1979 - London

May 18 - 21

• Chair: Peter Jedicke
• Attendance: 192
• Ruth Northcott Lecturer: Gerard K. O'Neill (Space Colonization)

• Invitation: NNL, v73 L82-83 | NNL v73 #2 Cover.
• Schedule: NNL v73 L14.
• Call for Papers: NNL, v73 L79-80.
• Registration: NNL v73 L16 | NNL v73 L15 (en français).
• Displays: NNL v73 L13-14 (en français).
• Reports: Regulus, Jun 1979, pp. 1-2 (38kb) | NNL 73 L54-6.
• Abstracts: NNL, v73 L61-63.
• Display Winners: NNL, v73 L57-58.

• Group Photo: Large | Names (93/141):
  

• Papers:
  1. The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope; an Opportunity for Canadian Astronomers, Dr. W.H. Wehlau
  2. The Ottawa Centre’s Radio Telescope, Ken Tapping (Ottawa) NNL
  3. Radio Observations of the February 1979 Solar Eclipse, Ken Tapping (Ottawa) NNL
  4. Nova Cygni 1978, Warren Morrison
  5. Astronomy, Navigation and Nova Scotia in the Eighteenth Century, Randall C. Brooks (Halifax)
  6. Project Zubenelgenubi 1978, Gerald Schieven (London) NNL
  7. The Construction of a Lensless Schmidt Camera, or A Project without an Objective, Michael P. Edwards
  8. Very Small Computers Applied to Astronomy, J. Don Jones
  9. Flamsteed’s Mysterious Star, 3 Cas, Peter Broughton (Toronto)
  10. Exploring Planet Earth, Norman Sperling (USA)
  11. An Astronomy Programme for Young Children, David H. Levy (Kingston)
  12. RASCH Observations of Delta Cephei, Walter Zukauskas (Halifax)