Next Monthly RASC meeting - 4th June 2021 7:30 pm

Just a reminder of our upcoming virtual meeting on June 4 2021 at 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada).
Join us from the comfort of your own home!
Non-members are greatly welcome to join.

If you are NOT presenting a talk or observation You must pre-register for this Zoom webinar
by clicking https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/1216204796045/WN_JSgalw10RQ-hsYI3ZczR4Q
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

NOTE:  If you are doing an observation you will be sent a unique link (from Chris Teron) to join as a panelist and so you do not need to register in advance.

The agenda for this meeting is as follows:

- Ottawa Skies - Dave Chisholm
- TBD
- M&M Challenge (over the 5-minute break)
- TBD
- Observations
- Observing Challenges
- Announcements

Searching for Life Beyond Earth: NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Mission - Chris Herd (2021 May)

Watch this presentation: 

youtu.be/Y_abaUZqtCQ

Presentation content: 

PDF icon Mars2020-Overview-ChrisHerd-2021-05.pdf
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Mars: a New Atlas for the 2020s - Simon Hanmer (2021 May)

Watch this presentation: 

youtu.be/Y_abaUZqtCQ
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Meeting Video 2021 - May

Venue of Event: 

Zoom
Submitted 1 week 57 min ago by mickwilson20.
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Featured Presentation(s): 

Mars: a New Atlas for the 2020s - Simon Hanmer (2021 May)
Dominion Observatory Preservation Update - Sharon Odell (2021 May)
Searching for Life Beyond Earth: NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Mission - Chris Herd (2021 May)

Regular items:

Chair's Welcome - Dave Chisolm
Ottawa Skies - Dave Chisolm
Observation reports
Monthly Observing Challenges
Announcements

 

Meeting Video 2021 - April

Venue of Event: 

Zoom
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Featured Presentation(s): 

Disasters in Imaging - Bob Olson (2021 April)
Overview of 2021s Top Meteor Showers - Pierre Martin (2021 April)
Cosmos and Cartography: Mapping the Magnetic Fields of Galaxies - Jayanne English (2021 April)

Regular items:

Chair's Welcome - Dave Chisolm
Ottawa Skies - Dave Chisolm
Observation reports
Monthly Observing Challenges
Announcements

 

AstroNotes 2021 April Vol: 60 issue 04

Download PDF version: 

PDF icon Ottawa 2021-04.pdf
Ottawa Skies . Member Profile . Humble Images . Monthly Challenge Objects . Submitted Images . Announcements . Estelle’s Pick of the Month . Carp Star Parties . FLO Star Parties . Next Meeting . Centre Information

Volume: 

60

Wolf 359 stereoscopic pair

On 22 and 23 April 2020, the New Horizons (NH) spacecraft photographed the two nearby stars, Proxima Centauri and Wolf 359, as part of an experiment to measure the parallax of the two stars. Amateur astronomers from around the world, were invited to photograph the two stars at the same time. Their observations, when combined with the NH images, would allow the parallaxes of the stars to be measured and their distances from Earth established.For more information, see the NH Parallax Program web site: http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Learn/Get-Involved.php#Parallax-Program

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