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Labrador Expedition 1905

Photo album of the Canadian eclipse expedition to Hamilton Inlet, Labrador in August 1905.

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The Labrador Eclipse Expedition

Reprint from Christmas 'Acta Victoriana' 1905. (See https://archive.org/details/cihm_991696)

Note: The "Dominion Observatory Installation" and "Eclipse Camp" photos used here may not be the same as those used in the original article.—WM

The Labrador Eclipse Expedition

C.A. CHANT, PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA

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2012 Edition Updates

Observer's Handbook 2012 Edition

The following corrections have been noted:

  • On p. 25, the units of GM should read as km³/s²

  • On p. 115, in the left column, the days of the week are incorrect following Sunday, Dec. 16. The 17th is a Monday, the 18th a Tuesday, and so on, until the 26, which is a Wednesday. Thereafter, the days are correct.

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2013 Edition Updates

Observer's Handbook 2013 Edition

 

The following corrections have been noted:

On p. 4, instead of "Kevin Breit," the correct given name should be "Derek"

On p. 8, in the Back Cover caption, line 3, the word "Condé" should be "Conté"

On p. 48, the non-bolded text "Jun." that should have been at the right end of the upper and lower boxes suffered an unintentional carriage return

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LPA Special Issue

Inside This Issue:

  • President’s Message
  • Prologue
  • The Eye and Visual System: A Brief Introduction
  • Scotobiology
  • Light and Dark and Human Health
  • Lighting in the Roadway Environment: Aims, Advances, and Alternatives
  • LEDs in Outdoor Lighting
  • International Dark-sky Efforts
  • Mont-Mégantic First International Dark-Sky Reserve: Achievements And Challenges
  • Dark-Sky Parks
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JRASC 2012 December

Inside this issue:

  • Size of the Black-Drop Effect
  • The Grand Schism in Canadian Astronomy III
  • Half-Century of Astronomy Outreach
  • So Long, Neil Armstrong
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Sirius B Observing Challenge

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STScI/NASA image

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Saskatchewan DST Proposal

A Submission to the Government of Saskatchewan
Regarding Time Zoning in Saskatchewan

by
Earl R.V. Milton, M.Sc., Ph.D.

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RASC IAU Display 1979

Photos of the RASC display at the 1979 IAU meeting in Montreal.

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