New Members orientation program – First Light - Fall 2015
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Toronto Centre, invites new members and their family who are also members to join an orientation get together – First Light.
RASC member Benjamin Lappalainen presented his recipes for editing astrophotos in Lightroom and Photoshop at our Recreational Astronomy Nights over the summer of 2015.
Sometimes objects like the moon, planets or asteroids move in front of a star. An observer in the right location can see the star disappear or dim for a few seconds then brighten again.
Sometimes objects like the moon, planets or asteroids move in front of a star. An observer in the right location can see the star disappear or dim for a few seconds then brighten again.
On Wednesday, August 5, Chris Vaughan presented the astronomical highlights for the next month. Highlights include the Perseid Meteor Shower and an asteroidal occultation observable in the GTA.
The New Horizons spacecraft passed Pluto on July 14. It will not send much information to Earth right away because all the instruments and the high gain antenna dish are fixed to the spacecraft.
Member Ian Wheelband on June 21, "I did some imaging from our Carr Astronomical Observatory (CAO) near Collingwood earlier this week, using my telescope.
