 to set things upWe all go out to the royal coachman > afterward for the after the meeting meeting!Looking forward to having you > Gary ColwellPresident - HamiltonRASCEmail president at hamiltonRASC.caPersonal > supergiant2003 at hotmail.com From: Gary Colwell > [mailto:supergiant2003 at hotmail.com] > Sent: January-25-15 9:18 PM > To: 'Rachel L. Ward' > Subject: RE: Guest Speaker at the Hamilton Centre RASC Hello Rachael…We > would love to have you come speak to us about your research!...I will fill > you in on the details shortlyThank you for your willingness to come speak > with us!Sincerely Gary ColwellPresident - HamiltonRASCEmail > president at hamiltonRASC.caPersonal supergiant2003 at hotmail.com From: Rachel > L. Ward [mailto:rlward at mcmaster.ca] > Sent: January-25-15 7:23 PM > To: Gary Colwell > Subject: Re: Guest Speaker at the Hamilton Centre RASC Hi Gary, I'm so sorry > for not replying to your request sooner. I wanted to let you know that I > would love to come speak to the Hamilton RASC on Thursday March 5th. I > could give a presentation on my research (star formation) or I could present > on another topic of interest. Please let me know if you are still > interested. Thank you for your invitation. I look forward to hearing from > you. Rachel On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Gary Colwell > wrote:Hi Rachael, Thank you for getting back to > me…would you be interested in speaking to our group on Thursday March 5, > 2015? We would be thrilled to have you speak to us ion any topic of your > choice.Kind Regards,Gary Colwell From: Rachel L. Ward > [mailto:rlward at mcmaster.ca] > Sent: January-05-15 9:21 AM > To: Gary Colwell > Subject: Re: Guest Speaker at the Hamilton Centre RASC Dear Gary, Thank you > so much for the invitation to speak at your meeting. Unfortunately, I will > be unavailable to speak this Thursday as I already have a prior commitment. > However, I would be thrilled to come speak at one of your meetings on a > later date. I'm so sorry that I won't be able to make it, but I look forward > to hearing from you about scheduling for a later date. Rachel On Mon, Dec > 29, 2014 at 10:04 AM, Gary Colwell wrote:Dear > Rachael, My name is Gary Colwell and I am the President of the Hamilton > Centre RASC. I am also a friend of Paul Mortfield. Recently I thought I had > booked Paul as our guest speaker on January 8, 2015, but through an error on > my part, I had failed to confirm the date and Paul is booked at the DDO that > evening. I asked him if he could recommend a speaker for us and he gave me > your name along with a high recommendation. I know this is extremely short > notice, but would you be available to speak to our club on Thursday January > 8, 2015 at 8:00 pm in Waterdown ON. If not we would certainly enjoy hearing > you at a later date.We have about 20-30 members come out to our meetings, > and they are a very enthusiastic crowd. ..and interests range from beginners > to seasoned veterans. If you would be available, I would love to hear back > from you. We generally meet beforehand for dinner with our speaker to say > thank you for speaking to us.Looking forward to hearing from you.Gary > ColwellPresident > Hamilton CentreRASC > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bscphm at gmail.com Wed Mar 11 16:43:50 2015 From: bscphm at gmail.com (Muhammad Basil Ahmad) Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 16:43:50 -0400 Subject: RASC Hamilton =?utf-8?b?RndkOiBVcGNvbWluZyDigJhTdXBlcm1vb27igJkg?= =?utf-8?q?eclipse_will_dazzle_Britain=2C_but_hit_Europe=E2=80=99s_?= =?utf-8?q?power_grids_hard_=E2=80=94_RT_News?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Anyone planning to go to Scotland that weekend? Muhammad Basil Ahmad HonBSc, BScPhm, RPh, CDE ---------- Forwarded message ---------- http://rt.com/news/238789-solar-moon-eclipse-britain/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From davedev777 at gmail.com Tue Mar 31 22:19:16 2015 From: davedev777 at gmail.com (Dave Dev) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 22:19:16 -0400 Subject: RASC Hamilton [ Special Announcement] Meeting this Thursday April 2, 2015 Royal Canadian Legion Waterdown ON 8:00pm. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Sounds great. Can we have Mizzi's Quizzies again ? On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 8:18 PM, Gary Colwell wrote: > Hello all, > > Just a reminder of our meeting this coming Thursday evening. Our Speaker > will be Dr. Chris Talpas, and if you heard him last year you all know you > are in for a real treat…. > > > > Chris Talpas, who is the librarian at RASC Hamilton Centre will give a > talk on: The Impact Threat from Near Earth Objects Chris will be presenting > the talk in the Royal Canadian Legion in Waterdown. Near Earth Objects > which include asteroids and comets can cross Earth’s orbital path and > potentially collide with our planet. The talk will highlight a number of > past impacts, discuss the frequency of these events as well as the search > efforts underway to discover and track them. Finally a number of options > will be presented to avert significant impacts. > > See you all there and bring a friend!!!! > > Gary Colwell > > _______________________________________________ > Announce mailing list > Announce at hamiltonrasc.ca > http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/announce_hamiltonrasc.ca > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From emizzi at cogeco.ca Tue Mar 31 22:26:27 2015 From: emizzi at cogeco.ca (Ed Mizzi) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 22:26:27 -0400 Subject: RASC Hamilton [ Special Announcement] Meeting this Thursday April 2, 2015 Royal Canadian Legion Waterdown ON 8:00pm. