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THE O.A.A. STAR                                        January 8, 1967  page 2
                   NEW MEMBER (from page 1)
During 1966 Steven checked the sky 299 times for aurora.  During his recent
visit to Montreal(December 26 to January 1) he made plans to start asteroid
observing and he took on six new cmoet and nova search areas.  Although
Steve doesn't  plan to return to Montreal for some time he intends to keep
in touch with us.  No doubt the club will benefit from his membershisp.  If
any member( or anyone else ) wants to write Steve, his address is
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Topham Letter #3

Undated letter (no year given—likely 1941), found in a 1937 variable star logbook from Toronto.


September 30TH
Box 56 Fairbank PO

Dear Miss Northcott

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Peterson VarStar Report

AAVSO report form for observations of variables stars by R.S. Peterson (AAVSO observer code PTR) for August 1939.

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Vohman Letter 19411027

 

31 Scott Road
Toronto
Oct 27th 41.

Dear Miss Northcott

      I enclose report of variable stars for month of October, you will notice that I have received charts from W. Campbell, & I figure I have enough to keep me busy for quite a while, yet it seems that once one gets the field in ones head, its easy picking.

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Topham Letter #2

Undated letter, found in a 1937 variable star logbook from Toronto.

 

Dear Miss Northcott

I have nothing of importance to report this month.

have a rotten cold for 3 weeks from being up at Crystal Lake.

Some gentlemen from Barrie came on evening at 10:30, and they were amateur astronomers. I was at work, until 2:30AM so missed them.

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Topham Letter #1

Undated letter, found in a 1937 variable star logbook from Toronto.

 

Dear Miss Northcott

I expect you will be just returning from your vacation. I think you had them July last year. I get, last in Aug + first two weeks left and as I see to have my weed sneezes about then I guess I will either sneeze here or go north past the dust of it.

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Looking Up - Corrigenda

Page Original Correction
xiii Massachusetts on on the teaching Massachusetts on on the teaching
24 Charles Augustus Chant (1865-1956) Clarence Augustus Chant (1865-1956)
30 Marie's first marriage to Frank Fidler Marie's first marriage to James Fidler
54 effort in the 1960s, and effort in the 1960s, and
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Looking Up - Updates

Credit for the front cover photo was inadvertently omitted.

About the Front Cover

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Discover the Universe

  • Are you a school teacher or an educator working with youth groups?

  • Would you like to organize astronomy activities but you don’t know where to start?

  • Do you want to feel more comfortable teaching this science?
     

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Elvins Autobiography 1913

Transcript of shorthand notes towards the back of this book. They were dictated to C. A. Chant at 33 Dorval Road by Mr. Elvins May 27, 1913.

The Astronomical Club was the first organisation of its kind in the city and these are the minutes of it.

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