1999 - Toronto ![1999 RASC GA graphic](/sites/default/files/images/ga1999logo.jpg)
July 1 - 5; Symposium July 5 - 7
- Chair: John Percy
- Attendance: Not available
- Ruth Northcott Lecturer: Dr. Geoff Marcy
(Planets Around Other Stars) - Joint meeting with AAVSO and ASP
- Invitation: JRASC, Vol. 93, pp. 85-86.
- Reports: JRASC, Vol. 93, pg. 155.
- Abstracts: JRASC, Vol. 93, pp. 273-274.
- Papers (with YouTube links):
- Peter Millman's Army: Amateurs and Professionals in Canadian Meteor Programmes, Richard Jarrell
- Ocular Hazards of Pinhole Defects in Mylar™ Solar Filters, B. Ralph Chou (Toronto)
- The MOST Satellite: A Canadian Astronomy Satellite in Earth Orbit, Kieran Carroll (Dynacon Enterprises)
- Simulating the Solar System on Your Home Computer, Michael S.F. Watson (Unattached)
- The Creation of a Prototype "Dark Sky Reserve" as an Initiative of the Muskoka Heritage Foundation in the Province of Ontario, Peter Goering (Toronto)
- Hydrocarbon Potential of the Steen River Impact Structure, Alberta, Canada, Hladiuk et al (Calgary)
- The Story of Sock's Star: A Bright Nova Discovered by a Schoolgirl in War Time, Osao Shigehisa (Japan)
- The Landing of Apollo 11 and How It Almost Did Not Make It, Randy Attwood (Toronto)
- The North York Astronomical Association: Who We Are and What We Do, Andreas Gada (Unattached)
- The Millenium Star Atlas: An Observer's Assessment, Leo Enright (Kingston)
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1999