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <96D94B2D-6396-482E-A22F-8A0BA513B9A1@cogeco.ca> Dave, I’m flattered that you want the Quizzes back. However, I cannot attend Thursday’s meeting as I have to pick up my son at Pearson…he’s home for the long weekend. I hope someone else is able to bring a camera to the meeting to take a few photos for Orbit. Ed > On Mar 31, 2015, at 10:19 PM, Dave Dev wrote: > > Sounds great. Can we have Mizzi's Quizzies again ? > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 8:18 PM, Gary Colwell wrote: > Hello all, > > Just a reminder of our meeting this coming Thursday evening. Our Speaker will be Dr. Chris Talpas, and if you heard him last year you all know you are in for a real treat…. > > > > Chris Talpas, who is the librarian at RASC Hamilton Centre will give a talk on: The Impact Threat from Near Earth Objects Chris will be presenting the talk in the Royal Canadian Legion in Waterdown. Near Earth Objects which include asteroids and comets can cross Earth’s orbital path and potentially collide with our planet. The talk will highlight a number of past impacts, discuss the frequency of these events as well as the search efforts underway to discover and track them. Finally a number of options will be presented to avert significant impacts. > > See you all there and bring a friend!!!! > > Gary Colwell > > > _______________________________________________ > Announce mailing list > Announce at hamiltonrasc.ca > http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/announce_hamiltonrasc.ca > > > _______________________________________________ > astronomers mailing list > astronomers at hamiltonrasc.ca > http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/astronomers_hamiltonrasc.ca From misterfixall at rogers.com Tue Mar 31 23:36:41 2015 From: misterfixall at rogers.com (Murray) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 23:36:41 -0400 Subject: RASC Hamilton [ Special Announcement] Meeting this Thursday April 2, 2015 Royal Canadian Legion Waterdown ON 8:00pm. In-Reply-To: <96D94B2D-6396-482E-A22F-8A0BA513B9A1@cogeco.ca> References: <96D94B2D-6396-482E-A22F-8A0BA513B9A1@cogeco.ca> Message-ID: <696AB996-D31C-4322-BEBF-95476FD0D9B9@rogers.com> Hi Ed , Murray , I'll take photos and submit them to the Orbit. But they may all be pictures of my Mallincam Xterminator , bbbbwwwwwaaaaahhhhhaaaa Sent from my iPad > On Mar 31, 2015, at 10:26 PM, Ed Mizzi wrote: > Here > Dave, I’m flattered that you want the Quizzes back. However, I cannot attend Thursday’s meeting as I have to pick up my son at Pearson…he’s home for the long weekend. I hope someone else is able to bring a camera to the meeting to take a few photos for Orbit. > > Ed > > >> On Mar 31, 2015, at 10:19 PM, Dave Dev wrote: >> >> Sounds great. Can we have Mizzi's Quizzies again ? >> >> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 8:18 PM, Gary Colwell wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> Just a reminder of our meeting this coming Thursday evening. Our Speaker will be Dr. Chris Talpas, and if you heard him last year you all know you are in for a real treat…. >> >> >> >> Chris Talpas, who is the librarian at RASC Hamilton Centre will give a talk on: The Impact Threat from Near Earth Objects Chris will be presenting the talk in the Royal Canadian Legion in Waterdown. Near Earth Objects which include asteroids and comets can cross Earth’s orbital path and potentially collide with our planet. The talk will highlight a number of past impacts, discuss the frequency of these events as well as the search efforts underway to discover and track them. Finally a number of options will be presented to avert significant impacts. >> >> See you all there and bring a friend!!!! >> >> Gary Colwell >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Announce mailing list >> Announce at hamiltonrasc.ca >> http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/announce_hamiltonrasc.ca >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> astronomers mailing list >> astronomers at hamiltonrasc.ca >> http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/astronomers_hamiltonrasc.ca > > > _______________________________________________ > astronomers mailing list > astronomers at hamiltonrasc.ca > http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/astronomers_hamiltonrasc.ca