This unique calendar was created by members of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. All photographs were taken by amateur astronomers using ordinary camera lenses and small telescopes.

The annotated photos are representative of the wide spectrum of deep-sky objects currently being observed and photographed by Canadian amateurs. They vary from the bright Great Orion Nebula to exotic challenge objects.

This calendar is designed with the amateur observer in mind. It incor­porates comprehensive astronomical data including daily Moon rise and set times, useful for planning observ­ing sessions.

Detailed information on the Calendar and the RASC may be found inside.

Production of the Calendar was computer assisted. The monthly grids with data were automatically generated using a Fortran computer program. Photos were scanned using a flatbed scanner and in some cases en­ hanced using commercial software.

The Calendar was designed by Louie Bernstein in Mon­ treal and Rajiv Gupta in Vancouver. The internet was used extensively as a means of communication.

Nine contributors from five RASC Centres provided photographs: Jack Newton (Victoria); Giovanni Andreis, Rajiv Gupta, Craig McCaw, John Nemy (Van­ couver); Jim Himer, John Mirtle (Calgary); Paul Boltwood (Ottawa); David Shuman (Montreal).

Also contributing were: Lee Johnson (captions); Peter Broughton and David Chapman (historical anniversaries); Patrick Kelly (Jupiter double shadow transits);

Valuable assistance and support was also received from Anu Nayar and Antoine van Dijck.

The Calendar was edited and produced by Rajiv Gupta.